Der Haideschacht, Op.22 (Holstein, Franz von)

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1869]. Plate 11862.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi color png files approx. 3145 by 4020 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Interestingly, issued without the overture which was published separately.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1869]. Plate 11838.
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Editor First edition
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1869]. Plate 11850.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.400dpi color jpg files approx. 2985 by 4385 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Score has been marked up for performance including cuts. Page 241 is missing. A good arranger might be able to do something to replace this page using the full score above (emphasis on good arranger)...
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For Piano Trio (Rauch)
Arranger Johannes N. Rauch
Publisher. Info. Vier Stücke aus 'Der Haideschacht'
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate 14286.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi color tif files approx. 3255 by 4075 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Editor First edition
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1869).
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi grayscale tif files approx. 1275 by 1830 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Re-converted to grayscale and run through Tesseract 5 ocr using Fraktur script library.
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Work Title Der Haideschacht
Alternative. Title The hollow on the heath
Oper in drei acten
Composer Holstein, Franz von
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.22
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFH 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1868-10-23 — Dresden
First Publication. 1869 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Librettist Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann & the composer??
Language German
Dedication Sophie, Princess of the Netherlands
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation vocal soloists, chorus (with additional men's chorus behind scenes), orchestra
InstrDetail Orchestra: [more...]
piccolo, flutes, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, valve-trumpet (?), ophicleide, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 bells (in F, D), "tambour", organ, strings, offstage/behind-scenes oboe, clarinets, horns in E, string quintet, bells
Manuscript Sources D-WRha DNT 516 (abschrift incomplete performance parts)

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Several forms of a 278 page vocal score by the composer are @ ÖNB.

It's possible that a separate women's chorus is desired for the Chor des Mädchen that appears in many of the first 8 or so scenes, or that they should be part of the main chorus that only appears in full in scene 11 ("In der Kirche", with the organ.) It's a good question... similarly perhaps re men's chorus in no. 10a(?!) in act 2 and others.

A large group of offstage instruments collects in the middle of Act 2 No.13 ("Ballade") (p.261) (continuing into no.14 "Finale", p.271). (The offstage Glocken were called for earlier.)

Not sure why the composer calls for a "ventiltrompett"- aren't most of his trumpets valve-trumpets rather than "natural" trumpets in a 1868 work?