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Performances
Sheet Music
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Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1916. Plate 30240.
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Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1916. Plate 30241.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Der Ring des Polykrates
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| Alternative. Title
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Heitere Oper in einem Akt
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| Composer
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Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.7
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IEK 14
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 act
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1914
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| First Performance.
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1916-03-28 — Munich, Hopfoper
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| First Publication.
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1916 – Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne
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| Librettist
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Leo Feld (1869-1924) and Julius Korngold (1860-1945) after Heinrich Teweles (1856–1927)
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| Language
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German
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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70 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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voices, orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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[more...]Cast:
- Wilhelm Arndt, Hofkapellmeister (tenor)
- Laura, his wife (soprano)
- Florian Döblinger, timpanist and copyist (tenor)
- Lieschen, Laura's servant (soprano)
- Peter Vogel, Wilhelm's friend (baritone)
Orchestra:
- 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn)
- 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- 3 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone
- timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, triangle, snare drum,
- bass drum, tambourine, rute, cymbals, tam-tam
- harp, celesta, strings
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| External Links
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Operone.de page; Wikipedia
D-WRha DNT 690 (published parts)
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Navigation etc.
Heitere Oper would be "Cheerful opera". Sometimes described as an opera buffa; are the two terms close enough (though the literal translation seems to be "opera allegra")?
