Die Soldaten (Zimmermann, Bernd Alois)

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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott Music, No.6343, 1975. Plate 43608.
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Work Title Die Soldaten
Alternative. Title
Composer Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IBZ 10
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Preludio
Act I
Introduzione
Scene 1 (Strofe)
Scene 2 (Ciacona I)
Tratto I
Scene 3 (Ricercari I)
Scene 4 (Toccata I)
Scene 5 (Nocturno I)
Act II
Introduzione
Scene 1 (Toccata II)
Intermezzo
Scene 2 (Capriccio, Corale e Ciacona II)
Act III
Preludio
Scene 1 (Rondino)
Scene 2 (Rappresentazione)
Scene 3 (Ricercari II)
Romanza
Scene 4 (Nocturno II)
Scene 5 (tropi)
Act IV
Preludio
Scene 1 (Toccata III)
Tratto II
Scene 2 (Ciacona III)
Scene 3 (Nocturno III)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1957-64
First Performance. 1965/02/15 at the Cologne Opera
Michael Gielen (conductor)
First Publication. 1966 (vocal score), 1975 (full score)
Copyright Information The vocal score, arranged by Markus Lehmann (1919-2003) and Georg Kröll (b. 1934), is under copyright worldwide.
Librettist Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), with modifications by the composer
Language German
Dedication To the memory of Hans Rosbaud
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation voices, actors, dancers, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Wesener, a fancy goods dealer in Lille (bass)
Marie, his daughter (very dramatic coloratura soprano)
Charlotte, his daughter (mezzo soprano)
Wesener's old mother (low alto)
Stolzius, draper in Armentières (youthful high baritone)
Stolzius's mother (very dramatic alto)
Obrist, Count of Spannnheim (bass)
Desportes, a nobleman from French Hennegau in the French army (very high tenor)
A young rifleman, employed by Desportes (actor)
Pirzel, a captain (high tenor)
Eisenhardt, an army chaplain (Heldenbaritone)
Haudy, a captain (Heldenbaritone)
Mary, captain (baritone)
Three young officers (very high tenors)
Countess de la Roche (mezzo soprano)
The young count, her son (very high lyrical tenor)
Andalusian girl, waitress (dancer)
Three cadets (dancers)
Madame Roux, proprietress of the coffee house (mute)
Countess de la Roche's footman (actor)
Young cadet (actor)
Drunken officer (actor)
Three captains (actors)
18 officers and cadets (actors and percussion)

Orchestra

4 flutes (all also piccolos; 3rd also alto flute)
3 oboes (all also oboes d'amore; 3rd also English horn)
4 clarinets (3rd also bass clarinet; 4th also E clarinet)
alto saxophone
3 bassoons (2nd and 3rd also contrabassoons)
5 horns (all also tenor tubas; 5th also bass tuba)
4 trumpets (3rd and 4th also bass trumpets)
4 trombones (4th also bass trombone)
tuba (also contrabass tuba)
timpani
percussion (8-9 players)
cymbals, 3 suspended cymbals, hi-hat
4 gongs, 4 tam-tams
tambourine, 3 bongos, 5 tom-toms, tumba
military drum, 4 snare drums, 3 tenor drums, rumble pot (friction drum), 2 bass drums
5 triangles, cowbell (handheld), 4 mounted cowbells, steel sticks
2 tubular bells, 3 suspended iron bars
whip, castanets, claves, 2 wooden lids, 3 wooden drums
guiro, maracas, shaker
3 crotales (E7, F7, G7), 3 crotales (unspecified high, medium, low)
glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone
guitar, 2 harps, celesta, harpsichord, piano, organ (2 players)
strings (14/12/10/10/8)
On-stage Instruments
Percussion 1
3 triangles (high), 2 crotales (high), 2 cymbals (high), gong (small), tam-tam (small), snare drum, military drum, 2 bongos, tenor drum, bass drum (with cymbal), 3 timpani, cowbell (high), 2 tubular bells, maracas, temple block (high).
Percussion 2
3 triangles (medium), crotale (medium), 2 cymbals (medium), 2 gongs (medium/large), snare drum, 2 tom-toms, tenor drum, 3 timpani, cowbell (medium), 6 tubular bells, maracas, temple block (medium).
Percussion 3
3 triangles (low), crotale (low), 2 cymbals (deep), gong (large), 2 tamtams (small/large), snare drum, tom-tom (low), tenor drum, 3 timpani, cowbell (low), 4 tubular bells, maracas, 3 temple blocks (low)
Jazz Combo (Act II, Scene 1)
clarinet, trumpet, guitar, double bass (amplified)

Electronics

3 screens and projectors, loudspeakers on stage and in hall
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