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First edition
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| Publisher. Info.
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Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4716.
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Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3340 by 4240 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Parts
Complete
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First edition
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| Publisher. Info.
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Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4718.
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| Misc. Notes
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Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3310 by 4160 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. The following parts are missing: violin I, viola, cello, bass.
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Overture
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First edition
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| Publisher. Info.
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Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4718.
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Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3365 by 4605 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Vocal Scores
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First edition
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Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4717.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3420 by 4250 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Gutenberg
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| Alternative. Title
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Oratorium in drei Abtheilungen
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| Composer
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Loewe, Carl
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.55
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICL 158
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 parts (overture, 16 numbers)
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| First Performance.
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1837/8/14 – Mainz
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| First Publication.
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1837 – Mainz: Schott
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| Librettist
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Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873)
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| Language
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German
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| Dedication
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Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Voices: soprano, 2 tenors, 2 basses + mixed chorus (SATTBB)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones + snare drum, timpani + strings
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Composed for the dedication of a memorial to Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz.
As noted in Druckbücher (1) des Verlags B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz the printing plates for Schott's 1837 edition were melted down in 1925.
