Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck, Engelbert)

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Publisher Info. Deutsche Grammoophon, 1953.
Performers Litz, Streich, Schech, Fisher, Günter, Münchner Philharmoniker, Friz Lehmann (dir.)
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For Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

Publisher Info. Antonia Modes, Klara Brockhaus & Rodolfo Focarelli, 2024.
Performers Antonia Modes (Soprano), Klara Brockhaus (Mezzo-Soprano), Rodolfo Focarelli (Piano)
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Misc. Notes In cooperation with Open Music Academy at the University of Music and Theatre München
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Naxos

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Vorspiel

For 14 Recorders (Kemp)

Publisher Info. David Kemp, 2020.
Performers Synthesized MIDI
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Misc. Notes Transcribed for Recorder Orchestra - 1 Sopranino 2 Sopranos 2 Altos 2 Tenors 2 Basses 2 Greatbasses 1 Contrabass 1 SubGreatbass 1 SubContrabass
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Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer)

For Piccolo Trumpet, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Adams)
Publisher Info. Adatec
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

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Complete

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2305.
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Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2305.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, Bühnenwerke No.13, n.d. Plate 28600.
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Misc. Notes Foliation (iv, #3-541, ix)
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Vorspiel

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617.
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Editor Lance Humphrey Cowled
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617
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Misc. Notes Added bar numbers, bar number table added for player convenience
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Parts

Complete

30 more: Flute 1 • Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2/English Horn • Clarinet 1 • Clarinet 2 • Bass Clarinet • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 • Horn 2 • Horn 3 • Horn 4 • Trumpet 1 • Trumpet 2 • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 • Tuba • Timpani • Bass Drum/Cymbals • Triangle • Cuckoo/Tam-Tam • Tambourine/Glockenspiel/Xylophone • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617, 25751.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2305.
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Cellofan (2015/5/31)

Editor Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Orfeo Mandozzi 2015
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Vorspiel

12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 • Trumpet 1, 2 (B♭, E) • Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba • Timpani, Tambourine, Cymbals, Triangle • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25617.
Reprinted Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Vocal Scores

Arranger [composer's arrangement]
Editor Revised edition*
Language German
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1894. Plate 25618.
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#36490 - low res systems scattered throughout
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4 more: Act I • Act II Vospiel: Der Hexenritt (The Witch's Ride) • Act II • Act III

Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846-1901), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schotts Söhne, n.d.[1897]. Plate 25827.
Reprinted 1923, with bogus copyright claim.
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846-1901), piano reduction
Language English
Translator Constance Bache (1846-1903), English text
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1895. Plates 25788 and 25827.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Kleinmichel)
Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schotts Söhne, 1894. Plate 25800.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Only mentioned in Monatsbericht (1897), p.51, three years after first publication (as indicated in the Schott plate-number books).
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For Mixed Chorus and 4 Horns (Hoek)

10 more: Complete Score (German) • Vocal Score (English) • Vocal Score (German) • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Choral Score (English) • Choral Score (German) • Piano

Arranger Arie van Hoek (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Arie van Hoek, 2020.
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Misc. Notes Selection of songs from the opera
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For Male Chorus and 4 Horns (Hoek)

10 more: Complete Score (German) • Vocal Score (English) • Vocal Score (German) • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Choral Score (English) • Choral Score (German) • Piano

Arranger Arie van Hoek (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Arie van Hoek, 2020.
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Misc. Notes Selection of songs from the opera
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Vorspiel

For 14 Recorders (Kemp)
Arranger David Edward Kemp
Publisher. Info. David Edward Kemp
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Misc. Notes Instrumentation: 1 Sopranino 2 Soprano 2 Alto 2 Tenor 2 Bass 2 Greatbass 1 Contrabass 1 SubGreatbass 1 SubContrabass
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For Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns and Double Bass (Clements)
Arranger Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Patrick Clements, 2017.
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Misc. Notes The horn parts are in F & E but transposed parts in F are provided.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Singer)
Arranger Otto Singer II (1863-1931)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1905). Plate 27137.
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For Piano and Harmonium (Reinhard)
Arranger August Reinhard (1831-1912)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 25850.
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Misc. Notes Monochrome.
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For 4 Horns (Hoek)

5 more: Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Horn 4 (F, bass clef)

Arranger Arie van Hoek (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Arie van Hoek, 2017.
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Misc. Notes Highlights of the overture
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Sandmännchen (Act II)

For Cello or Violin and Piano (Goltermann)
Arranger Georg Goltermann (1824–1898)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1895. Plate 25794.
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For Piano and Harmonium (Reinhard)
For Organ (Lemare)
Arranger Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934)
Publisher. Info. Blue Album of Twenty Pieces for the Organ
London: Schott & Co., 1899. Plate 26662
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Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer)

For Soprano, Mixed Chorus, Cello and Organ (Isenberg)
Arranger Gabriel Isenberg
Publisher. Info. Gabriel Isenberg
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For Mixed Chorus (SSATB) with Instruments ad lib. (Eibl)
Arranger Manfred R. Eibl (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Taxus, 2019.

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Misc. Notes Prepended new lyrics transform the ingenious (but very short) "Abendsegen" into a two-strophe Christmas carol "Weihnachts-Kindertraum".
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For Piccolo Trumpet, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Adams)
Arranger Stefan Adams
Publisher. Info. Stefan Adams
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Misc. Notes This arrangement combines the initial part of the overture with the song from Act II
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For 2 Voices (Sothilander)
See: Am Bettchen zu singen by Georg L. Sothilander.


Knusperwalzer (Act III)

For Orchestra (Steiner)

14 more: Piccolo, Flute • Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (B♭) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Timpani • Triangle, Glockenspiel • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Hans Steiner (1860–?)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, 1895. Plate 25823.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A3998.
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For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Les Favoris, Band XVII
Rotterdam: D. Bolle, n.d.(ca.1895).
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Misc. Notes Approximate publication date from announcements in Dutch newspapers:
Band VIII (1889) and Band XIV (1893)
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Traum-Pantomime

For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Piano

4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

Arranger Jean-Baptiste Horn
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1895. Plate 25797.
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Librettos

Language German / English
Publisher. Info. New York: Fred Rullman, 1905.
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General Information

Work Title Hänsel und Gretel
Alternative. Title Märchenspiel in drei Bildern
Name Translations 汉泽尔与格蕾太尔 (歌剧); Jancsi és Juliska (opera); Hannu ja Kerttu (ooppera); 헨젤과 그레텔 (오페라); ヘンゼルとグレーテル; [16 more...]Hänsel e Gretel; Hansel y Gretel; Гензель и Гретель (опера); Hansel ve Gretel (opera); Hans och Greta; Hänsel și Gretel (opera); Perníková chaloupka; هانسل و گرتل; Hänsel i Gretel (Humperdinck); הנזל וגרטל; Χάνσελ και Γκρέτελ; Jaś i Małgosia; Hans og Grete; 糖果屋; 糖果屋 (歌劇); Гензель і Гретель (опера)
Name Aliases Hänsel et gretel (opéra); Hansel et Gretel (opera); Hänsel et Gretel (opéra); Bruger:Penguin/AutoDSD/Hänsel und Gretel; Hänsel und Gretel (opera); [10 more...]Hænsel und Gretel; Hänsel și gretel (opera); Hänsel şi Gretel (opera); Hänsel şi gretel (opera); Hansel și Gretel (opera); Hans en Grietje (opera); Hansel and Gretel; 漢賽爾與格萊特; 漢賽爾與葛麗特; 韓賽爾與葛麗特
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177811779; GND: 1027981240; BNF: 43995870w
Composer Humperdinck, Engelbert
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IEH 6
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1891–92
First Performance. 1893-12-23 in Weimar, Hofoper
Cast, Chorus, Orchestra Richard Strauss (conductor)
First Publication. 1894 - Mainz: Schott
Librettist Adelheid Wette (1858–1916), after the Brothers Grimm
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, children's chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Peter (baritone)
Gertrud (mezzo-soprano)
Hänsel (mezzo-soprano)
Gretel (soprano)
Gingerbread Witch (mezzo-soprano)
Sandman (soprano)
Dewman (soprano)
Voices of Echoes (3 sopranos, 2 altos)

Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also english horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoon
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, cuckoo whistle, tambourine, glockenspiel, xylophone
harp, strings
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