Król Roger, Op.46 (Szymanowski, Karol)

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Arranger Arthur Willner (1881-1959)
Language Polish / German
Translator Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878–1931), German text
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1925. Plate U.E. 7750.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Chant de Roxane

For Violin and Piano (Kochanski)

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Arranger Paul Kochanski (1887-1934)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1926. Plate U.E. 8694.
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General Information

Work Title King Roger
Alternative. Title Król Roger
Name Translations ロジェ王; Le Roi Roger; El rey Roger; Король Рогер; Kung Roger; Re Ruggero; 羅傑王; 罗杰王; Βασιλιάς Ρότζερ
Name Aliases ロゲル王; Rey Roger; Krol Roger; Pasterz; König Roger; Der Hirte
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186733606; LCCN: n85023916; GND: 300301286; BNF: 13940978c
Composer Szymanowski, Karol
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.46
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IKS 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1918-1924
First Performance. 1926/06/29 at the Warsaw Opera, Emil Młynarski, conductor
First Publication. 1925
Copyright Information Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece items containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server (located in Canada) until 70 years after the death of the author(s). Items with text first published before 1929 or otherwise confirmed as public domain in the United States can be uploaded to the US server only.
Librettist Composer and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)
Language Polish
Dedication Dorothy Jordan Robinson
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, chorus, children's chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Roger II, King of Sicily (baritone)
Roxana, his wife (soprano)
Edrisi, an Arab scholar (tenor)
Shepherd (tenor)
Archbishop (bass)
Deaconess (contralto)

Mixed chorus and children's chorus

Priests, monks, nuns, acolytes, courtiers, guards, eunuchs, Shepherd's disciples

Orchestra

3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn)
3 clarinets (3rd also piccolo clarinet), bass clarinet
3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon)
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, cymbals
tambourine, tam-tam, snare drum, bass drum
piano, celesta, organ, 2 harps, strings

Onstage Instruments

4 trumpets, tam-tam
External Links Szymanowski site
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The full score was not published until 1973 (in the PWM critical edition, co-published with UE).