Martha (Flotow, Friedrich von)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Composition Year 1844–47?
Genre Categories Comic operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; [23 more...]For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For guitar, 2 mandolins, mandola (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); Scores featuring the mandolin (arr); Scores featuring the mandola (arr); For 4 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For harp (arr); Scores featuring the harp (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr)
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Letzte Rose, wie magst du (Act II) based on The Last Rose of Summer

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1940). MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2297.
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Misc. Notes Reproduced from a copyist's manuscript.
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Overture

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1940). MPR
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Misc. Notes This score includes measure numbers.
Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850
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Parts

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Pit-Orchestra

⇒ 25 more: Flute 2/Piccolo • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 • Clarinet 2 • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 • Horn 2 • Horn 3 • Horn 4 • Trumpet 1 • Trumpet 2 • Trombone 1 (Alto) • Trombone 2 (Tenor) • Trombone 3 (Bass) • Ophicleïde (Tuba) • Timpani/Triangle • Snare Drum/Bass Drum • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2297.
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Chorus

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2297
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Offstage Band

⇒ 4 more: Horn 2 (F) • Trumpet (E♭) • Trombone • Snare Drum

Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2297.
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Overture

⇒ 13 more: Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1/2 (A/C) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 (F), 3/4 (E/C) • Trumpet 1/2 (A/C) • Trombone 1/2, 3 • Ophicleide • Timpani • Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Drum • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus et Cie., n.d. Plate B. et Cie. 10024.
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Vocal Scores

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Language Italian / English / German
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1860.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
No indication is given as to the translators responsible for the Italian or English texts.
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Editor Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
Josiah Pittman (1816–1886)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., n.d.(ca.1880).
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
No indication is given as to the translators responsible for the Italian or English texts. (Reprint?)
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Language French
Translator Henri Saint-Georges (1801–1875) and
Louis Crevel de Charlemagne (1806–1882), French text
Publisher. Info. Paris: J. Tallandier, n.d.
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Editor 10th edition
Language French
Translator Henri Saint-Georges (1801–1875) and
Louis Crevel de Charlemagne (1806–1882), French text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Choudens, n.d.(ca.1896). Plate A.C. 10,509.
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Editor Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854–1923), introduction
Language German / English
Translator Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1902. Plate 15850.
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Editor Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1914). Plate 9768.
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Solo, profugo reietto! (Act I)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. The Vocal Beauties of Flotow's Opera 'Martha'
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1856. Plate 995.
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Ach! so fromm, ach so traut (Act III)

Language Italian
Publisher. Info. O Brasil Musical, No.338
Rio de Janeiro: Filippone e Tornaghi, n.d. Plate 1402.
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 Complete Score
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Language Russian / Italian
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Collection (pp.21-25)
Moscow: Muzyka, n.d. Plate 14396.
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Misc. Notes This famous, 'M'appari' ('Ach, so fromm'), Lionel's Act III romanza, was not originally written for this opera but for Flotow's L'âme en peine (produced by the Paris Opera in 1846)
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Już wiosna wróciła

Language Polish
Publisher. Info. Zbiór Ulubionych Arii, No.1
Warsaw: Gebethner and Wolff, n.d.[1880-90]. Plate G 242 W.
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Esser mesto il mio cor non sapria (Act III)

Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 127534.
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Misc. Notes Italian
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Frackmann, n.d. Plate 2337.
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Publisher. Info. Paris: G. Brandus & S. Dufour, n.d.[1858-72]. Plate B. et D. 10030.
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Overture

For Guitar, 2 Mandolins and Mandola (Falorni)

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Arranger Giovanni Falorni (1862–1944)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1923.
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For Piano 4 hands (Czerny)
Arranger Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 21032.
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For Piano 4 hands
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. Plate 27057.
Reprinted Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.
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For Violin and Piano (Windsperger)
Arranger Lothar Windsperger (1885–1935)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d. Plate 06763/4.
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Letzte Rose, wie magst du (Act II)

For Harp (Sodero)
Arranger Carlo Sodero (1885–1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., 1919.
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Misc. Notes From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
(as digitally mirrored at archive.org).
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Ach! so fromm, ach so traut (Act III)

For Theater Orchestra (Carver)
Arranger Edgar Carver (fl.1923-1942)
Publisher. Info. New York: Broadcast Music Inc., 1940.
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Misc. Notes Titled in Italian: M'apparì tutt'amor.
In the USA this work is most likely in the public domain because no renewal was found after a thorough search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and it was ineligible for "restoration" under GATT/TRIPS.
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General Information

Work Title Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond
Alternative. Title Romantisch-komische Oper in vier Akten
Name Translations Márta avagy a richmondi vásár; マルタ; Marta albo jarmark w Richmondzie; Марта; Martha (operă); [4 more...]Marta; Մարթա; മാർത്ത; מרתה
Name Aliases Martha oder Der Markt zu Richmond; Martha aneb Trh v Richmondu; Marta aneb Trh v Richmondu
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184908490; LCCN: no2002099667; GND: 30005324X; [2 more...]BNF: 13912159r; BNE: XX2066339
Composer Flotow, Friedrich von
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFF 6
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1844–47?
First Performance. 1847/11/25 in Vienna: Kärntnertor
First Publication. 1848 - Vienna: H.M. Müller, plate 280. (vocal score)
Librettist Friedrich Wilhelm Riese (ca.1805–1879)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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Cast
Lady Harriet Durham [Martha] (soprano)
Nancy, her servant ['Julia'] (mezzo-soprano)
Plunkett, a young farmer (bass)
Lyonel, his foster brother (tenor)
Sir Tristan Mickleford, Lady Harriet's cousin [Farmer Bob] (bass)
Sheriff (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Courtiers, Pages, Ladies, Hunters, Farmers

Pit-Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophïcleide
timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum
harp, strings

Off-stage Instruments

2 horns, trumpet, trombone, snare drum
Related Works Pieces based on 'Martha'
Letzte Rose, wie magst du (Act II) based on The Last Rose of Summer
Discography MusicBrainz
Authorities Wikidata
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Based on Flotow's contribution to the 1844 ballet Harriette, ou la servante de Greenwiche.
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