Melusina, Op.55 (Fibich, Zdeněk)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 secular cantata
Composition Year	1872-74 ca.
Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; [6 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Czech language; German language

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Vocal Scores

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Publisher. Info.	Prague: Urbánek, 1911. Plate U. 1597.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase	Printed copy of this file (UK & EU)

General Information

Work Title	Melusina (Balada)
Alternative. Title	Mélusine ; Meluzína ; Die Windsbraut ; Bride of the Wind, a cantata
Composer	Fibich, Zdeněk
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.55
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IZF 33
Key	F-sharp minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 secular cantata
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1872-74 ca.
Librettist	Ad. Piskáček (?) after the 1843 ballad Die Windsbraut by Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882)
Language	Czech, German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voices, mixed chorus, orchestra

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Roles

Dcera obří (Giant's Daughter) – Soprano
Duch ohně (Fire Spirit) – Tenor
Král vzduchu (King of the Air) – Tenor
Vodní duch (Water Spirit) – Baritone
Duch země (Earth Spirit) – Bass

Notes

Unsure whether these composition dates (1872-74) are correct. If composed c.1898 instead, then the librettist "Ad. Piskáček" is likely Adolf Piskáček (1873–1919), a.k.a. Jan Hořec.

Fibich has another Op.55: Helga, part 1 of his opera Pád Arkuna.