Ödipus in Kolonos, Op.93 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 sections
Composition Year	1845
Genre Categories	Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For voices, 2 male choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language

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Complete Score
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Feduol (2022/5/18)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1844-6.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mendelssohn Aut. 40/7 This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Cover, Contents
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CBo (2010/1/2)

⇒ 4 more: Introduction • Parts 1–3 • Parts 4–6 • Parts 7–9

Introduction
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Parts 1–3
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Parts 4–6
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Parts 7–9
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Editor	Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info.	Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 15 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874–77. Plate M.B. 116.
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Complete Score
*#252863 - 5.74MB, 110 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 413×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Rob Peters (2012/9/30)

Color Cover
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Rob Peters (2012/9/30)

Translator	William Bartholomew (1793-1867), English text
Publisher. Info.	London: Novello, n.d. Plate 211.
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Alexander Reuter (2022/4/4)

Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: C.F. Peters, not after 1878. Plate 6014.
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Work Title	Oedipus in Kolonos
Alternative. Title	Muzik zu Oedipus in Kolonos von Sophokles
Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.93 ; MWV M 14
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFM 117
Key	D minor – D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 sections: Introduction (13 bars) 1. "O schau! Er entfloh!" (207 bars) 1a. "Was sagst du, Kind?" (5 bars) 2. "Grausam ist es" (98 bars) 3. "Zur rossprangenden Flur" (172 bars) 4. "Weh mir!" (129 bars) 5. "Ach, wär ich" (184 bars) 6. "Wer ein längeres Lebensteil wünscht" (104 bars) 7. "Auf uns bricht" (218 bars) 8. "Ist es verstattet" (53 bars) 9. "Ihr, o geliebte Kinder beide" (81 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1845
First Performance.	1845-11-01 in Postdam, Neues Palais (first production) 1845-11-10 in Berlin (first public production)
First Publication.	1851 - Leipzig // London
Librettist	Franz Fritze and Johann Jakob Christian Donner after Sophocles (ca.497/96 – 406/05 BCE)
Language	German
Average DurationAvg. Duration	50-60 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	solo voices (2 tenors, 2 basses), double male chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail	2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones timpani, harp, strings
External Links	All Music Guide

Written at the request of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia for court performance.