Wozzeck, Op.7 (Berg, Alban)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1914-1922
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; [13 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language; For voice, orchestra (arr); For voices with orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the soprano voice (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For wind ensemble (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind ensemble (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

Excerpts

Performer Pages Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
John Oliver (choral conductor)
Publisher Info. RCA Red Seal, 1964. LSC 7031.
Performers Sacred Heart Boychoir of Roslindale (chorus)
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US 
Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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Full Scores

 Complete Score (EU)
#618820 - 23.43MB, 487 pp. -  6.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - C/51/C - 11632×⇩ - Fugalicious

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 Act 2 (EU)
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 Act 3 (EU)
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Editor Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1955. Plate U.E 7379/12100.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes English translation removed due to copyright.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#590519 - 55.02MB, 242 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - 28/V/48 - 462×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2019/9/22)

Arranger Fritz Heinrich Klein (1892–1977), piano reduction
Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Alban Berg, n.d.(ca.1922). Plate A.B. 4.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD EU
Misc. Notes BSB gives the date as 1921 but this seems unlikely as the orchestra score was completed only in April 1922. This vocal score was issued by Universal Edition in 1923 (see Monatsbericht (1923), p.145).
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Fritz Heinrich Klein (1892–1977), piano reduction
Engraver Vienna: Waldheim-Eberle.
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Alban Berg, n.d.(ca.1922). Plate A.B. 4.
Reprinted Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.[1923]. Plate U.E.7382.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD EU
Misc. Notes Original images: ca.150dpi color tif (from pdf) files approx. 1660 by 2050 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. UE's imprint is on a label pasted over Berg's self-publication imprint. This score is from the personal collection of Egon Wellesz. Page three contains handwritten corrections.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections (3 Bruchstücke)

For Soprano and Orchestra
Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1924. Plate U.E. 7660.
Copyright
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⇒ 44 more: Flute 1 • Flute 2 • Flute 3 (also Piccolo) • Flute 4 (also Piccolo) • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Oboe 3 • Oboe 4 (also English Horn) • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Clarinet 3 (B♭) (also E♭ Clarinet) • Clarinet 4 (B♭) (also E♭ Clarinet) • Bass Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Bassoon 3 • Contrabassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Trumpet 1 (F) • Trumpet 1 (transposed to C) • Trumpet 2 (F) • Trumpet 2 (transposed to C) • Trumpet 3 (F) • Trumpet 3 (transposed to C) • Trumpet 4 (F) • Trumpet 4 (transposed to C) • Trombone 1 (Alto, ad lib. also Tenor) • Trombone 2 (Tenor) • Trombone 3 (Tenor) • Trombone 4 (Bass) • Tuba • Timpani • Percussion • Harp • Celesta • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses • Engraving files (Lilypond)

 Oboe 2
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 Oboe 3
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 Tuba
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 Harp
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 Violas
#612636 - 0.40MB, 12 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 289×⇩ - Rutger

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 Cellos
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Arranger Composer
Editor Rutger Hofman
Publisher. Info. Rutger Hofman
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
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Interlude from Act III

For Wind Ensemble (Moore)

⇒ 41 more: Piccolo • Flute 1 • Flute 2 • Flute 3 • Flute 4 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Clarinet 3 (B♭) • Clarinet 4 (B♭) • Bass Clarinet (B♭) • Contrabass Clarinet (B♭) • Alto Saxophone 1 (E♭) • Alto Saxophone 2 (E♭) • Tenor Saxophone (B♭) • Baritone Saxophone (E♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Contrabassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Trumpet 1 (B♭) • Trumpet 2 (B♭) • Trumpet 3 (B♭) • Trumpet 4 (B♭) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 • Trombone 4 • Euphonium • Bass Tuba • Timpani • Snare Drum • Xylophone • Tam Tam • Bass Drum • Harp • Double Bass

Arranger Robert Moore (b. 1961)
Publisher. Info. Robert Moore Music, 2021.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Full Score is optimized for 11"x17" paper
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General Information

Work Title Wozzeck
Alternative. Title Opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes
Composer Berg, Alban
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.7
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAB 16
Key Atonal
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1914-1922
First Performance. 1925-12-14 in Berlin, Berlin State Opera
Soli, Chorus, Orchestra, Erich Kleiber (conductor)
First Publication. 1922 or 1923 – Vienna: Composer
Librettist Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
Language German
Dedication Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Wozzeck (baritone)
Marie, his common-law wife (soprano)
Marie's Son (treble)
Captain (buffo tenor)
Doctor (buffo bass)
Drum Major (heldentenor)
Andres, Wozzeck's friend (lyric tenor)
Margret, Marie's Neighbor (contralto)
First Apprentice (deep bass)
Second Apprentice (high baritone)
Madman (high tenor)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Soldiers, Apprentices, Women and Children

Orchestra

4 flutes (all also piccolos), 4 oboes (4th also English horn),
4 clarinets (3rd and 4th also E♭ clarinet),
bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon.
4 horns, 4 trumpets 4 trombones (alto, 2 tenor, bass), tuba.
timpani (4 drums), bass drum, cymbals (a pair, suspended, one attached to bass drum),
bass drum (with switch), snare drum, 2 tam-tams (large and small), triangle,
xylophone, celesta, harp, strings

Onstage Instruments*

Marching Band (Act I, sc.3)
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 E♭ clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
bass drum with cymbals, snare drum, triangle.
Tavern band (Act II, sc.4)
clarinet in C, bombardon in F (or muted tuba), accordion, guitar, 2 fiddles (steel strings, scordatura)
Upright out-of-tune piano (Act III, sc.3)
*In his instructions, Berg says the players in the marching band may be taken from the main orchestra, and even goes so far as to indicate exactly where the players can leave with a footnote near the end of Act I, sc.2. In addition to the instrumental groups which appear on stage, Berg also asks for a chamber orchestra in Act II, sc.3, which should if possible be composed of additional players and separated from the main pit orchestra. The chamber orchestra instrumentation explicitly matches that of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No.1.
flute (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, E♭ clarinet, clarinet,
bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, strings
Manuscript Sources Proof full score, with composer corrections (ÖNB)
Vocal score for 3 Pieces (ÖNB)
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Publication history
Includes passages where the double basses tune the low C string down to a B♮. In Act II, Scene 4, the onstage tavern band includes 2 steel-strung fiddles (violins) tuned up a whole tone (scordatura): \relative c'' { \clef treble \key c \major \omit Score.TimeSignature \hide Stem <a, e' b' fis' > }
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