WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

Ouverture de l'Opéra Der Beherrscher der Geister [The Ruler of Spirits] pour 2 Violons, 2 Hautbois, 2 Clarinettes, Flûte, Flûte piccolo, 2 Bassons, 3 Trombones, 4 Cors, 4 Trompettes, Tÿmbales, Alto, et Basso ... Op. 27. [Copyist musical manuscript full score]

[?]Edinburgh: ca. 1860.

Folio (265 x 336 mm). Sewn. [i] (title), 47 pp. Notated in black ink on 20-stave rastrum-ruled paper.

With performance markings including dynamics, fermatas, and expression markings in blue and orange pencil. "Weber Overture 57" in pencil to lower inner margin of title.

With the embossed blindstamp of Edinburgh music publishers Hamilton & Müller, active from 1839-1885, to upper outer corner of title.

Slightly worn; some soiling, especially to first and last leaves; minor loss to lower outer corner of first leaf.

Jähns 122. The present manuscript, which appears to have been used for performance, may derive from the first edition of the overture published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Härtel in an octavo format after 1840.

First performed on 11 November 1811 and revised by the composer in 1822. The present overture, originally appearing at the start of the unfinished opera Rübezahl, was recast by Weber as "Der Beherrscher der Geister" in 1811.

Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and critic. "A prototypical 19th-century musician-critic, he sought through his works, words, and efforts as performer and conductor to promote art and shape emerging middle-class audiences to its appreciation. His contributions to song, choral music, and piano music were highly esteemed by his contemporaries, his opera overtures influenced the development of the concert overture and symphonic poem, and his explorations of novel timbres and orchestrations enriched the palette of musical sonorities. With the overwhelming success of his opera Der Freischütz in 1821 he became the leading exponent of German opera in the 1820s and an international celebrity. A seminal figure of the 19th century, he influenced composers as diverse as Marschner, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Liszt." Michael C. Tusa in Grove Music Online.

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