WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

Ouvertures ... Grande Partition (Partitur) ... II. Freischütz 1 1/3 Thlr. [Full score]

Berlin: Ad. Mt. Schlesinger [PN 2913], [ca. 1843].

Octavo. Full modern mottled orange calf with brown morocco title label gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 3-50 pp. Engraved.

Early vendor's handstamp to lower margin of title.

Quite foxed; occasional minor soiling and staining, not affecting music; some wear to lower margin of title.

First Edition of the orchestral score. Jähns no. 277, p. 303. Fuld p. 236. OCLC no. 40569240.

Der Freischütz, to a libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind after Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun's Gespensterbuch, was first performed at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin on June 18, 1821.

"With Der Freischütz [Weber] produced a work that competed successfully with popular French and Italian operas not only in Germany but in other countries as well. The impact of Der Freischütz on opera of the 1820s, 30s, and 40s is evident, as it inspired a spate of gothic works like the vampire operas of Marschner and Lindpaintner, and even as late a work as Der fliegende Holländer owes much to it; outside Germany, its success as Robin des Bois prepared the way for Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable." Paul Corneilson et al. in Grove Music Online.

Item #26857

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