WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

Oberon Romantische Oper in drey Acten Nach dem Englischen des J. Planche von Theodor Hell ... Klavier-Auszug von Componisten. Eigenthum des Verlegers Mit allergnäd. Königl. Preußischen, Baierischen, Sächsischen und Großherzogl. Darmstädtischen Privilegien gegen Nachdruck aller Arrangements. ... Preis: 6 Rthlr. 15 Sg. (12 ggr.). [Op. 306]. [Piano-vocal score]

Berlin: In Ad. Mt. Schlesinger's Buch-und Musikhandlung, Unter den Linden No. 34. [PN 1376], [1826].

Folio. Original publisher's gray printed wrappers with titling within decorative border . 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] ("Personen" and thematic index), 4-157, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved.

With publisher's small monogrammatic handstamp to blank lower inner margin of title.

Occasional annotations in pencil.

Contemporary signature "Emilie von Wolzogen 1826" to foot of title and foot of upper wrapper (without date), most likely Dorothea Therese Emilie von Wolzogen (1797–1872). RISM ID Number people/144470.

Wrappers worn; edges frayed; upper detached. Some signs of wear; minor to moderate foxing to blank margins; a number of signatures split.

Quite a good, wide-margined copy overall.

First German edition, published shortly after the first London edition. Jahns 306, p. 392. Hirsch IV, 1298. Fuld pp. 395-396. Hoboken 15, 367.

Oberon, a romantic opera in three acts to a libretto by James Robinson Planché after Christoph Martin Wieland’s poem Oberon, was first performed in London at Covent Garden on 12 April 1826.

The present edition includes the fifth aria for the first time.

"The whole nature of Oberon ... both in its subject and in the method of treating it which Weber was led to adopt, is orchestral rather than vocal; yet the freshness and charm of his melodies is if anything at its peak in the disjointed numbers which comprise it." Warrack: Carl Maria von Weber, p. 326.

Item #41134

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