WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

Der Freischütz Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzugen ... mit leichter Clavier Begleitung eingerichtet von Karl Zulehner ... Pr. 7 fl. [Op. 77]. [Piano-vocal score]

Mainz und Paris: bey B. Schott's Söhnen ... Antwerpen bey A. Schott [PN 1719], [ca. 1825].

Oblong folio. Contemporary half dark brown leather with marbled boards, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto lithographic title with large oval engraved vignette depicting a scene from the opera, verso blank), 1f. (recto cast list and contents, verso blank). 122 pp. Text in German. Title lithographed, cast list and contents leaf and music engraved.

Binding quite worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine lacking. Slightly worn and soiled; remnants of wrappers to blank inner margin of title.

Jähns 277, p. 303. Hoboken 15, 352. Hirsch IV, 1294. OCLC 314445193.

Der Freischütz was first performed in Berlin at the Schauspielhaus 18 June 1821.

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

A scarce later printing of the edition first published in 1822 by Schott with altered imprint and a different title illustration.

Item #41135

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