Es war ein König in Thule, S.278 (Liszt, Franz)

		Movements/Sections 1 Composition Year 1842 (1st version) 1856 (2nd version) Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; German language; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Sheet Music

• Voice and Piano (4)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (0)

Voice and Piano

2nd version

 Complete Score (300 dpi)
*#268662 - 10.49MB, 8 pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 110x⇩

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Gaylord (2013/2/6)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, n.d. Plate 708.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

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 Complete Score
*#176292 - 1.63MB, 8 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 408x⇩

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Schissel (2012/2/6)

Language:

English / German

Translator:

Unknown translator, English text

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1876. Plate 1018.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Version 2. Music closer to the Raabe edition (some clarifying natural/accidental signs exist that were not added by Raabe, some other differences?)

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 Complete Score (S.278/2)
*#04880 - 0.44MB, 6 pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/C - 945x⇩

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Funper (2007/4/4)

Language:

English / German

Translator:

Arthur Westbrook (fl.1901-fl.1917), English text

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1902.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Music differs in some details from the Raabe edition below.

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 Complete Score (S.278/2) (Preview)
*#60367 - 0.69MB, 6 (#41–46) pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V* - 915x⇩

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piupianissimo (2010/3/31)

Editor:

Peter Raabe (1872–1945)

Language:

German

Publisher Info.:

Franz Liszt: Musikalische Werke. Serie VII, Band 2.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1921. Plate F.L. VII 34

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

1st version

For Piano solo (Liszt)

See: No.4 of Buch der Lieder I, S.531

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General Information

Work Title	Es war ein König in Thule
Alternative Title	Le Roi de Thule

Composer	Liszt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue Number	S.278/1 ; LW.N9/1 (1st version) S.278/2 ; LW.N9/2 (1st version)
Movements/Sections	1
Year/Date of Composition	1842 (1st version) 1856 (2nd version)
First Publication	1843 (1st version) 1856 (2nd version)
Librettist	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Language	German
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voice, piano
External Links	The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive

Misc. Comments

Version History

• Composed for voice and piano, 1842 (= 1st version, S.278/1)

Published 1843 by Schlesinger (Berlin)

• Arranged for solo piano, 1843, as No.4 of Buch der Lieder I (= S.531/4)

Published 1844 by Schlesinger (Berlin)

• Revised for mezzo-soprano voice and piano, 1856 (= 2nd version, S.278/2)

Published 1856 by Schlesinger (Berlin)

A major, identifying difference between versions 1 and 2: at the moment where the chalice falls into the deep, version 1 has pianistic fireworks and a simpler "ossia". Version 2 has only the ossia, apparently. (Arnold, The Liszt Companion, page 415.)