Rübezahl, Op.600 (Abt, Franz)

		Movements/Sections 8 songs Introductory: "By star-gleam never lighted" Chorus of Playmates. The King's Daughter: "See how the day-gleam the gloom overpowers" King's Daughter and Chorus of Gnomes: "Thou dear and lovely mortal child" King's Daughter, Playmates, and Gnome: "Succour to bear thee" Song of the King's Daughter: "The mountains are beaming" Song of the King's Daughter: "Birdie kind, oh do not tarry" The Gnomes' Song of Derision: "Count again, still count in wonder" Final Chorus: "Songs of gladness meet thee" First Publication 1884 – Offenbach: Johann André Genre Categories Secular choruses; Choruses; For 3 voices, female chorus, piano; For voices and chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring female chorus; Scores featuring the piano; German language

Sheet Music

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
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Language:

English

Translator:

William Grist (1840–1896)

Publisher Info.:

London: Augener & Co., n.d. [ca.1884]. Plate 6116.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original scans: 300dpi, grayscale jpg2000 files approximately 2330 by 3290 pixels. Converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins.
This edition erroneously assigns the work opus 593.

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Librettos

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Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Offenbach: Johann André, n.d. [ca.1884].

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Original scans: 150dpi, color jpg files approximately 1100 by 1700 pixels. De-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins.

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General Information

Work Title	Rübezahl
Alternative Title	Märchendichtung für Soli (S., A.) und Chöre (2 S. u. A.) und Pianoforte mit verbindender Deklamation

Composer	Abt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.600
Movements/Sections	8 songs Introductory: "By star-gleam never lighted" Chorus of Playmates. The King's Daughter: "See how the day-gleam the gloom overpowers" King's Daughter and Chorus of Gnomes: "Thou dear and lovely mortal child" King's Daughter, Playmates, and Gnome: "Succour to bear thee" Song of the King's Daughter: "The mountains are beaming" Song of the King's Daughter: "Birdie kind, oh do not tarry" The Gnomes' Song of Derision: "Count again, still count in wonder" Final Chorus: "Songs of gladness meet thee"
First Publication	1884 – Offenbach: Johann André
Librettist	Hermann Francke (1834?–1919?) after a poem by Johann Karl August Musäus (1735–1787)
Language	German
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: 2 sopranos, alto + female chorus (SSA) piano

Misc. Comments

Hermann Francke may be an alternate spelling for the composer Hermann Franke. Musicsack seems to leave open the possibility, listing both (Francke, Hermann (b.1834) and Franke, Hermann (1834-1919).)