Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op.32 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (406 bars)
Composition Year 1833-11-14 ; rev. 1835
Genre Categories Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 4 players (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Recording (EU)
#579254 - 25.78MB - 11:16 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/65/V - 378×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2019/6/28)

Performer Pages Carl Schuricht (conductor)
Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra)
Publisher Info. Decca, 1954.
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Full Scores

 Complete Score
#714387 - 15.11MB, 52 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 81×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2021/7/10)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1833.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F. 50
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 Complete Score
#28782 - 4.67MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7738×⇩ - homerdundas

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homerdundas (2009/2/22)

 Complete Score
#77523 - 4.81MB, 54 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3194×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2010/9/3)

 Complete Score (with measure numbers)
#423986 - 17.21MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 502×⇩ - Dandeutsch

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Dandeutsch (2016/5/22)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B. 10.
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Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850 (#423986)
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 Complete Score
#217857 - 2.62MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1627×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/5/11)

Publisher. Info. Donajowski's Miniature Scores, No.271
London: E. Donajowski, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate E. 7112 D.
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Parts

 Flute 1
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⇒ 16 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Trumpet 1 (B♭) • Trumpet 2 (B♭) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Flute 2
#900737 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - JHD

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 Oboe 1
#900738 - 0.21MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 83×⇩ - JHD

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 Oboe 2
#900739 - 0.27MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - JHD

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 Clarinet 1 (B♭)
#900740 - 0.26MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 93×⇩ - JHD

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 Clarinet 2 (B♭)
#900741 - 0.25MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 80×⇩ - JHD

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 Bassoon 1
#900742 - 0.24MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 77×⇩ - JHD

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 Bassoon 2
#900743 - 0.23MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - JHD

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 Horn 1 (F)
#900744 - 0.22MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 87×⇩ - JHD

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 Horn 2 (F)
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 Trumpet 1 (B♭)
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
#900747 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 75×⇩ - JHD

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 Timpani
#900748 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - JHD

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 Violins I
#900749 - 0.65MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 116×⇩ - JHD

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 Violins II
#900750 - 0.52MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 88×⇩ - JHD

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 Violas
#900751 - 0.49MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 103×⇩ - JHD

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 Cellos/Basses
#900752 - 0.96MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 98×⇩ - JHD

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JHD (2024/2/20)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B.
Reprinted Madison Heights: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Some minor page turn fixes but not checked for errata.
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 Flute 1
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⇒ 17 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (B♭) • Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Trumpet 1 (B♭) • Trumpet 2 (B♭) • Timpani (F, C) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Flute 2
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 Oboe 1
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 Oboe 2
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 Clarinet 1 (B♭)
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 Clarinet 2 (B♭)
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 Bassoon 1
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 Bassoon 2
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Concrete fish (2015/11/18)

 Horn 1 (F)
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 Horn 2 (F)
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 Trumpet 1 (B♭)
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
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 Timpani (F, C)
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Concrete fish (2015/11/18)

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Misc. Notes Based on Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877 score
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Hermann)

 Complete Score
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Morel (2011/12/9)

Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6026.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands

 Piano 1
#60477 - 1.00MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 386×⇩ - Morel

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 Piano 2
#60478 - 0.69MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 216×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/1)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 7802.
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For Violin and Piano

 Complete Score
#365750 - 5.51MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 133×⇩ - Notenfex

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 Violin Part
#365751 - 2.32MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 163×⇩ - Notenfex

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Notenfex (2015/2/16)

Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 925.1344, n.d.
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For Violin and Piano (Rauch)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
#555940 - 3.98MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 23×⇩ - LinBoHe

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LinBoHe (2019/1/6)

Arranger Johannes N. Rauch
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.[1878]. Plate 10447.
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For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)

 Complete Score
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Hobbypianist (2009/3/15)

Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6040.
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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
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Morel (2010/3/16)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 12130.
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For Piano (Czerny)

 Complete Score
#122362 - 2.55MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 758×⇩ - Massenetique

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Arranger Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1835). Plate 5686.
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 Complete Score
#168719 - 1.16MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 527×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Arranger Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 14682.
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For Piano (Horn)

 Complete Score
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Lekro (2015/4/5)

Arranger August Horn (1825–1893)
Publisher. Info. 9 Overtüren von Mendelssohn, Kreutzer, Nicolai (pp.12-21)
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 69.
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General Information

Work Title Overture zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine; La favola della bella Melusina; Nàng tiên Melusina; Die schöne Melusine; 美しいメルジーネの物語; Pohádka o krásné meluzíně; 美丽的美露莘
Name Aliases The Beautiful Melusine; La Belle Mélusine
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176177470; LCCN: n91101684; GND: 300102224; BNF: 14845200p
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.32
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 104
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (406 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1833-11-14 ; rev. 1835
First Performance. 1834-04-07 in London
First Publication. 1836 - Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Average DurationAvg. Duration 10-11 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
External Links Wikipedia article
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