Die Ochsenmenuette (Seyfried, Ignaz)

Authorship Note
While most of the music is taken from Joseph Haydn's works, the famous Minuet is actually by Seyfried.
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Sheet Music

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1823?)
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Misc. Notes Title: Die Ochsenmenuett, Singspiel in 1. Act, nach einer wahren Anekdote, aus dem Französ[isch] Vaudeville: le Menuett du boeuf, frey bearbeitet. Die Music ist aus den Werken Joseph Haydns gezogen, und zur scenischen Darstellung eingerustet von Ig: Ritter von Seyfried. Definitely a handwritten draft manuscript, presumably in the hand of the composer (that is, this is what is suggested by all the crossouts...)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Menuet du Boeuf

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Arranger Carlo Munier (1859-1911)
Publisher. Info. Firenze: R. Maurri, n.d. Plate 1418-39.
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For 2 Violins

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 752.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)

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Jujimufu (2009/10/31)

Arranger Francisco Tárrega
Publisher. Info. Valencia: Antich y Tena, n.d. Plate A.y.T. 396.
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Misc. Notes From the Boije collection
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For Guitar (Porro)

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Arranger Pierre Jean Porro (1750-1831)
Publisher. Info. Paris: l'Auteur, n.d.
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For Piano (Croze)

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Arranger Ferdinand de Croze (Op.157)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Colombier, n.d.(1876). Plate C. 3667.
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Misc. Notes attributed to Haydn
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Arranger Ferdinand de Croze (1876-1902)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Colombier, 1876. Plate C. 3667.
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For Piano

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Publisher. Info. Paris: Adolphe Ledhuy et Henri Bertini, 1835.
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Editor Richard Batka (1868-1922)
Publisher. Info. Bunte Bühne (Vol.2, No.10 pp.50-51)
Munich: Georg D.W. Callwey Kunstwart-Verlag, 1902.
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Misc. Notes attributed to Haydn
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Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d. Plate 23016.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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General Information

Work Title Die Ochsenmenuette
Alternative. Title Der Kapellmeister und der Ochsenhändler, oder Die Ochsenmenuett; Haydn und der Ochsenhändler
Die Ochsenmenuet ; Menuet du Boeuf ; Menuetto del Bove
Composer Seyfried, Ignaz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. SeyS III/11
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IIS 7
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
First Performance. 1823-12-13
Librettist Georg von Hoffmann (1769/1771-1845)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
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According to Grove Music, this is a "pasticcio arr. I. von Seyfried from Haydn’s works". However, the famous minuet from the pasticcio, which is often attributed to Haydn, is also by Seyfried. According to The Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Ox Minuet is a "Minuet attrib. J. Haydn but comp. by his pupil I. X. von Seyfried (1776 – 1841) who introduced it into his opera Das Ochsenmenuett (1823), compiled mainly from Haydn's works. Based on legend that Haydn wrote a minuet for a butcher who gave him an ox in return." That legend in itself has never been proven.