Lajla (Olsen, Ole)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's overture, 2 acts
Composition Year 1893
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Norwegian language; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr)
Related Works Introduction to Act II (Ritornelle) was published separately as Op.53

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Overture and Act I
#538001 - 142.51MB, 226 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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 Act II
#538002 - 164.55MB, 194 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1893).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Page 166 missing (pagination mistake, the music text is complete).
In the roles list there are names of performers in pencil.
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 Juoige Scene
#538008 - 15.55MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Selections

 Overture
#538010 - 20.81MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes On the cover page: Tilhører fru Marie Ole-Olsen.
At least the harp part differs from that in the complete opera full score (#538001).
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 Mellet's Song (Act I, Scene 1)
#538012 - 8.90MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Titled Lajla, as the song is about her.
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Parts

Complete

 Voices and Chorus Score
#538513 - 54.80MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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 Chorus (Tenor)
#538514 - 11.79MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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 Chorus (Bass)
#538515 - 12.89MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Bass part missing the last page.
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Overture

 Complete Parts
#538011 - 39.84MB, 82 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes 2 harp parts: the one is as in the overture full score (#538010), the other is as in the complete opera full score (#538001). The first is large, while the second contains only 4 measures of music.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#538007 - 122.43MB, 178 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Language Norwegian, German; Swedish (above the staves)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The German text differs from that in the printed libretto.
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 Juoige Scene
#538009 - 8.13MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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Selections

 Mellet's Song (Act I, Scene 1)
#538510 - 2.92MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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 Mellet's Song (Act I, Scene 1), transposed to G major
#538511 - 2.97MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 9×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Language Norwegian, German
Translator T. von Tußeberg (? illegible)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes German text in pencil.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For 2 Pianos

 Piano 2
#538013 - 1.90MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Most probably to be performed with the piano arrangement from the vocal score.
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Market Scene

For 2 Pianos

 Piano 2
#538014 - 1.94MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Most probably to be performed with the piano arrangement from the vocal score.
Complete scene, from the beginning of Act II to the end of the springdans.
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto (Norwegian)
#537997 - 16.70MB, 54 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Only the odd pages are filled with text; the even ones are blank and are not present in this file.
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 Complete Libretto (German)
#537998 - 0.39MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Іоахимъ

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Copyist Revidierte Textausgabe
Translator Wilhelm Henzen (1850–1910)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: August Cranz, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes As it is a revised edition, it is probably not the one listed in HMB 1901/601.
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General Information

Work Title Lajla
Alternative. Title Opera in 2 acts
Name Aliases Laila
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Olsen, Ole
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IOO 77
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's overture, 2 acts:
  • Overture
Act I
  • Scene I (Mellet)
  • Scene II (Mellet, Lind)
  • Scene III (Lajla, Mellet, Lind)
  • Scene IV (Lajla, Mellet, Lind, Jaampa)
  • Scene V (Lajla, Mellet)
  • Scene VI (Mellet, male chorus)
  • Scene VII (Lajla)
  • Scene VIII (Lajla, Lind)
Act II
  • Introduction (Ritornelle)
  • Scene I (Lajla, Mellet, Laagje, Jaampa, 2 choruses)
    • Market scene
    • Jaampa's scene
    • Laagje's scene
    • Extra scene (inserted somewhere in Scene I): Juoige scene (Norwegian merchant, Lajla, Maggi, Mellet, Laagje)
  • Scene II (Lajla, Jaampa)
  • Scene III (Lajla)
  • Scene IV (Lajla, Mellet)
  • Scene V (Lajla, Mellet, Laagje, Priest, Deacon, 2 choruses)
  • Scene VI (all)
    • Enter Lind
    • Fight
    • Laagje's scene
    • Sextet with chorus
    • Final scene
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1893
First Performance. 1908/10/08
First Publication. 1899 ca. – Leipzig: August Cranz
Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1899), p.544 (vocal score)
Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1901), p.601 (libretto)
Librettist Composer, based on Lajla by Jens Andreas Friis
Language Norwegian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses; 2 mixed choruses: (SATB/SATB); organ (offstage), orchestra
Extra voices for the Juoige scene: mezzo-soprano/alto, tenor.
Related Works Introduction to Act II (Ritornelle) was published separately as Op.53
External Links Wikipedia article

Navigation etc.

  • Composition and first performance dates from Grove.
  • The division into scenes is by myself. — Іоахимъ.
  • The Juoige scene is meant to be inserted into the first scene of Act II, most probably after the Market scene. It serves as a pendant to the Norwegian springdans danced in that scene. Its text is not found in neither of the present librettos (#537997-8).
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