Merlin, WoO 30 (Draeseke, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Composition Year	1900/1903-1906
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language

Sheet Music

Act I
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Act II
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Act III
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Title page, preliminaries
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Publisher. Info.	Felix Draeseke, 1913
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	several doubled pages omitted 2013/9/17
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Complete Book
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Editor	First edition ?
Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1906).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Merlin
Alternative. Title
Composer	Draeseke, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WoO 30
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFD 25
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1900/1903-1906
First Performance.	1906 in Gotha (pre-revision); 1913? (post-revision)
First Publication.	1913
Librettist	Felix Draeseke
Language	German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 2 basses + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2/3 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A/B-flat), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns (F), 4 trumpets (A/B-flat), long/baroque trumpet (C/D-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, bass drum, harp + strings Offstage orchestra: organ, 2 trumpets (D), 2 long/baroque trumpets (C), 3 trombones, cymbals, tam-tam

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Premiered in Gotha in 1906, "but later revised somewhat in August". (Draeseke.org, chronicle, 1900-1913)