Prelude, Op.44 (Schoenberg, Arnold)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Composition Year	1945 (September 21-30)
Genre Categories	Preludes; For mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
- 1.2 Synthesized/MIDI
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Full Scores
3 General Information

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Synthesized Performance (EU)
*#491786 - 6.64MB - 5:16 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/41/!N - 56×⇩ - MP3 - Melione

MP3 file (audio)
Melione (2017/9/5)

Publisher Info.	J. Winston Lenin Records, 2017
Performers	Maharani
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This is a MIDI representation and does not claim to sound realistic. Consider it an oddity.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Incomplete Score (EU)
*#491785 - 10.04MB, 19 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/41/V - 1486×⇩ - Melione

PDF scanned by Schoenberg.at
Melione (2017/9/5)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1945.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	*Page eight is missing from the upload or rather the website had accidentally uploaded page seven twice instead.
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Complete Score (EU)
*#810061 - 1.54MB, 27 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/41*/V* - 643×⇩ - Madcapellan

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Madcapellan (2022/9/10)

Editor	Josef Rufer (1893–1985) Christian Martin Schmidt (b. 1942)
Publisher. Info.	Malverne, Long Island, NY: Nathaniel Shilkret, 1945. Sämtliche Werke, V. Chorwerke, Reihe A, Bd.19, Teil 1 (pp.63-89) Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne / Wien: Universal Edition AG, 1975. URTEXT EDITION This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
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General Information

Work Title	Prelude to Genesis for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
Alternative. Title
Composer	Schoenberg, Arnold
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.44
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAS 32
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1945 (September 21-30)
First Performance.	1945-11-18 in Los Angeles, Wilshire Ebell Theater Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen, conductor
First Publication.	1973/75 – Los Angeles: Belmont Music Publishers
Language	Wordless
Average DurationAvg. Duration	5 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail	3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, snare drum, cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, tambourine, xylophone, glockenspiel celesta, harp, strings
External Links	Schoenberg Center
Extra Information	This is Schoenberg's prelude to Nathaniel Shilkret's Genesis Suite, to which other composers, including Stravinsky, also contributed.