Saul (Rolle, Johann Heinrich)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 30 numbers
Composition Year 1770
Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; German language

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1776.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn (D-BNu): Ec 149. 14
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1776.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn (D-BNu): Ec 149. 14
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf und Sohn, 1776.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes The British Library, London (GB-Lbl): D. 436. d
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General Information

Work Title Saul, oder die Gewalt der Musik
Alternative. Title Ein musikalisches Drama
Composer Rolle, Johann Heinrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WacR I:9
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJR 11
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 30 numbers
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1770
First Performance. 1770-11-03, Magdeburg
First Publication. 1776
Librettist Johann Samuel Patzke (1727–1787), after a translation by Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820) of the versification (of Samuel II Ch.16 Vv.14-24) by Brown.
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast: Michal, Ein Hirte (auch 1. Israelitin), 2. Israelitin (soprano), Jonathan (alto), David, Hirte (tenors), Saul (bass)
Choir: (SATB)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo
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