The Sorceress, Op.164 (Ries, Ferdinand)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1831 June-July
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 8 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

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Scores

 Complete Score
#918147 - 40.67MB, 285 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2024/6/8)

Editor First edition
Engraver Frankfurt a/m: Fr. Ph. Dunst.
Language German
Translator Johann Baptist Rousseau (1802–1867), German text
Publisher. Info. the composer, n.d.(ca.1830s).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, grayscale tif (from pdf) files approx. 2925 by 3790 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#449795 - 17.68MB, 143 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Editor First edition
Language English / German
Translator Johann Baptist Rousseau (1802–1867), German text
Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1832]. Plate 2993.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3620 by 4440 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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Selections

 Recitative and Air: While I gaze
#866784 - 7.97MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. London: W. Hawes, n.d. Plate 611.
Copyright
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General Information

Work Title The Sorceress
Alternative. Title Liska oder die Hexe von Gyllensteen
Composer Ries, Ferdinand
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.164
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFR 99
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1831 June-July
First Publication. 1832 – Bonn: N. Simrock / London: Hawes
Librettist Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)
Language English
Dedication Elisabeth, Crown Princess of Prussia
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, 2 tenors, 3 basses, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra

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Not sure who Princess Elisabeth is- perhaps Elizabeth Mikhailovna (1826-1845) (whose Grandmother Empress Elizabeth died in 1826)?

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