Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Overture and 6 Movements |
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Composition Year | 1804-09 |
Genre Categories | Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For orchestra; |
Related Works | Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Hindemith (2nd movement) |
Contents |
Complete Score
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Work Title | Turandot |
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Alternative. Title | Turandot, Prinzessin von China |
Composer | Weber, Carl Maria von |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.37 ; J.75 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICW 71 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Overture and 6 Movements |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1804-09 |
First Performance. | 1809-09-20 in Stuttgart |
First Publication. | 1818 |
Librettist | Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
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Language | German |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
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Related Works | Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Hindemith (2nd movement) |
Manuscript Sources | manuscript score (1810-50), overture, 3 excerpts. D-MB, no shelfmark |
External Links | All Music Guide |
Extra Information | Overture composed in 1804. According to James Zychowicz at AMG, "The overture and most of the other incidental music is based on a single oriental theme that Weber had found in Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique" This theme is also the basis of Hindemith's work. |