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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 scenes |
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Composition Year | 1922-10 |
Genre Categories | Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
Related Works | Tuttifäntchen Suite |
Contents |
Work Title | Tuttifäntchen |
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Alternative. Title | Weihnachtsmärchen mit Gesang und Tanz in drei Bildern von Hedwig Michel und Franziska Becker |
Composer | Hindemith, Paul |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPH 162 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 scenes |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1922-10 |
First Performance. | 1922-12-13 in Darmstadt; Hessisches Landestheater [both orchestral suite and the opera]
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First Publication. | 1922 – Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne |
Librettist | Hedwig Michel (1892–1982) and Franziska Becker (1874–1942) |
Language | German |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 1 hour 15 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | voices (and speaking), chorus, and orchestra |
Related Works | Tuttifäntchen Suite |
External Links | Hindemith Foundation Wikipedia article WorldCat MusicWeb review of cpo recording of Complete Incidental Music |
Premiere - as ballet? (Costumer mentioned, which seems irrelevant to a suite-only performance) (See Hindemith Foundation link.)
Closer to a "play with music", as described @ MusicWeb & Wikipedia, than an opera. "Weihnachtsmärchen" according to Hindemith.
The "Tanz der Holzpuppen" was published separately in a piano arrangement. A suite of instrumental excerpts was compiled by Franz Willms in 1925 and published as ED 5861 (BSS 42018) in 1969.