Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck.Fairy-tal Opera in three acts. New Urtext Edition

Hänsel und Gretel - New Urtext Edition
Fairy-tale Opera in three acts

Composer: Humperdinck, Engelbert
Editor: Irmen, Hans-Josef
Author of original text: Wette, Adelheid
Piano reduction: Kleinmichel, Richard
Edition: vocal/piano score
Language: German English

For the first time, all available sources of Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera, Hansel und Gretel, have been consulted in the preparation of the present new edition. In evaluating them it became clear that a great number of corrections needed to be taken into account, for which the composer was indebted to the experiences of conductors known to him - Richard Strauss (Weimar), Hermann Levi (Munich) and Ludwig Rottenberg (Frankfurt) - as well as hiw own insight. In this way, a critical edition has been produced which not only offers an Urtext entirely faithful to the sources, but also provides important new improvements, tested on the stage an approved by the composer.
Where, previously, slight alterations have unquestionably been necessary in order to prevent the vocal lines from being covered by the large-scale orchestration, convincing and authentic solutions are now available.
Also, for the first time, the work's 'Desau-Finale' has been published, which Humperdinck composed for the production by Cosima Wagner.

Content text:

Preface
Characters
Orchestration
Prelude
First Act: The Broom-Maker's Cottage
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
The Witches' Ride
Second Act: In the Forest
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3, Pantomime
Third Act: The Witch's House
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Last Scene
Appendix: Dessau-Finale

Difficulty: intermediate - advanced
Binding: Paperback/Soft Cover
ISBN: 978-3-7957-5180-7
ISMN: 979-0-001-08269-3
Performance duration: 120' 0"
Publisher: Schott Music
Uraufführung : 23. Dezember 1893 Weimar, Hoftheater (D)
Year of composition: 1891 - 1893
instrumentation: große Fassung:
Picc. · 2 · 2 (2. ach Engl Hr.) · 2 · Bassklar. · 2 - 4 · 2 · 3 · 1 - 3 P. S. (Trgl. · Glöckchen · Beck. · Tamt. · Tamb. · gr. Tr. · Donnermasch. · Glsp.) (2 Spieler) - Hrf. - Str.
hinter der Bühne: Kuckucks-Instr.

kleine Fassung:
1 · 1 (ad lib.) · 2 · 1 (ad lib.) - 2 · 1 · 1 · 0 - P. S. (1-2 Spieler) - Str.
occupation: Peter, Besenbinder · Bariton - Gertrud, sein Weib · Sprechrolle - Hänsel · Mezzosopran - Gretel · Sopran - Knusperhexe · Mezzosopran (ad lib. Sprechrolle) - Sandmännchen, Taumännchen · Sopran - Kinder · Sopran und Alt - Die 14 Engel
page number: 208