Hansel and Gretel Vocal Score (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486438269)

An instant and overwhelming success upon its first performance in 1893, H舅sel and Gretel has captivated audiences of all ages ever since. Engelbert Humperdinck combined the simplicity of German folk tunes with the sophistication of Wagnerian technique in a fairy-tale opera, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm. Richard Strauss, who conducted the premiere, proclaimed it "a masterpiece of the highest quality." Broadcast from Covent Garden in 1923, it was the first complete opera ever aired on radio, and eight years later it was the first to be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera. This authoritative vocal score of the popular work contains a complete piano reduction of the score and an English singing translation of the text.

Author: Engelbert Humperdinck
ISBN-10: 0486438260
ISBN-13: 9780486438269
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 177
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 10.95h x 7.65w x 0.48d