Mataswintha, ScharWV.150 (Scharwenka, Xaver)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 acts
Composition Year	1888-1892
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; [5 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language

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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1894. Plate Part.B.861.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
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Schissel (2017/9/30)

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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1893. Plate 19795.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Mataswintha
Alternative. Title
Authorities	GND: 1213314259
Composer	Scharwenka, Xaver
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	ScharWV.150
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IXS 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1888-1892
First Performance.	1896 October 4, Weimar
First Publication.	1893 Monatsbericht (1893), p.102
Librettist	Ernst Koppel after Felix Dahn
Language	German
Dedication	Seiner theuren Mutter
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voices, chorus, orchestra [more...] Cast King Witichis (tenor) Rauthgundis, Witichis's wife (soprano) Totila, the friend of the King (tenor) Mataswintha (soprano) Aspa, Mataswintha's confidante (alto) Arahad, a young Goth (bass) Grippa, Earl of Ravenna (bass) Mixed Chorus (double SATB) Gothic Nobility, Warriors, Guards, Servants, Slaves, People Orchestra piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A), bass clarinet (A), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (F), 3 trombones, bass tuba timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, harp, strings Onstage instruments 3 trumpets, 4 trombones (first set) 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones
Manuscript Sources	D-WRha DNT 578 (abschrift full score, parts, reduced scores)
External Links	Operone page (German)