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Busoni, Ferruccio - Doktor Faust K 303

Catalogue No: EB9434
Poem for Music in Two Preludes, an Intermezzo and Three Principal Scenes

Arrangementvoice and orchestra
Product FormatSheet Music
Edition TypePiano Reduction
ComposerBusoni, Ferruccio
£58.50
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Pages360
ISMN9790004189115 (M004189115)
Duration: full evening Text by the composer based on the eponymous puppetry Translation: French (J. Lasserre), Italian (O. Previtali) Place and time: Wittenberg and Parma, late Middle Ages Characters: Doktor Faust (baritone) – Wagner, sein Famulus (baritone) – Mephistopheles (tenor) – Der Herzog von Parma (tenor) – Der Zeremonienmeister (bass) – Die Herzogin von Parma (soprano) – Des Mädchens Bruder, Soldat (baritone) – Ein Leutnant (tenor) – Drei Studenten aus Krakau (tenor, 2 Bässe) – Theologe (bass) – Jurist (bass) – Naturgelehrter (baritone) – Vier Studenten aus Wittenberg (4 Tenors) – Gravis (bass) – Levis (bass) – Asmodus (baritone) – Beelzebuth (tenor) – Megäros (tenor) – Kirchgänger, Soldaten, Hofleute, katholische und lutherische Studenten (Chor) "Doktor Faust" is not only Busoni’s "Opus summum” from a chronological point of view; it also evidences traces of many earlier scores which the composer brought together here under the primacy of musical theater which led, as it were, to an objectification of many scenes. Antony Beaumont’s completion of the two scenes left in fragmentary form was based on Busoni’s composition sketches and a detailed dramaturgical outline. This version has made a decisive contribution to the renewed interest in the work. The score is also available in a new version prepared after a critical study of the source material.

Contents

  1. 01. Symphonia: Easter Vesper and Nascent Spring 02. The Poet to the Spectators 03. Prelude I 04. Prelude II 05. Scenic Intermezzo: A Chapel in the Minster 06. Principal Action 07. First Scene: The Ducal Park at Parma 08. Symphonic Intermezzo: Sarabande 09. Second Scene: A Tavern in Wittenberg 10. Completion to the Second Scene by Philipp Jarnach 11. Completion to the Second Scene by Antony Beaumont 12. Last Scene: A Street in Wittenberg 13. Completion to the Last Scene by Philipp Jarnach 14. Completion to the Last Scene by Antony Beaumont
EB9434