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Two Mozart operas arranged for string quartet : Le nozze di Figaro (arranged 1805) and Die Zauberflöte (arranged 1792) / edited by Nancy November.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Series:
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; v. 102.
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 102
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Operas, Arranged--Scores and parts.
- Operas, Arranged.
- String quartets--Scores and parts.
- String quartets.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Scores.
- Parts (Music)
- Arrangements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xvi, 262 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) + 2 sets of 4 parts) : facsimiles.
- Other Title:
- 2 Mozart operas arranged for string quartet
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2026.
- Summary:
- "This edition presents early nineteenth-century string quartet arrangements of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (K. 492) and Die Zauberflöte (K. 620), exemplifying the widespread late-eighteenth-century vogue for opera and its chamber adaptations. These arrangements illuminate how opera permeated Viennese musical culture, reaching domestic and semi-private spheres amid political upheaval and evolving publishing practices. The scope of the edition encompasses both entire and excerpted works, highlighting how publishers like Artaria tailored music for amateur and salon performance, often prioritizing sociability over fidelity to the original. Significantly, the arrangements preserve the dramatic essence of the operas, showcasing Mozart's skill in character delineation even without text. The edition also foregrounds performance practices of the era, including the improvisatory role of performers in correcting and interpreting flawed prints. These arrangements offered hands-on access to opera for musically literate amateurs and remain valuable historical documents of Viennese musical life and taste at the cusp of modern concert culture." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Both arrangements are unsigned, but the arrangement of Die Zauberflöte appears in the Artaria catalog under the name of "Wendt," referring to Johann Nepomuk Wendt (1745-1801) ... it is not out of the question, though impossible to prove, that the Figaro arrangement is his as well." -- page xii.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed 6 April 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781987209488
- OCLC:
- 1587341098
- Publisher Number:
- N102 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
- N102P1 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)
- N102P2 A-R Editions, Inc. (parts)
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