"Manfred (Schumann) Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in Three Parts (Opus 115) [German: ""Manfred. Dramatisches Gedicht in drei Abtheilungen""], is a work of incidental music by Robert Schumann. The work is based on the poem ""Manfred"" by Lord Byron and consists of an overture, an entracte, melodramas, and several solos and choruses. Written primarily in 1848, it was first performed at the Gewandhaus concert at Leipzig on March 14, 1852. The most highly regarded piece in the work is the Overture. Composer Hugo Wolf wrote that the work ""has brought the essence, the focal point of the drama to plastic"
"Manfred Symphony The ""Manfred"" Symphony in B minor, Op. 58, is a programmatic symphony composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between May and September 1885. It is based on the poem ""Manfred"" written by Lord Byron in 1817. It is the only one of Tchaikovsky's symphonies he completed that is not numbered (the Symphony in E flat is a conjectural work left unfinished by the composer) and was written between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. Like the fantasy-overture ""Romeo and Juliet"", Tchaikovsky wrote the ""Manfred"" Symphony at the behest of the nationalist composer Mily Balakirev, who provided a program written by"
"Manfred Manfred: A dramatic poem is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byron commenced this work in late 1816, only a few months after the famous ghost-story sessions with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley that provided the initial impetus for ""Frankenstein"". The supernatural references are made clear throughout the poem. ""Manfred"" was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled ""Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in"
"was more ambivalent about his program symphony ""Manfred"", inspired by Byron's poem of the same name and written to a program supplied by Balakirev. Written in four movements and for the largest orchestra Tchaikovsky employed, the piece remains a rarity in the concert hall but is being recorded with increasing frequency. ""The Storm"" and """"Fatum"""" are early works; ""The Voyevoda"" dates from the same period as the ""Pathetique"" symphony. Commissioned works include the ""1812 Overture"", known for its traditional Russian themes (such as the old Tsarist National Anthem) and its 16 cannon shots and chorus of church bells in the"
"is due to its length, unfamiliarity, and its requirement for a large orchestra, including obbligato organ. It is also considered to be a virtuoso work and difficult to play well. Manfred Symphony The ""Manfred"" Symphony in B minor, Op. 58, is a programmatic symphony composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between May and September 1885. It is based on the poem ""Manfred"" written by Lord Byron in 1817. It is the only one of Tchaikovsky's symphonies he completed that is not numbered (the Symphony in E flat is a conjectural work left unfinished by the composer) and was written between the"
"Manfred Jung Manfred Jung (9 July 1940 – 14 April 2017) was a German operatic tenor, who performed Wagner's heldentenor roles internationally, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival where he was Siegfried in the ""Jahrhundertring"", but he also sang all other tenor roles in ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"". Born in Oberhausen, Jung worked as a lighting technician at the Grillo-Theater in Essen. He studied voice at the Folkwang-Hochschule with Hilde Wesselmann, completing the ""Staatsexamen"" in 1968. He was engaged at the ""Kammeroper"" (Chamber Opera) in Cologne, from 1971 to 1975 at the Opernhaus Dortmund, where he appeared in"
"best compositions, but wanted a few years later to destroy the score, though that intention was never carried out. The ""Manfred Symphony"" was first performed in Moscow on 23 March 1886, with Max Erdmannsdörfer as conductor. It is dedicated to Balakirev. Below are the key signatures Balakirev initially envisioned for ""Manfred"", what he later suggested, and what Tchaikovsky eventually used in the symphony: 1 Lento lugubre (B minor). Manfred wanders in the Alps. Weary of the fatal question of existence, tormented by hopeless longings and the memory of past crimes, he suffers cruel spiritual pangs. He has plunged into occult"
"Faust Overture The Faust Overture is a concert overture by German composer Richard Wagner. Wagner originally composed it between 1839 and 1840, intending it to be the first movement of a ""Faust Symphony"" based on the play ""Faust"" by German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Realizing that he would not finish the planned symphony, Wagner revised the piece between 1843 and 1844, incorporating ideas from the other planned movements, and creating instead a single-movement concert overture. He made a final revision in 1855. The work is one of Wagner's few compositions intended for the concert hall, rather than the theatre."
"Faust Overture The Faust Overture is a concert overture by German composer Richard Wagner. Wagner originally composed it between 1839 and 1840, intending it to be the first movement of a ""Faust Symphony"" based on the play ""Faust"" by German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Realizing that he would not finish the planned symphony, Wagner revised the piece between 1843 and 1844, incorporating ideas from the other planned movements, and creating instead a single-movement concert overture. He made a final revision in 1855. The work is one of Wagner's few compositions intended for the concert hall, rather than the theatre."
"Manfred on the Jungfrau (Madox Brown) Manfred on the Jungfrau is an 1842 oil-on-canvas artwork by Ford Madox Brown. It is inspired by Act I Scene II of Lord Byron's dramatic poem ""Manfred"", probably most particularly the following: The painting depicts the central character of the poem, Manfred, who is a noble and wealthy aristocrat, about to toss himself from the heights of the Jungfrau mountain. Manfred is, however, saved from death by a chamois hunter who happens upon him, and who is seen approaching in the background of the painting, clad in fur. The detail seen on Manfred's face"
"Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period. Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", the ""Italian Symphony"", the ""Scottish Symphony"", the overture ""The Hebrides"", his mature Violin Concerto, and his String Octet. His ""Songs Without Words"" are his most famous solo piano compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism"
"Manfred on the Jungfrau (Martin) Manfred On The Jungfrau is an 1837 watercolour painting by the English artist John Martin, now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The subject of the painting comes from Lord Byron's poem ""Manfred"", specifically Act I scene II. It was painted by a number of 19th-century artists. This work depicts Manfred preparing to throw himself from the Jungfrau mountain in the Alps. In Byron's poem he is pulled back from the edge just before leaping by a horrified chamois hunter, who then leads him back to safety. The relationship between Act I scene II of"
"of Lac qui Parle County in western Minnesota was named for the Byron poem. The county was established in 1871 and Manfred Township in 1879, showing the immense popularity of the poem at that time. Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Township,_Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota Manfred Manfred: A dramatic poem is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byron commenced this work in late 1816, only a few months after the famous ghost-story sessions with Percy Bysshe Shelley and"
"opera overtures of French composers, such as François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775–1834), Daniel Auber (1782–1871) and Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833), or the Englishman Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) belong to this type. Richard Strauss called the overture to his ""Die schweigsame Frau"" a ""pot-pourri"". The ""overtures"" to light modern stage works (e.g. operettas or musicals) are almost always written in potpourri form, using airs from the work in question. There is usually some structure to the order presented though. The opening is usually a fanfare or majestic theme (presumably the supposed hoped-for most popular song number), followed by a romantic number, then a comical number;"
"incorporating ""God Save the King"" at its climax). However, the overture ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1826) by Felix Mendelssohn is generally regarded as the first concert overture (Temperley 2001). Mendelssohn's other contributions to this genre include his ""Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage"" overture (1828), his overture ""The Hebrides"" (1830; also known as ""Fingal's Cave"") and the overtures ""Die schöne Melusine"" (""The Fair Melusine"", 1834) and ""Ruy Blas"" (1839). Other notable early concert overtures were written by Hector Berlioz (e.g., ""Les Francs juges"" (1826), and ""Le corsaire"" (1828)). In the 1850s the concert overture began to be supplanted by the symphonic"
"Press, 2006. Tragic Overture (Dvořák) The Tragic Overture, B. 16a (also called the Dramatic Overture; ) is an orchestral composition written in 1870 by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It was Dvořák's overture to his first, never published, opera ""Alfred"". Šourek's book ""Orchestral Works of Antonín Dvořák"" has a complete description of the ""Tragic Overture"". It was first performed on 1 April 1905, almost one year after Dvořák's death. Dramatic Overture: It is a 1 movement work, usually in a sonata-allegro form, it encapsulates in music the essential dramatic events of an opera or play. Jarmil Burghauser: Antonín Dvořák. Prague:"
"Selective bibliography Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying"
"Tragic Overture (Dvořák) The Tragic Overture, B. 16a (also called the Dramatic Overture; ) is an orchestral composition written in 1870 by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It was Dvořák's overture to his first, never published, opera ""Alfred"". Šourek's book ""Orchestral Works of Antonín Dvořák"" has a complete description of the ""Tragic Overture"". It was first performed on 1 April 1905, almost one year after Dvořák's death. Dramatic Overture: It is a 1 movement work, usually in a sonata-allegro form, it encapsulates in music the essential dramatic events of an opera or play. Jarmil Burghauser: Antonín Dvořák. Prague: Koniasch Latin"
"Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying quasi-celebrity status"
"return to Darmstadt in 1839 he became the director of the local ""Musikverein"", which in the course of the following years performed all of his major oratorio and cantata works. In 1848, he was made ""Hofmusikdirektor"" (court music director) at Darmstadt Castle. His second opera, ""Tannhäuser"" (1845), was written at the same time as Wagner's work of the same title, but without mutual knowledge. Apparently, performances of Mangold's work beyond Darmstadt were hampered out of consideration for Wagner. After Mangold's death the music was refitted to a new libretto by Ernst Pasqué as ""Der getreue Eckart"" (1892). Mangold was a"
"Taillefer (Strauss) Taillefer is a cantata for choir and orchestra composed by Richard Strauss in 1903, Op. 52, TrV 207. The text is a rendering of the medieval tale Taillefer by the German poet Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862). The piece was written to celebrate the centenary of Heidelberg University and was premiered on the same day that Strauss received his honorary doctorate from the university, on 26 October 1903 in the newly built Heidelberg Town Hall with Strauss conducting. It is written for a mixed chorus with three soloists, tenor (Taillefer), baritone (Duke William of Normandy), and soprano (the Duke's daughter"
"critics have called ""Manfred"" one of the great program symphonies of the 19th century. The Manfred Symphony was voted number 75 in the ABC Classic FM Top 100 Symphony Countdown in 2009. The symphony has been recorded many times, with recordings made by major orchestras and conductors. Conductors who have recorded the work include Arturo Toscanini, Lorin Maazel, André Previn, Bernard Haitink, Eugene Ormandy, Yuri Temirkanov, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Riccardo Muti, Igor Markevitch, Andrew Litton, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Riccardo Chailly, Mariss Jansons, Vasily Petrenko, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, Vladimir Ashkenazy and others. ""Manfred"" is less frequently performed in concert. This"
"Abendlied (Rheinberger) Abendlied (Evening song), Op. 69/3, is a sacred motet by Josef Rheinberger for a six-part mixed choir (SSATTB). It has been regarded as his best-known sacred composition. He wrote the first version in 1855 at the age of 15. The text is a verse from the biblical narration of the Road to Emmaus appearance according to in Martin Luther's German version of the bible: Rheinberger wrote a first version on 9 March 1855, one month before Easter and two weeks before his 16th birthday. At age 24, he revised the motet, for example eliminating repetition of notes and"
"Opera in New York. Jung and the rest of the cast received the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for their recording of the Jahrhundertring conducted by Pierre Boulez, as Siegfried in both ""Siegfried"" and ""Götterdämmerung"" at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards. He was one of few singers who performed all tenor parts in ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"". Jung was from c. 2005 the artistic director of the ""Junge Musiker-Stiftung"", a Bayreuth foundation running the singing competition ""Cantilena Gesangswettbewerb"" for young singers in the categories opera, concert and operetta. He died in Essen. Manfred Jung Manfred Jung (9 July 1940"
"a concert conducted by Thomas Attwood, that also featured Mendelssohn's ""Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream"". The final revision was completed by 20 June 1832. and premiered on 10 January 1833 in Berlin under the composer's own baton. The music, though labelled as an overture, is intended to stand as a complete work. Although programme music, it does not tell a specific story and is not ""about"" anything; instead, the piece depicts a mood and ""sets a scene"", making it an early example of such musical tone poems. The overture consists of two primary themes; the opening notes of the"
"features and a look of horror clearly visible, as well as the same chamois hunter. Manfred on the Jungfrau (Martin) Manfred On The Jungfrau is an 1837 watercolour painting by the English artist John Martin, now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The subject of the painting comes from Lord Byron's poem ""Manfred"", specifically Act I scene II. It was painted by a number of 19th-century artists. This work depicts Manfred preparing to throw himself from the Jungfrau mountain in the Alps. In Byron's poem he is pulled back from the edge just before leaping by a horrified chamois hunter,"
"Die schöne Melusine Ouvertüre zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32, (German: ""Overture to the Legend of the Fair Melusine"") is a concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn written in 1834. It is generally referred to as Die schöne Melusine in modern concert programming and recordings, and is sometimes rendered in English as The Fair Melusine. The overture is loosely illustrative of aspects of the legend of Melusine, a water-nymph who marries Count Raymond, on the condition that he never enter her room on a Saturday (on which day she takes on the form of a mermaid). In the 19th"
"Gerhard Stolze Gerhard Stolze (1 October 1926, Dessau – 11 March 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a German tenor. He was a character tenor best known as a Wagner singer. His signature role was Mime (""Das Rheingold"", ""Siegfried""). Other important roles were David (""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg""), Loge (""Das Rheingold""), Aegisth (""Elektra"") and Herod (""Salome""). He also sang the Captain in ""Wozzeck"" and, the roles of Oberon (""A Midsummer Night's Dream"") and the Emperor Nero, both of which were originally written for countertenor. He recorded Mozart's high-tenor ""Singspiel"" roles, Monostatos and Pedrillo. He portrays Mime on both the studio recordings of ""Siegfried"""
"Gretchen am Spinnrade """" (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, Scene 18 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ""Faust"". With ""Gretchen am Spinnrade"" and some 600 other songs for voice and piano, Schubert was a significant contributor to the genre of the Lied. ""Gretchen am Spinnrade"" was originally composed for the soprano voice, but it has also been transposed to accommodate mezzo-sopranos and other voice types. Schubert completed ""Gretchen am Spinnrade"" in October 1814, three months before his eighteenth birthday. The song opens with Gretchen at"
"shows his deep psychological agony, and the reason for his desire for suicide. In 1837, John Martin painted an artwork of the same name. Martin's version was a watercolour, and focused more on the Jungfrau mountain than on the detail of Manfred and the hunter. Manfred on the Jungfrau (Madox Brown) Manfred on the Jungfrau is an 1842 oil-on-canvas artwork by Ford Madox Brown. It is inspired by Act I Scene II of Lord Byron's dramatic poem ""Manfred"", probably most particularly the following: The painting depicts the central character of the poem, Manfred, who is a noble and wealthy aristocrat,"
"Konrad der Pfaffe Konrad der Pfaffe, 'Conrad the Priest', was a German Roman Catholic epic poet of the twelfth century, author of the ""Rolandslied"", a German version of the famous ""Chanson de Roland"". We know almost nothing concerning his life. In the epilogue of the Heidelberg manuscript, the poet calls himself ""der Pfaffe Kuonrat"", and informs us that he translated from the French, first into Latin, and then into German, without adding or omitting. We learn further that the French original was procured for him by Duke Henry, at whose request he composed his lay. Formerly it was supposed that"
"score by Ferdinand Hérold, and found the light, simple music more suitable for his conception. Ashton then commissioned the Royal Opera House's composer and conductor John Lanchbery to orchestrate and edit Hérold's score. After becoming frustrated with the under-developed nature of this music, Ashton and Lanchbery decided that Hérold's music would be better used as a foundation for an entirely new score, for which Lanchbery would compose a few new numbers. They went even further by incorporating passages of the original ""pastiche"" music from the premiere of 1789 into the score, as well as one number from Hertel's score which"
"the ""Rosamunde"" Overture, also used in D 797) D 797, Music for Schauspiel ""Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern"" for alto, mixed choir and orchestra (1823, Overture and nine numbers; first published as Op. 26) D 11, Singspiel ""Der Spiegelritter"" for five sopranos, three tenors, four basses, mixed choir and orchestra (1811?, in three acts?; unfinished – Overture, five complete numbers and three fragments from Act I are extant) D 84, Singspiel ""Des Teufels Lustschloß"" for three sopranos, two tenors, three basses, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra (1814, in three acts: Overture and twenty-three numbers; 2 versions; NSA also appends"