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Lohengrin WWV 75 Prelude to the Opera by Richard Wagner Orchestra - Sheet Music

By Richard Wagner

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to a through-composed music drama, represents a significant developmental step among his preludes. Unlike the previous preludes, which anticipated the plot by means of motifs, Wagner here used mystically interwoven, shimmering tone colors that already "narrate" the story of the Holy Grail. He characterized his "Lohengrin" prelude as the "miraculous descent of the Holy Grail in the company of the angelic host". This image is evoked by music that is mysterious and full of sound, approaching, intensifying and then receding again after a powerful climax – no longer, however, in concrete musical-motivic anticipation, but rather with a kind of premonition of what is to come.Wagner shapes this rising and then fading away of the music as a precisely constructed crescendo study, using the intensity of the orchestration as an essential dynamic element by adding and then silencing individual sections.Breitkopf's proven edition of the "Lohengrin" prelude is now available in a modern engraving.

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Instrument:
Clarinet
Ensembles:
Orchestra
Genres:
Opera Romantic Period
Composers:
Richard Wagner
Publishers:
Breitkopf and Haertel
Series:
Breitkopf Orchestral Library
ISBN:
9790004350324
Item types:
Physical
Musical forms:
Prelude
Artist:
Richard Wagner
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
52
Size:
10 x 12.5 inches
Shipping Weight:
0.65 pounds

Woodwinds (3.2.cor ang.2.B-clar.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp.perc – str)

SKU: BR.OB-5741-30

Prelude to the Opera. Composed by Richard Wagner. Orchestra; Folder. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Woodwinds Sheet Music. Overture; Romantic. Sheet Music. 52 pages. Duration 8:00. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5741-30. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5741-30).

ISBN 9790004350324. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The prelude to the opera "Lohengrin", which premiered in Weimar in 1850 and marks the transition from Wagner's romantic opera to a through-composed music drama, represents a significant developmental step among his preludes. Unlike the previous preludes, which anticipated the plot by means of motifs, Wagner here used mystically interwoven, shimmering tone colors that already "narrate" the story of the Holy Grail. He characterized his "Lohengrin" prelude as the "miraculous descent of the Holy Grail in the company of the angelic host". This image is evoked by music that is mysterious and full of sound, approaching, intensifying and then receding again after a powerful climax – no longer, however, in concrete musical-motivic anticipation, but rather with a kind of premonition of what is to come.

Wagner shapes this rising and then fading away of the music as a precisely constructed crescendo study, using the intensity of the orchestration as an essential dynamic element by adding and then silencing individual sections.

Breitkopf's proven edition of the "Lohengrin" prelude is now available in a modern engraving.

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Series:
Breitkopf Orchestral Library
Instrument:
Woodwinds Clarinet
Artists:
Richard Wagner
Ensemble:
Orchestra
Publisher:
Breitkopf and Haertel