Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck, Engelbert)
| Title | Hänsel und Gretel |
| Alternative title | Märchenspiel in drei Bildern |
| Creators | Engelbert Humperdinck, composer Adelheid Wette, librettist |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1891 |
| First published | 1894 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Fairy operas |
| Language | German |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | piano 4 hands | Richard Kleinmichel |
| View | Selections | mixed chorus and 4 horns | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Selections | male chorus and 4 horns | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Vorspiel | 14 recorders | David Edward Kemp |
| View | Vorspiel | piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and double bass | Patrick Clements |
| View | Vorspiel | 2 piano 8 hands | Otto Singer II |
| View | Vorspiel | piano and harmonium | August Reinhard |
| View | Vorspiel | 4 horns | Arie van Hoek |
| View | Sandmännchen (Act II) | cello and piano violin and piano |
Georg Goltermann |
| View | Sandmännchen (Act II) | piano and harmonium | August Reinhard |
| View | Sandmännchen (Act II) | organ | Edwin Henry Lemare |
| View | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | soprano, mixed chorus, cello and organ | Gabriel Isenberg |
| View | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | mixed chorus | Manfred R. Eibl |
| View | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | piccolo trumpet, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Stefan Adams |
| View | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | orchestra | — |
| View | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | piano | — |
| View | Traum-Pantomime | 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | Jean-Baptiste Horn |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | — | Friz Lehmann, conductor | — | Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 |
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| View | Synthesized | Vorspiel | For 14 Recorders (Kemp) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Abends, will ich schlafen geh'n (Act II, Evening Prayer) | For Piccolo Trumpet, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Adams) | Synthesized Performance |
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