Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (Wagner, Richard)

Title Der fliegende Holländer
Alternative title The Flying Dutchman
Creators Richard Wagner, composer
Opus WWV 63
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1840
First published 1844
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Composition types Operas
Language German
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

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View Complete piano
View Overture Jonas Vincent Spanier
View Overture violin and piano Fidelio Friedrich Finke
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz
View Overture piano 4 hands
View Overture piano Richard Kleinmichel
View Overture piano Otto Singer II
View Spinnerlied (Act II) 2 piano 8 hands Léon Roques
View Spinnerlied (Act II) 2 pianos Carl Bial
View Spinnerlied (Act II) piano 4 hands Léon Roques
View Spinnerlied (Act II) piano
View Senta's Ballad (Act II) violin and piano
View Matrosenchor (Act III) piano Alexander Wenger

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Fürstner Complete Score
View Complete Fürstner Complete Score
Front matter and Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
View Overture Fürstner Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete parts Fürstner Flute 1, 2, Piccolo; 3 Onstage Piccolos
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B/A/C)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2
Horn 3, 4
Trumpet 1, 2
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
Timpani, Onstage Tam-Tam, Windmachine, Tam-Tam
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete parts English Horn
View Complete parts Fürstner Cellos
View Complete vocal score Fürstner 1909 Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Fürstner 1909 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Edition Peters 1914 Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II
Act III
View Complete vocal score C.F. Meser Act I
Act II
Act III
View Complete vocal score Schirmer 1897 Complete Score
Complete Score
View Lied des Steuermanns (Act I) vocal score Complete Score
View Chorus "Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen" vocal score Durand Complete Score
Color Cover
View Chorus "Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen" vocal score Complete Score
View Chorus "Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen" vocal score Schirmer Complete Score
Color Cover
View Ballade (Act II) vocal score Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Ricordi Act I (with Italian superlinear text)
Act II (with Italian superlinear text)
Act III (with Italian superlinear text)
View Overture Arrangement
by Jonas Vincent Spanier
Jonas Vincent Spanier 2017 Complete Score
Piccolo
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Clarinet 3
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Piccolo Trumpet
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Baritone
Tuba
Timpani
View Overture Arrangement for violin and piano
by Fidelio Friedrich Finke
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz

Litolff Complete Score
Violin Part
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands Schirmer 1909 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Richard Kleinmichel
Schott 1913 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Otto Singer II
Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
View Spinnerlied (Act II) Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Léon Roques
Durand Piano 1
Piano 2
View Spinnerlied (Act II) Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Carl Bial
Fürstner Piano 1
Piano 2
View Spinnerlied (Act II) Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Léon Roques
Durand Complete Score
View Spinnerlied (Act II) Arrangement for piano Litolff Complete Score
View Senta's Ballad (Act II) Arrangement for violin and piano Breitkopf und Härtel 1914 Complete Score
Violin Part
Title Pages
View Matrosenchor (Act III) Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Wenger
Verlag der Musikalischen Universal-Bibliothek Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsSectionEnsemblePerformersFiles (click to listen)
View Overture University of Chicago Orchestra (orchestra) Barbara Schubert, conductor Complete Performance


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