Der vierjährige Posten, D 190, is a one-act singspiel by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Theodor Körner written for Carl Steinacker 's (1784–1814) opera of the same title that premiered in 1813 in Vienna's Theater an der Wien.[1] Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18 years old, it was first performed on 23 September 1896, 67 years after Schubert's death, at the Dresden Court Opera.
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The work consists of an overture and eight numbers for soprano, three tenors, bass, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra:
- Ouvertüre
- Introduktion: Heiter strahlt der neue Morgen
- Duett: Du guter Heinrich! Ach, was wir beide doch glücklich sind!
- Terzett: Mag dich die Hoffnung nicht betrügen!
- Quartett: Freund, eilet euch zu retten!
- Arie: Gott! Gott! höre meine Stimme (a version for voice and piano is also extant)
- Marsch und Soldatenchor: Lustig in den Kampf
- Ensemble: Um Gotteswillen, er ist verloren!
- Finale: Schöne Stunde, die uns blendet
Recordings
editReferences
edit- ^ Elizabeth Norman McKay: Franz Schubert's music for the theatre, 1991, p. 107: "The librettist was the popular young German patriotic poet, Theodor Körner (1791–1813), who was killed tragically early, at the age ... and 20 August in a musical version by Karl Steinacker at the Theater an der Wien. Schubert had met Körner socially early in 1813 ..."
External links
edit- Der vierjährige Posten: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project