Gutenberg, Op.55 (Loewe, Carl)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 parts (overture, 16 numbers)
First Publication	1837 – Mainz: Schott
Genre Categories	Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4716.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3340 by 4240 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Incomplete Orchestra Parts
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4718.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4718.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Mainz: Schott, n.d.[1837]. Plate 4717.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.300dpi color jpg files approx. 3420 by 4250 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Work Title	Gutenberg
Alternative. Title	Oratorium in drei Abtheilungen
Composer	Loewe, Carl
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.55
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ICL 158
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 parts (overture, 16 numbers)
First Performance.	1837/8/14 – Mainz
First Publication.	1837 – Mainz: Schott
Librettist	Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873)
Language	German
Dedication	Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: soprano, 2 tenors, 2 basses + mixed chorus (SATTBB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones + snare drum, timpani + strings

Composed for the dedication of a memorial to Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz.
As noted in Druckbücher (1) des Verlags B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz the printing plates for Schott's 1837 edition were melted down in 1925.