Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Wagner, Richard)

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Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1860]. Plate 10000.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project. (Possibly late 1859 rather than early 1860?)
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4 more: Title page, cast, table of contents and instrumentation • Act I • Act II • Act III

Editor Felix Mottl (1856–1911)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, (ca.1912). Plate 9904.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
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Selections

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate Part B. 1554.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 10000.
Reprinted Budapest: Könemann, 1994. Plate K 1014
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14 more: Oboe 1, 2, English Horn / Onstage English Horn • Clarinet 1, 2, Bass Clarinet (A, B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2, 3 • Horn 1, 2 (F, E, E♭, C) • Horn 3, 4 (F, E, E♭, D, C); 6 Offstage Horns (F) • Trumpet 1, 2, 3; 3 Onstage Trumpets (C) • Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba; 3 Onstage Trombones • Timpani, Cymbals, Triangle • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1892). Plate 19563.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Vorspiel und Isoldens Liebestod (Act I, III)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1892). Plate 19563.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Misc. Notes Only Prelude and Isoldens Liebestod
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Editor Ryoichi Kazumi
Publisher. Info. Ryoichi Kazumi, 2024
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Misc. Notes Transposed part based on Breitkopf & Härtel edition (1860/ca.1892)
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Arranger Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 31.
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Editor Karl Klindworth (1830–1916), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, No.2514, n.d.(ca.1913). Plate 2111.
Apparently a licensed reissue. 1906 Schott copyright claim.
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Arranger Otto Singer II (1863–1931), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1909. Plate R.W. 5.
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Arranger Felix Mottl (1856–1911), piano reduction (Act I)
Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921), piano reduction (Act II, III)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1914). Plate 9815.
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Misc. Notes Includes a preface by Richard Sternfeld
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901), piano reduction
Editor Frederick Corder (1852–1932)
Language German / English
Translator Henrietta Corder (d. 1922), English text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate V.A.1262.
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Misc. Notes Bookmarked by Act including list of motives
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901), piano reduction
Editor Henry Edward Krehbiel (1854–1923), Introduction
Language German / English
Translator Henry Grafton Chapman (1860–1913), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1906. Plate 18325.
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Misc. Notes #34172: pages missing
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901), piano reduction
Language Russian / German
Translator Vsevolod Cheshikhin (b. 1865), Russian text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate V.A.1544.
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901), piano reduction
Editor Facilitated Edition
Language Russian / German
Translator Viktor Pavlovich Kolomiytsev (1868–1936), Russian text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate V.A.1514.
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Selections

Editor Carl Armbruster (1846–1917)
Language German / English
Translator Henrietta Corder (d. 1922), Frederick Corder (1852–1932), English text
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson, 1904. Plate ML-472-10.
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Language French
Translator Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.136
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1914.
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For Voices, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (Sasaki)

9 more: Complete Score • Flute • Oboe • English Horn • Clarinet (A/B♭) • Bass Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F)

Arranger Osamu Sasaki
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For Piano
Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901)
Translator Pietro Floridia (1860–1932), Italian text
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & C., n.d.(ca.1894). Plate 95479.
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Prelude (Act I)

For Theatre Orchestra (Weninger)
Arranger Leopold Weninger (1879–1940)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: Anton J. Benjamin, n.d. Plate A. J. B. 6676.
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For Salon Orchestra (Windsperger‏)
Arranger Lothar Windsperger‏
Publisher. Info. Domesticum, No.5
Mainz: Schott, 1915. Plate 30524.
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For Violin and Piano (Finke and Schultze-Biesantz)
Arranger Fidelio Friedrich Finke (1891–1968)
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz (1876–1935)
Publisher. Info. Overtures to Wagner Operas for Violin and Piano
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No.2549b, n.d.
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For Violin and Piano (Ritter)
Arranger Alexander Ritter (1833–1896)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 16464.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Bruni)
Arranger Edoardo Bruni (b. 1975)
Publisher. Info. Edoardo Bruni - Edizioni Katharsis, 2023.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Bülow)
Arranger Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1860]. Plate 10117.
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For Organ (Gottschalg)
Arranger Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg (1827–1908)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 15058.
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For Piano (Kleinmichel)
Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901)
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1906. Plate 18325.
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Arranger Richard Kleinmichel (1846–1901)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 3623.
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For Piano (Schelling)
Arranger Ernest Schelling (1876–1939)
Publisher. Info. New York: Schirmer, 1932. Plate 35507.
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
Contains both the opera ending and Wagner's concert ending to the Prelude Act I
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For Piano (Singer)
Arranger Otto Singer II (1863–1931)
Editor Felix Mottl (1856–1911)
Publisher. Info. Vorspiele und Ouvertüren von Richard Wagner für Klavier (pp.54-59)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 9842.
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Arranger Otto Singer II (1865–1931)
Publisher. Info. Selections from the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner (pp.43-48)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1915. Plate ML 847.
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Love Duet: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Act II)

For Piano (Stradal)
Arranger August Stradal (1860–1930)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schuberth & Co., n.d.[1900]. Plate 7846.
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Tristan's Vision: O Wonne! Nein! Was seh ich?

For Orchestra (Seidl)
Arranger Arthur Seidl (1863–1928)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate Part.B. 912.
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Transfiguration (Liebestod) (Act III)

For Violin, Cello and Piano (Windsperger)
Arranger Lothar Windsperger (1885–1935)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, 1915. Plate 03319/20.
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For 2 Pianos 8 Hands (Heintz)
Arranger Albert Heintz (1822–1911)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 16539.
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For Violin and Piano (Ritter)
Arranger Alexander Ritter (1833–1896)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1909). Plate V.A. 3093.
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For 2 Pianos (Reger)
Arranger Max Reger (1873–1916)
Publisher. Info. Auserlesene Stücke aus Opernvon Richard Wagner für Klavier 2 Händen, Bd.2
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1910. Plate 9870. (pp.35-54)
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For Piano 4 Hands (Bruni)
Arranger Edoardo Bruni (b. 1975)
Publisher. Info. Edoardo Bruni - Edizioni Katharsis, 2023.
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Arranger Antony Gray
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For Organ (Lemare)
Arranger Edwin Henry Lemare (1865–1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 21225.
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For Piano (Breimo)
Arranger Bjørn Breimo (b. 1958)
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For Piano (Kronke)
Arranger Emil Kronke (1865–1938)
Publisher. Info. Einzel-Ausgabe, No.02861
Mainz: Schott, 1913.
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For Piano (Liszt)
Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1868]. Plate 11665.
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Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Editor Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)
Publisher. Info. Klavierwerke, Band 7:
Werke für Klavier zu 2 Händen. Opern-Phantasien

Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.3601c, n.d.[1917]. Plate 9881.
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Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Editor August Stradal (1860–1930)
Publisher. Info. Musikalische Werke. Serie IV, Band 1 (pp.112–19)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1922. Plate F.L. XII.
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Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Publisher. Info. F. Liszt. Opernye transkriptsii dlya fortep'yano Vol.III Part 1.
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1961.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1981. (with translated headings, footnotes, etc.)
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Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Editor Adrienne Kaczmarczyk (b. 1963)
Imre Sulyok (1912–2008)
Publisher. Info. Neue Liszt-Ausgabe, Serie 2, Band 24 (pp.134-140)
Budapest: Editio Musica, 1998. Plate Z.Z. 13361.
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For Piano (Moszkowski)
Arranger Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1914. Plate 9837.
Reprinted Musica Obscura, n.d.
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For Piano (Winkler)
Arranger Louis Winkler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate Collection Litolff No.2527a.
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For Piano Left Hand (Liszt/Friedman)
Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Ignaz Friedman (1882–1948)
Editor Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961), volume editor
Publisher. Info. School for the Left Hand (pp.63-72)
Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(ca.1957). Plate U.E. 12329 L.
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Transfiguration (Liebestod) (Act III)

For Piano (Liszt)

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Feduol (2024/1/31)

Arranger Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2022.
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Work Title Tristan und Isolde
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Τριστάνος και Ιζόλδη; Tristano kaj Izoldo; 特里斯坦与伊索尔德; 트리스탄과 이졸데 (오페라); Tristany i Isolda; [31 more...]ཁྲུར་སི་ཐན་དང་ཨེ་སོལ་རྡེ། (ཝ་རྒི་ནར།); Tristano e Isotta; Tristan og Isolde; Tristan i Izolda (opera); Tristan ja Isolde; Trisztán és Izolda (opera); トリスタンとイゾルデ; Tristán e Isolda; Тристан и Изольда; Тристан и Изолда (опера); Tristan ve İsolde (opera); Tristan och Isolde; Tristan a Izolda (opera); ทริสทันอุนท์อีซ็อลเดอ; Tristan in Izolda; Tristan și Isolda (operă); Tristan i Izolda (dramat muzyczny); Трыста і Ізольда; Tristan a Isolda; Тристан и Изолда; Trystan ac Esyllt; Տրիստան և Իզոլդա (օպերա); Tristan und Isolde (opera); Трістан та Ізольда; تریستان و ایزولده; טריסטן ואיזולדה; ტრისტანი და იზოლდა; Tristan ja Isolde (ooper); تريستان وإيزولت; تريستان وايزولت; 崔斯坦與伊索德
Name Aliases Tristano kaj Izoldo (opero); 特里士坦与伊索尔德; 特里士坦与依索尔德; 特里斯坦和伊索尔德; 特里斯坦与依索尔德; [14 more...]Tristan i Isolda; Tristan og Isolde (opera); Tristan et Isolde; Tristan e Isolda (opera); Tristan e Isolda (ópera); Tristán e Isolda (opera); Tristan e Isolda; Tristan und isolde; Tristão e Isolda; Tristan och Isolde (Wagner); ทริสตันกับอีซูลต์; Tristan in Izolda (Wagner); Тристан и Изольда (опера); Tristán e Iseu
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180184935; LCCN: n83141812; GND: 300170483; [2 more...]SUDOC: 093940262; BNF: 13920779r
Composer Wagner, Richard
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WWV 90
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IRW 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1857-59
First Publication. 1860
Librettist Composer
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, male chorus (TTBB), orchestra
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Cast
Isolde, Brangäne (sopranos)
Tristan, Melot, Young Sailor, Shepherd (tenors)
Kuwenal, Steersman (baritones)
Marke (bass)

Male Chorus (TTBB)

Chorus of Sailors, knights, and esquires

Orchestra

3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn,
2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, cymbals, harp, strings

Onstage Instruments

English horn, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones

Off-stage Instruments

6 horns
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