Schubertiade :: [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791)] Schikaneder, Emanuel. (1751–1812); Winter, Peter. (1754–1825); Gallus-Mederitsch, Johann. (1752

[Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791)] Schikaneder, Emanuel. (1751–1812); Winter, Peter. (1754–1825); Gallus-Mederitsch, Johann. (1752–1835)

Babilons Piramiden. Eine große heroisch-komische Oper von Emanuel Schikaneder in Musik gesetzt der Erste Aufzug von Hr. Johann Gallus der Zweyte Aufzug von Hr. Peter Winter ... Für das Forte Piano übersezt von Hr. Johann Henneberg

Wien: Schikaneder. 1797. First edition. Oblong folio. [2] Bl., 253 S. : Ill. "Herausgegeben und zum erstenmahle aufgeführt in meinem priv. k. k. Theater auf der Wieden den 23ten Oktober 1797." Engraved throughout. No [PN]. Personenverzeichnis, 253 pp, including 12 extraordinary scene engravings. RISM A/I M 1705. Very rare. OCLC records only three copies (BnF, Munich, Dresden) and none in the United States.

Babilons Piramiden is a continuation of the story of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute], written by Emanuel Schikaneder, the impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer who wrote the libretto for Die Zauberflöte and who took the role of Papageno in the original performances. The music is by Peter Winter (Act 2) and Johann Gallus-Mederitsch (Act I). It was first performed, like the Magic Flute, at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna and the present score was published by Schikaneder himself at that location. The beautifully engraved score features 12 illustrations from the opera. (11852)

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