Sakuntala, Op.9 (Weingartner, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Composition Year	1881-3
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; 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

Vocal Scores

Complete Score
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Editor	First edition
Engraver	Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Kassel: Paul Voigt, n.d.[1884]. Plate 178.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Librettos

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Editor	First edition
Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Kassel: Paul Voigt, n.d. (ca.1884).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	Sakuntala
Alternative. Title	Ein Bühnenspiel in drei Aufzügen
Composer	Weingartner, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.9
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFW 30
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1881-3
First Performance.	1884-03-22 — Weimar, Hoftheater
First Publication.	1884 – Kassel: Paul Voigt
Librettist	the composer (?) after the legend of Shakuntala
Language	German
Dedication	Dem meister Franz Liszt
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: 2 sopranos, 6 tenors, baritone, 4 basses + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, large drum, cymbals, triangle, harp, strings, and Onstage: 5 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, small drum (tamburino)
Manuscript Sources	D-WRha

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Alan Walker relates a story about Liszt, Weingartner and this opera in his "Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861" (p.322: "In the temple scene there occurs a long climax during which the king makes his entrance. Liszt suddenly seized Weingartner's arm and exclaimed "Splendid, splendid! This climax must be played twice." Weingartner believed that he must have misheard Liszt and retorted: "But, master, I can't have the king enter twice." "It doesn't matter," replied Liszt. "Beautiful things must be repeated.") (Walker quoting Weingartner, Lebens-Erinnerungen, 1928/29, vol.1, p.165.)

Krause (1904) gives Komp.1881-3 (and gives Sakuntala Opus 8.)