Mose
Oratorio in 3 Parts on Words from the Holy Scriptures
[solos,mix ch,orch] solos: SSATTBarBB – choir – 2(2picc). 2. 2. 2. dble bsn – 4. 3. 3. T-tuba. 0 – timp – str
- First Urtext edition since the first print
- Evaluation of all available sources, including the set of parts used under Marx
- Detailed preface with explanations of the history of origin and reception
- Detailed critical report
- Facsimile pages
Description
Neither Felix Mendelssohn nor Robert Schumann could make sense of “Mose”. “It doesn’t work, it’s not music at all,” Mendelssohn is reported to have said to Marx’s face. Schumann was merciless in his criticism: “Not even in terms of form is it a well-made, truly rounded piece of music. And then, what declamation, as if abandoned by nature! Nothing has so repelled us as this music for a long time.” Is “Mose” an opera in disguise? Richard Wagner knew the score of the “Mose”; he studied it carefully and adopted not only musical quotations but also the through-composed form in his operas. This is a historical fact that is hushed up to this day. Wagner’s music wish list from 1855 shows that, in addition to works by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, he asked only for “Mose”, “everything else can just be thrown away”.
PB 5647
score
EAN: 9790004215449
EB 8994
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004187234
244 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 667 g / softcover
MM 2185611
hire material
Description
Description
Neither Felix Mendelssohn nor Robert Schumann could make sense of “Mose”. “It doesn’t work, it’s not music at all,” Mendelssohn is reported to have said to Marx’s face. Schumann was merciless in his criticism: “Not even in terms of form is it a well-made, truly rounded piece of music. And then, what declamation, as if abandoned by nature! Nothing has so repelled us as this music for a long time.” Is “Mose” an opera in disguise? Richard Wagner knew the score of the “Mose”; he studied it carefully and adopted not only musical quotations but also the through-composed form in his operas. This is a historical fact that is hushed up to this day. Wagner’s music wish list from 1855 shows that, in addition to works by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, he asked only for “Mose”, “everything else can just be thrown away”.