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This beloved operatic work combines profound emotion and great comedy with accessible music. The Dover edition is a reprint of an authoritative German score from the turn of the 20th century. It features English translations of the introduction and cast lists only; the rest of the text is in German.Features lay-flat sewn binding.
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One of the greatest of comic operas, here is an extraordinarily adept and vivacious wedding of libretto and musical score. Meticulously reproduced from the definitive C. F. Peters edition. Features lay-flat sewn binding.
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This beloved operatic work combines profound emotion and great comedy to tell the tale of a young knight and his struggle to become a Mastersinger. Wagner's only comedy, for which he wrote both the words and the music, offers an extraordinarily adept coupling of libretto and musical score.
This Dover edition is a reprint of an authoritative and accessible German score from the turn of the twentieth century. It containsthe vocal partsas well as the full orchestral score for the three-act opera. English translations cover the introduction and cast lists; the rest of the text is in the original German. Durable but inexpensive, this edition features a sturdybinding that allows pages to remainopenon music stands for years of use and enjoyment."
Synopsis
One of the greatest of comic operas, here is an extraordinarily adept and vivacious wedding of libretto and musical score. Meticulously reproduced from the definitive C. F. Peters edition, originally published in Leipzig in the first decade of the 18th century.