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Orchestra (picc.2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - small dr - str) SKU: BR.PB-5548-07 Overture to Goethe's "Hermann und Dorothea" - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Christian Rudolf Riedel. Orchestra; stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Urtext of the Revolutionary. Overture; Romantic. Study Score. 40 pages. Duration 10'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5548-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5548-07). ISBN 9790004213582. 6.5 x 9 inches.The Overture to Hermann and Dorothea is the only compositional result that Schumann reaped from Goethes epic poem. He had originally planned an entire opera, then a Singspiel, and finally an oratorio. In the end (1851), he quickly produced an orchestral score that remained unprinted during his lifetime. The striking thematic use of the Marseillaise is multiply motivated: Goethes poem unfolds in 1796, when the two eponymous lovers are fleeing from the French revolutionary troops; Schumann had directly experienced the revolutionary uprisings of 1848 in Dresden; finally, Louis Napoleons coup detat of 2 December 1851 must also have made an impact on the composer. The primary source of the Urtext edition of Schumanns Revolutionary Overture is the carefully written autograph.Urtext of the Revolutionary.