The overture was written in just five days in December 1851. The starting point for this composition was Schumann's desire to use Goethe's work of the same name as a basis for a singspiel. The Marseillaise that can be heard in the overture alludes to a scene of the epos.
Composer/Author: Robert Schumann
Editor: Armin Koch
Instrumentation: orchestra
Format: PDF
Pages: 69
Language: German • English
Brand: Eulenburg
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