Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 (Wagner, Richard)

Title Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Creators Richard Wagner, composer
Richard Wagner, librettist
Opus WWV 96
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 3
Keys
Composed 1862
First published 1868
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Composition types Operas
Language German
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

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View Complete piano 4 hands August Horn
View Complete piano Richard Kleinmichel
View Selections theater orchestra Francis Salabert
View Selections violin, cello, piano and harmonium Friedrich Lux
View Selections violin, piano and harmonium August Gottfried Ritter
View Selections organ Alfred Herbert Brewer
View Selections organ Albrecht Hänlein
View Selections organ William Joseph Westbrook
View Prelude (Vorspiel) violin and piano Fidelio Friedrich Finke
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 6 cellos Gwyn Seymour
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 2 guitars, 2 mandolins, mandocello, percussion, timpani and double bass Yoshimichi Sato
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 2 violins, viola, cello and piano August Gottfried Ritter
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 2 piano 8 hands Anton Deprosse
View Prelude (Vorspiel) piano and harmonium August Reinhard
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 2 pianos Hermann Behn
View Prelude (Vorspiel) 2 pianos Max Reger
View Prelude (Vorspiel) piano 4 hands Carl Tausig
View Prelude (Vorspiel) piano Hans von Bülow
View Prelude (Vorspiel) piano Karl Klindworth
View Prelude (Vorspiel) piano Carl Tausig
View Da zu dir der Heiland kam (No.2) mixed chorus and organ
organ
Michael Stenov
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) violin and piano Emil Kross
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) piano Alfred Jaëll
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) piano Alexander Wenger
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) piano Georges Bell
View Introduction (Act 3) 2 violins, viola, cello and piano Alexander Ritter
View Introduction (Act 3) violin, piano and harmonium Ferdinand Rebay
View Introduction (Act 3) piano and harmonium August Reinhard
View Introduction (Act 3) piano 4 hands
View Introduction (Act 3) organ Friedrich Lux
View Lehrbuben-Tanz piano
View Walther's Preislied theater orchestra Lothar Windsperger
View Walther's Preislied piano and harmonium August Reinhard
View Walther's Preislied flute and piano Wilhelm Popp
View Walther's Preislied violin and piano Emil Kross
View Walther's Preislied violin and piano Arthur Seybold
View Walther's Preislied cello and piano Georg Goltermann
View Walther's Preislied harp Charles Oberthür
View Walther's Preislied harp Hanuš Trneček
View Sachsen's Schlusslied 2 pianos William Wallace
View Walthers Meisterzunft violin and piano
View Quintet: 'Selig wie die Sonne' (Act 3, No.47) theater orchestra Charles J. Roberts
View Quintet: 'Selig wie die Sonne' (Act 3, No.47) violin and piano Otto Singer II

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Schott Vorspiel and Act 1
Vorspiel and Act 2
Vorspiel and Act 3
Act 3: pp. 340-349 converted to portrait
View Complete Edition Peters Front Matter and Contents
Vorspiel and Act 1
Vorspiel and Act 2
Vorspiel and Act 3
View Vorspiel (Act 1) Schott Complete Score
Color Cover
View Vorspiel (Act 1) Eulenburg Complete Score
View Introduction (Act 3) Schott Complete Score
View Complete parts Schott Flute 1, 2, Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1/2 (in B)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1, 2 (in F)
Horn 3, 4 (in F)
Trumpet 1, 2, 3, Onstage trumpets (in B)
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
Onstage "Stierhorn"

Timpani, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Snare Drum/Glockenspiel, Triangle
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Vorspiel (Act 1) parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute 1
Flute 2
Flute 3
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Tuba
Timpani
Cymbals
Triangle
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Bass
View Vorspiel (Act 1) parts Bass clarinet (for Bassoon 2)
Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (B, transposed)
View Complete vocal score Schott 1868 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schott Complete Score
Acts 1, 2
Act 3
View Complete vocal score Schott 1903 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Schott Complete Score
Title, Contents, Cast, Prelude; Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel 1911 Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Complete vocal score P. Jurgenson Complete Score
Title, Cast, Prelude
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1, Scene 3, No.15) vocal score Complete Score
View Preislied (Act 3) vocal score Complete Score
View Complete Schott Complete Libretto
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by August Horn
Schott 1873 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Richard Kleinmichel
Schott Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Francis Salabert
; selections
Salabert Score (Piano condensed) and parts
View Complete Arrangement for violin, cello, piano and harmonium
by Friedrich Lux
; selections
Schott Complete Score
Harmonium
Violin
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for violin, piano and harmonium
by August Gottfried Ritter
; selections
Schott Walther's Prize Song (Score)
Quintet (Score)
Unter dem Fliederbaum (Score)
View Complete Arrangement for organ
by Alfred Herbert Brewer
; selections
Novello Introduction (Act 3)
Walther's Preislied (Act 3)
Color Cover
View Complete Arrangement for organ
by Albrecht Hänlein
; selections
Schott 1879 Da zu dir der Heiland kam
Wach' auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Act 3)
View Complete Arrangement for organ
by William Joseph Westbrook
; selections
Schott March
Walter's Preislied (Act 3)
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Fidelio Friedrich Finke
Clemens Schultze-Biesantz

Litolff Complete Score
Violin Part
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 6 cellos
by Gwyn Seymour
Complete Score
Cello 1
Cello 2
Cello 3
Cello 4
Cello 5
Cello 6
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 2 guitars, 2 mandolins, mandocello, percussion, timpani and double bass
by Yoshimichi Sato
Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
by August Gottfried Ritter
Schott 1875 Complete Score
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Anton Deprosse
Schott Piano 1
Piano 2
Color Cover
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for piano and harmonium
by August Reinhard
Schott 1910 Cover (colour scan)
Complete Score
Harmonium Part
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Hermann Behn
Schott Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Max Reger
Edition Peters Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Carl Tausig
Schott 1866 Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for piano
by Hans von Bülow
Schott Complete Score
Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for piano
by Karl Klindworth
Schott 1903 Complete Score
View Prelude (Vorspiel) Arrangement for piano
by Carl Tausig
Schott Complete Score
View Da zu dir der Heiland kam (No.2) Arrangement for mixed chorus and organ
organ
by Michael Stenov
Complete Score
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Emil Kross
P.J. Tonger Violin Part
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) Arrangement for piano
by Alfred Jaëll
Schott Complete Score
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Wenger
Musikalischen Universal-Bibliothek Complete Score
View Am stillen Herd (Act 1) Arrangement for piano
by Georges Bell
Complete Score
View Introduction (Act 3) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
by Alexander Ritter
Schott Complete Score
View Introduction (Act 3) Arrangement for violin, piano and harmonium
by Ferdinand Rebay
Hug Complete Score and Piano Part
Harmonium Part
Violin Part (with outside sheets)
View Introduction (Act 3) Arrangement for piano and harmonium
by August Reinhard
Schott Complete Score
Harmonium Part
View Introduction (Act 3) Arrangement for piano 4 hands Church 1890 Complete Score
View Introduction (Act 3) Arrangement for organ
by Friedrich Lux
Schott Complete Score
View Lehrbuben-Tanz Arrangement for piano Rudolf Mosse 1925 Complete Score
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Lothar Windsperger
Schott 1928 Piano conductor score and parts
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for piano and harmonium
by August Reinhard
Schott 1891 Complete Score
Harmonium part
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for flute and piano
by Wilhelm Popp
Schott Flute Part
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for violin and piano
by Emil Kross
P.J. Tonger 1914 Complete Score
Violin Part
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for violin and piano
by Arthur Seybold
Complete Score
Violin Part
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for cello and piano
by Georg Goltermann
Schott Complete Score
Cello Part
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for harp
by Charles Oberthür
Schott Complete Score
View Walther's Preislied Arrangement for harp
by Hanuš Trneček
Schott 1904 Complete Score
View Sachsen's Schlusslied Arrangement for 2 pianos
by William Wallace
Schott Complete Score
View Walthers Meisterzunft Arrangement for violin and piano Fürstner 1913 Complete Score and Violin Part
View Quintet: 'Selig wie die Sonne' (Act 3, No.47) Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Charles J. Roberts
Carl Fischer 1913 Piano Score and Parts
View Quintet: 'Selig wie die Sonne' (Act 3, No.47) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Otto Singer II
Schott 1900 Complete Score
Violin Part

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