Original title: Manfred.

Composed: 1848.

After Byron’s dramatic poem in Karl Adolf Suckow’s German translation, abridged by Schumann. Composed in 1848. Consists of an overture and music for the... Read more

Original title: Manfred.

Composed: 1848.

After Byron’s dramatic poem in Karl Adolf Suckow’s German translation, abridged by Schumann. Composed in 1848. Consists of an overture and music for the poem’s three divisions. The complete staged performance took place in Weimar on 13 June 1852, conducted by Franz Liszt.

Text authors: Translation by Karl Adolf Suckow after George Gordon Byron.

Movements / numbers:
1. Overture
2. Gesang der Geister
3. Erscheinung eines Zauberbildes
4. Geisterbannfluch
5. Alpenkuhreigen
6. Zwischenactmusik
7. Rufung der Alpenfee
8. Hymnus der Geister Ariman's
9. Chor: Wirf in den Staub dich
10. Chor: Zermalmt den Wurm
11. Beschwörung der Astarte
12. Manfred's Ansprache an Astarte
13. Ein Friede kam auf mich
14. Abschied von der Sonne
15. Blick' nur hierher
16. Schluss - Scene

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