Der Rosenkavalier in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores) (German Edition)

Not only is this edition a cheap one: it also has the stamp of authenticity associated with it by being the definitive one issued around the time of its première by Strauss's main publisher, Adolf Fürstner of Berlin, and approved personally by the composer himself. [That original edition is a rare, limited and numbered one - the reprinted copy bears the number 36 in fact.] Barring a very few potential little things, there's every reason to believe it as the authentic edition, so how can one go wrong with it?This is particularly so given the reproduction size, which allows one not only to easily follow it in one's lap while listening in an armchair (not to mention at a table!); it's easy to conduct therefrom (unless one's visually impaired). Others have written already about its virtues; I can only underscore what's already posted here. A score most certainly deserving to be in every musician's library (and every Rosenkavalier-fan, even if he's not the most fluent in reading music)!

Since its first appearance on stage in Dresden in 1911, Strauss' Rosenkavalier has, justly, become a staple favourite of the operatic repertoire everywhere. The combination of dramaturgical skill, the beauty and literary sensitivity of Hofmannsthal's libretto (which might in its own right work as a stage play without music) and Strauss' extraordinary music, commands careful study, and the ready availability of a full score such as this so cheaply is greatly to be welcomed.This is an edition strictly for study rather than for use in performance: reducing a score of these dimensions to a single volume as slender as it is means of course that sometimes the print is rather small, to the point that one almost needs a magnifying glass to read it.But at the price Dover has offered, this is scarce to be resisted, and opera-lovers, students of music and even some professional musicians will find this a useful asset on their shelves.

The pages had a few creases, but this is still a beautiful score to one of my favorite operas of all time.

Der Rosenkavelier represented a new type of music drama for Richard Strauss. Prior to this time, his operas were quite hard edged: Salome, the story of a young woman whose erotic dancing skills cost John the Baptist his head, and Elektra, the story of a young woman who avenges her father's murder on her mother and her mother's lover. Der Rosenkavelier is, by contrast, rather tranquil. It tells the story of an older woman who, despite her love for a young man (played by a young woman), assists that young man in winning the love of a young woman. It's drama is small, Chekhovian even, and comparisons have often been made to Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Dover reprinted a numbered copy, number 36 to be precise, of a limited first printing edited and published in 1910 by Strauss' publisher and friend, Adolf Furstner. This volume is, perhaps, the best buy among all Dover's opera scores, especially for Strauss lovers. This volume contains an English translation of all frontismatter and a glossary of German musical terms. The score is large and legible enough to conduct from, and the rehearsal markers correspond with those of the parts. And, as always, the price is a baseline bargain. If you love this opera, buy this score.

This publisher offers full orchestral scores of several of Strauss' operas in full size for moderate prices, because they are copies from old editions. The printing of this score of Der Rosenkavalier, certainly his most popular opera, is excellent, the edition is reliable.Meanwhile there may be one or two other cheap editions of this score, but not at this size.

The Kindle Edition is pretty useless. The score is in a format about half size of the screen of your iPad. If you try to amplify it it will show a very blurry image of the score, that acts as a picture. If you want to go to the next page you have to close the image and get to the next useless page.

Great to have while listening to the opera.

seule édition disponible facilement à un prix abordabletrès bonne typographie, bien présentée cette partition est une réferenceindispensable pour approfondir cet opéra complexe

なぜはまってしまったのか分からない。ウイーンまで行ったからね。DVDは、パリで買ったのも含めて６種類。それでも足りず、クラシカジャパン放映分を録画。行き着く先は見えている。そうです。スコア。夢中になると、スコアで確かめたくなる。DVDを再生しても、映像画面そっちのけで、スコアを追って、音を確かめる。次にくるのは、そうです。スコアの音をピアノで弾く。ついには、オクタヴィアンの旋律を歌ってみる。パートを覚えてしまうまで、何度も繰り返す。オックス。バスの音は私にはムリ。故に、Ohne mich ‾ keine Nacht dir zu lang.は、残念ながら歌えない。一部をのぞいて。まあ、ともかく楽しんでます。

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とても大きいです。その代わりとても見やすいです。印刷もきれいです。満足しています。日々感動です。ありがとうR.StraussありがとうDover