Baerenreiter Verlag Rusalka op. 114 - Dvorak/Simon/Hajek - Study Score

Author/Composer:

DVORAK, ANTONIN

Instrumentation:

STUDY SCORE

Model #:

TP00438

Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Editor: Robert Simon, Jonas Hajek
Format: Study score, Urtext edition
Instrumentation: Opera (Soloists, Choir, Orchestra)

• Critical edition of Dvorak's most famous opera
• Detailed evaluation of the vi-de markings
• Corrections in the original Czech vocal text
• Foreword on the genesis and reception of the opera (Eng/Cz/Ger)

This study score of Antonn Dvorak's penultimate and most well-known opera "Rusalka" (1900) corresponds to the new critical edition published in 2023 that brings the musical text of the opera up to today's standards. Editors Robert Simon and Jonas Hajek worked not only with the autograph and the copy of the score from which the premiere and many subsequent performances were conducted, but also with three handwritten piano reductions directly connected to Dvorak that had not been evaluated for the previous Jarmil Burghauser edition, as well as with sketches and other sources. What is new compared to the previous edition is the consistent marking of editorial additions, the restoring of some of Dvorak's original readings in the vocal text, and a detailed evaluation of the vi-de markings authorised by the composer. At the same time a certain variability is retained and conductors continue to have the option to make cuts.