Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder First performance: September 30, 1791 at the Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna, under the direction of the composer. ============================================================= One of my long-term projects was to sequence and score the entire "Zauberflöte" for the electronic medium. The first pass is complete, and the entire opera is now available for download. COMPLETED TO DATE: midi length # pages 00_overt Overture 6:17 26 Act I: 01_intro Introduction 5:55 24 02_papag Papageno's aria 2:35 3 03_tamin Tamino's aria 2:55 5 04_kngin Queen's aria 3:43 7 05_qntet Quintett (Damen, Pap.,Tamino) 5:45 19 06_trzet Terzett 2:02 6 07_duett Duett (Pamina/Papageno) 2:08 4 08a_geni Finale part A (Genies) 1:29 4 08b_tasp " part B (Tam. Recit.) 6:12 13 08c_tami " part C (Tamino aria) 2:25 5 08d_trio " part D (Terzett) 3:00 12 08e_chor " part E (enter Sarast.) 1:30 4 08f_sara " part F (Sarastro etc) 4:15 11 08g_chor " part G (Chorus) 1:10 5 Act II: 09_march March of the Priests 2:37 2 10_saria Arie mit Chor (Sarastro) 1:54 3 11_duett Duett (Two Priests) :58 2 12_qntet Quintett (Damen, Pap.,Tamino) 3:23 14 13_monos Arie (Monostatos) 1:32 4 14_kngin Queen's aria 2:55 8 15_saras Sarastro's aria 2:26 2 16_trzet Terzett (The 3 Genies) 1:24 3 17_pamin Arie (Pamina) 2:18 3 18_chorp Chor der Priester 1:35 3 19_trzet Terzett (Pam., Tam., Sar.) 2:52 7 20_papag Arie (Papageno) 3:37 10 21a_quar Finale part A (Genies/Pam.) 5:22 15 21b_geha " part B Geharnischte Männer 3:24 8 21c_duet " part C Duett, Quartett 2:34 5 21d_marc " part D Marsch 2:46 5 21e_papa " part E Arie (Papageno) 4:58 16 21f_duet " part F Duett (Papageno, -a) 2:25 9 21g_quin " part G Quintett 2:26 9 21h_chor " part H Chor 1:57 13 ================================================================== Midi-karaoke files, midi without vocals, and continuous-play midis available at http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic ================================================================== German lyrics are provided (using the original spellings for words like "Hülfe" and "thun"). I've slightly departed from convention by putting the cello/basso staves immediately after the viola staff, making the vocal staff(s) a bit easier to read by having them all at the bottom of each system. For compactness, the score is presented in a relatively small font (12 point), making it primarily of interest as a "study score." Even so, it requires A4 or legal-sized paper to print, allowing at least two systems per page. Hint to North American users: You can get an acceptable reduction to letter-size paper by following the instructions in the GMD "Introduction" page to insert reduction commands into the PostScript files. Alternately (and perhaps more easily) you can load the files into GSview, set "Media" to A4, and use the File --> Print command to create a PDF file. Use the pdfwrite device, check the "Print to File" box. Then load the resulting .pdf file into Adobe Acrobat Reader V3.0 or later, and use its "Shrink to fit" option to reduce to letter-size paper. My interpretation in the form of a midi-file is also provided for study purposes. Please note: at least 32- note polyphony is required, and to improve realism the strings are doubled on two separate tracks, for a total of 19 tracks on 15 channels. At least an AWE32 or similar sound card is required to adequately read this midi. A Yamaha XG synthesizer or soundcard is recommended for best results. Hint to XG owners: You can get substantially improved realism by setting reverb to 60 (Hall 2) and Chorus to 40 (Celeste 1). Fred Nachbaur April, 1999 fredn@netidea.com ============================================================= PROGRESS HISTORY: April, 1999: Overture, V1.0 May, 1999. Overture, Rev. 1.1: Contains many refinements and improvements, such as filling in missing dynamics in the second half of the piece, cosmetic changes, and correction of errors. Considerable detail added to demonstration midi. June, 1999: 01. Introduction, V1.0 02. Pagageno's aria, V1.0 03. Tamino's aria, V1.0 July, 1999: 04. Queen of the Night's aria, V1.0 August, 1999: 05. Quintett (Papageno, Tamino, the Ladies), V1.0 various touch-ups on previous midi files. (incl. added thunder sound to 04_kngin.mid) 06. Terzett (Monostatos, Pamina, Pagageno), V1.0 07. Duett (Pamina, Papageno), V1.0 08a-g. Finale part A - G, V1.0 (7 sections) 01 -- 05: corrected wrong spelling of umlauted "a" V1.1 (all) Sept., 1999: 09. March of the Priests V1.0 10. Sarastro's aria with choir V1.1 Nov., 1999: 11. Arie (Sarastro) mit Chor The Great Hard-drive crash. Most source files lost :( Jan., 2000: Life goes on. 12. Quintett V1.0; minor correction page 21, V1.1 13. Arie (Monostatos) V1.0; minor corrections page 25, V1.1 14. Arie (Königin) V1.0 Feb., 2000: 15. Arie (Sarastro) V1.0 16. Terzett (3 Knaben) V1.0 Mar., 2000: 17. Arie (Pamina) V1.1 18. Chor der Priester V1.0 19. Terzett V1.1 20. Arie (Papageno) V1.0 21a. Finale, Part A (3 Knaben, Pamina) V1.1 21b. Finale, Part B (Die Geharnischte Männer) V1.1 Apr., 2000: 21c. Finale, Part C (Pamina, Tamino, Die Geharnischte Männer) V1.0 21d. Finale, Part D (Pamina, Tamino, Chorus) V1.0 21e. Finale, Part E (Papageno, 3 Knaben) V1.0 21e. fixed minor bugs V1.1 May, 2000: 21f. Finale, Part F (Papageno, Papagena) V1.0 21g. Finale, Part G (Queen, Monostatos, The 3 Ladies) V1.0 21h. Finale, Part H (Chor) V1.0 First pass complete. July, 2000: Complete karaoke lyrics for entire opera (including choruses etc. in Act I) Aug., 2000: Converted scores files to .psz format for easier opening using GSview. Apr., 2001: Corrected PostScript files 00_overt.psz and 01_intro.psz to eliminate DSC errors when opening with recent versions of GSview. Apr., 2001: Moved site to space graciously provided by Miami University of Ohio. Added PDF versions of the scores files. Jun., 2001: Moved to private space graciously provided by Mikkel C. Simonsen.