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Die Zauberfl�te (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.
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One of my long-term projects was to sequence and score
the entire "Zauberfl�te" 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 M�nner 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
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Midi-karaoke files, midi without vocals, and continuous-play midis
available at http://www.netidea.com/~fredn
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German lyrics are provided (using the original spellings for
words like "H�lfe" 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
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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 (K�nigin) 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 M�nner) V1.1
Apr., 2000: 21c. Finale, Part C (Pamina, Tamino, Die Geharnischte M�nner) 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 (K�nigin, 3 Ladies, Monostatos) V1.0
21h. Finale, Part H (Chor) V1.0
First pass complete.