Die Jagd. Eine comische Oper in drey Acten - Hiller, Johann Adam 1728-1804; Weiße, Christian Felix 1726-1804 (Leipzig Breitkopf, 1771)
'Die Jagd' is considered one of the most important early Singspiele. It was admired by Goethe and Wagner..The libretto is based on the plays La partie de chasse de Henri IV by Charles Collé, The King and the Miller of Mansfield by Robert Dodsley, and the opéra comique by Michel-Jean Sedaine (originally set by Monsigny).
The opera was first performed at the Schlosstheater, Weimar, on 29 January 1770.
Ex Libris Bibliotheca Tiliana (Plate, stamp and wax seal) = the extensive private library of the German entrepreneur, bibliophile and hunting scholar Kurt Lindner (1906-1987)
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Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Singspiel; Hunting; Germany; ad lib; artikulatie; notatieproblemen; dynamiek; falset; vrijheid in maat