A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Rübezahl

by George Grove

RÜBEZAHL. An opera in 2 acts; words by J. G. Rhode, music composed by C. M. von Weber, at Breslau, between October 1804 and May 1806. Weber's autograph list shows that the first act contained 15 scenes, the second 12. Of these pieces of music, however, only 3 have survived (in MS.)—a Chorus of Spirits, a Recitave and Arietta, and a Quintet. Of the overture (in D minor) only the last 11 bars of the first violin part exist: it was recast into the overture called 'The Ruler of the Spirits.' (See Jähns's List, nos. 44, 45, 46, 122; Anhang 2, no. 27.)

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