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Beethoven, Ludwig van

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Fidelio, Op.72

1804

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3 acts [1st version]
2 acts [2nd/3rd versions]

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Sheet music

Full Scores

14

Parts

12

Vocal Scores

14

Arrangements and Transcriptions

22

Librettos

3

Performances

Recordings

4

Accompaniments

1

Synthesized/MIDI

1

Commercial Recordings

178

Full Scores

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Public Domain

Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 20, No.206
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Misc. Notes

ca.150 dpi grayscale images (file #74000)
Original images: 300dpi, grayscale djvu files approx. 2900 by 3760 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. (file #315905)

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Complete Score (grayscale)

Complete Score (black and white)

Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872].

Publisher

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872]. Plate 5572.

Reprinted

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1984.

Misc. Notes

600dpi. 1872 according to Altmann. Plate added from another instance of this same score on this page (plate missing from this one, as it is a reprint.)

Copyright

Overture, Act 1

Act 2

A. Farrenc, n.d.[1826].

Editor

First edition

Publisher

Paris: A. Farrenc, n.d.[1826]. Plate 72.

Misc. Notes

According to Altmann's notes to the Eulenburg edition full score (ca.1920?), Farrenc released this with a German and French text, the latter by N. and Merville; and retained the first version of the opera's division in three acts. (Will have to check to see if that's an accurate description of what we have here. Probably not what Beethoven authorized...)

Copyright

Complete Score

N. Simrock, n.d.[1847].

Publisher

Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1847]. Plate 4682.

Misc. Notes

Austrian National Library - SH.Beethoven.314. Includes posthumous editorial changes.

Copyright

Complete Score

Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 20, No.206
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Misc. Notes

Full Score is 9.5 x 12.5 scan.

Copyright

Complete Score

Manuscript, 1814.

Publisher

Manuscript, 1814.

Copyright

Act 1

On this page

Fidelio, Op.72

1804

•

3 acts [1st version]
2 acts [2nd/3rd versions]

More information

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 20, No.206
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Misc. Notes

ca.150 dpi grayscale images (file #74000)
Original images: 300dpi, grayscale djvu files approx. 2900 by 3760 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. (file #315905)

Copyright

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

Fidelio, Op.72

Librarian’s choice

C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872].

Publisher

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872]. Plate 5572.

Reprinted

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1984.

Misc. Notes

600dpi. 1872 according to Altmann. Plate added from another instance of this same score on this page (plate missing from this one, as it is a reprint.)

Copyright

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


A. Farrenc, n.d.[1826].

Editor

First edition

Publisher

Paris: A. Farrenc, n.d.[1826]. Plate 72.

Misc. Notes

According to Altmann's notes to the Eulenburg edition full score (ca.1920?), Farrenc released this with a German and French text, the latter by N. and Merville; and retained the first version of the opera's division in three acts. (Will have to check to see if that's an accurate description of what we have here. Probably not what Beethoven authorized...)

Copyright

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


N. Simrock, n.d.[1847].

Publisher

Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1847]. Plate 4682.

Misc. Notes

Austrian National Library - SH.Beethoven.314. Includes posthumous editorial changes.

Copyright

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 20, No.206
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Misc. Notes

Full Score is 9.5 x 12.5 scan.

Copyright

Complete (1814 Version, 2 Acts)


Manuscript, 1814.

Publisher

Manuscript, 1814.

Copyright

Overture

Overture


Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1828].

Publisher

Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1828]. Plate 4564.

Misc. Notes

Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm) : C751/6

Copyright

Overture


B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1869).

Publisher

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1869). Plate 19826.

Misc. Notes

This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

Copyright

Overture


Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 20, No.206
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Misc. Notes

Full Score is 9 x 12 scan.

Copyright

Overture


Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864].

Publisher

Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.206.

Reprinted

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1985.

Copyright

Overture


C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872].

Publisher

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1872]. Plate 5572.

Misc. Notes

  1. 416990 This score includes measure numbers.
    Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850

Copyright

Overture


A. Cranz, No. 2011, n.d.

Publisher

Bruxelles: A. Cranz, No. 2011, n.d. Plate C. 45154.

Misc. Notes

600 dpi. Page size is 7.353 x 10.767 inches. (#441179)
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. (#233237)
Includes piano reduction for both files.

Copyright

Overture


Fidelio, Op.72
Fidelio, Op.72

Mutopia Project, 2003.

Editor

Publisher

Misc. Notes

Source: Eulenburg, 1919.

Copyright

O welche Lust, in freier Luft (Prisoners' Chorus, Act I, No.10)

O welche Lust, in freier Luft (Prisoners' Chorus, Act I, No.10)


Oxford University Press, 1995.

Editor

John Rutter (b. 1945)

Publisher

Oxford Choral Classics: Opera Choruses, No.1
London: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Misc. Notes

This file does not include the editor's translation of the lyrics.

Copyright