Hänsel und Gretel

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    Vocal Score

  • Music: Engelbert Humperdinck
    English Translation: Tom Hammond
  • Editor: Hans-Josef Irmen
  • Lyrics / Text: after Adelheid Wette

    • Vocal Music • Classical • Opera • Vocal/Choral Score

  • Languages: German, English
  • Accompaniment: Piano Reduction
  • Format: A4 Book (Euro size)

  • Catalog #: 49007729

    • Publisher: Schott Music

  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

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Description

Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy-tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”. It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most famous being the “Abendsegen” (“Evening Benediction”) from act 2.

The idea for the opera was proposed to Humperdinck by his sister, who approached him about writing music for songs that she had written for her children for Christmas based on “Hansel and Gretel”. After several revisions, the musical sketches and the songs were turned into a full-scale opera.

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