August Söderman (1832−1876)

Der schwarze Ritter

Print
  • Year of composition: 1874
  • Work category: Voice and orchestra
  • Text author: Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862)
  • Arrangement/revision: Orchestrated by
    1) Johannes Peter Carstensen 1887
    2) Ernst Ellberg
  • Duration: Approx. 5-10 min

Instrumentation

Carstensen's orchestration: 2*.2.2.2 / 2.2.3.1 / timp / str
(picc)
Ellberg's orchestration: 3*.2.2.2 / 4.3.3.1 / timp, perc / str
(picc)

Examples of printed editions

Levande musikarv/Swedish Musical Heritage (2020), Ernst Ellberg's orchestral material (score and parts), critical edition by Cristian Marina

This ballad can also be found in a printed version for song and piano, see separate post for that version

Location for score and part material

Orchestral material of Ellberg's orchestration can also be found at the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

  • Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
  • Possible call no. and autograph comment: No score exists in autograph, only piano-vocal score.

Description of work

Ziemlich langsam E major 3/4

Work comment

Söderman intended this ballad to be performed with orchestra, but it seems as though he only left sketched fragments, which have been the source for both Carstensen's and Ellberg's orchestrations

Libretto/text

Pfingsten war, das Fest der Freude

Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage