Faust: der Tragödie erster Teil (music drama in prologue and four acts)

Music drama in a prologue and four acts, 1955-56, based on Part 1 of Faust, by Goethe.

Vocal score composed between April 1955 and 19 August 1955
Full score completed 11 May 1956

Gretchen (soprano)
Marthe (mezzo)
Faust (tenor)
Michael (tenor)
Raphael (tenor)
Valentin (baritone)
Mephistopheles (baritone)
Schueler (baritone)
Der Herr (bass)
Gabriel (bass)
Erdgeist (bass)
Böser Geist (bass)
SATB chorus
3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (1 also contrabassoon), 6 horns , 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, euphonium, timpani, suspended cymbal, cymbals, bass drum, 3 side drums, tambour militaire, tambourine, triangle, castanets, tam-tam, wind machine, ruthe, bell in G flat, celesta, glockenspiel, xylophone, 2 harps, organ, strings.

Prologue in Heaven 331 bars, 18:00
Act I
Scene 1: Faust’s room (145 bars), 11:00
Scene 2: Faust’s room (556 bars), 29:00
Act II
Prelude: Through the air (54 bars), 3:00
Scene 1: The street (94 bars), 7:00
Scene 2: Evening – Gretchen’s room (184 bars), 8:00
Scene 3: Gretchen’s room (125 bars), 9:00
Scene 4: Gretchen’s room (56 bars), 5:00
Act III
Scene 1: Night – the street before Gretchen’s door (257 bars), 16:00
Scene 2: Cathedral (Dom) (171 bars), 14:00
Act IV
Scene 1: Gloomy day – country (130 bars), 10:00
Scene 2: Night ride of Faust and Mephistopheles (78 bars), 4:00
Scene 3: Dungeon (262 bars), 17:00

Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, abridged by the composer; set in German; no English translation.

Unpublished, except Prologue in Heaven by United Music Publishing