{"product_id":"mozart-the-magic-flute-full-score","title":"Mozart - The Magic Flute - Full Score","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"…it is the evident \u003cem\u003equiet\u003c\/em\u003e approbation which best pleases me! It is apparent that this opera is rising rapidly and steadily in estimation.\" — Mozart, letter to his wife, October 7-8, 1791.\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately, his tragic death a scant two months later prevented Mozart from ever realizing the full accuracy of this observation, made a few performances after the cool reception given\u003cem\u003e The Magic Flute \u003c\/em\u003eat its Viennese premiere.\u003cbr\u003eIn May 1791, Mozart's friend Emanuel Schikaneder commissioned \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Flute.\u003c\/em\u003e In keeping with the popular level of this theater, Schikaneder himself supplied Mozart with the libretto about the rescue of a good fairy's daughter from a wicked magician by a hero armed with a magic flute. After a good deal of the music was written, the composer and librettist — both Freemasons — grafted Masonic ideals onto the plot, transforming a simple fairy tale into a moralistic allegory and a \u003cem\u003eSingspiel\u003c\/em\u003e into one of the world's greatest operas.\u003cbr\u003eThis handsome, moderately priced volume, reprinted directly form an authoritative edition, will enable musicians, music students, and opera lovers to gain a fuller appreciation of Mozart's mastery of operatic language, orchestral color, and dramatic expression. A helpful feature of this edition is the inclusion of all spoken dialog, usually abbreviated in other editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthoritative C. F. Peters edition. - See more at: http:\/\/store.doverpublications.com\/048624783x.html#sthash.I02BPE7P.dpuf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31640340225,"sku":"210000025392","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1319\/7643\/products\/0976a54cf00082742958848942f7215b.jpg?v=1577769673","url":"https:\/\/the-foundry-music-company.myshopify.com\/products\/mozart-the-magic-flute-full-score","provider":"The Foundry Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}