Judith Weir
BLOND ECKBERT after Ludwig Tieck’s Der blonde Eckbert
Pocket Version (2006)
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SYNOPSIS Act 1 Flying Prelude A bird is telling a story to a dog: ‘In a region of the Harz Mountains, there lived a man who was known as the Blond Eckbert. He led a secluded life, and was never involved in the feuds of his neighbours’. Eckbert’s home becomes visible, situated amidst the wild beauty of a mountain landscape. Scene 1: Eckbert and Berthe At Home Eckbert and Berthe are in their drawing room. Eckbert is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his friend Walther. Scene 2: Walther has arrived Walther arrives and tells enthusiastically of his travels on the mountain, and of its natural wonders. He asks to stay the night. Eckbert suggests that, to pass the last hours before midnight, Berthe should tell Walther the story of her youth ‘because it’s very strange and interesting’. Berthe agrees to do this – the first time she has spoken this evening – but she asks Walther ‘do not take my story for a fairy tale, however strange it may seem’. Scene 3: Berthe’s Ballad Berthe tells her story in the form of an extended drawing-room ballad. The actors and scenery in her story emerge from the confines of the drawing room – from behind the sofa, from under the rug, and so on. Or perhaps she simply shows Walther a home-movie of her life. The bird and dog play the parts of the bird and the dog in this story. Her story is basically this: ‘I was born into a peasant family. I was thought of as stupid and clumsy. Eventually my parents were so angry with me that I escaped from home. I passed through difficult, hilly country until I came to a lush mountain pasture. An old woman found me, exhausted and starving, and took me to live in her house. She had a pet dog with which I used to play – I’ve forgotten its name – and a bird in a cage, which said intelligent things, and laid precious stones instead of eggs. The woman taught me to spin, which I turned out to be brilliantly talented at, and she was very pleased with me. Presently she took to leaving me at home working, whilst she went on long expeditions. Years passed in this way, and I was content, but I was still curious about my family, and eventually my curiosity got the better of me. One day, after the old woman went out, I tied up the dog, took a pocketful of the precious stones, and left with the bird in its cage. But as I travelled, the bird, still talkative, became abusive and accusatory, so I let it out of the cage and it flew away. After a long journey I arrived back at the village of my youth, but there was no-one there who remembered me – my parents were long since dead. I sold the precious stones, and with the wealth that this gave me, settled down in the district. I met Eckbert and we got married – we are still living on the proceeds of those precious stones, as Eckbert had no wealth of his own’. Leaving to go to bed, Walther thanks Berthe: ‘you told the story so vividly – I could just imagine you playing with that friendly little dog, Strohmian’: he goes up to bed. Scene 4: Strohmian! Strohmian! It is a Hitchcockian moment. How did Walther know the name which Berthe has never been able to remember? Berthe also leaves for bed, fascinated; but Eckbert stays in the room, alone, and his illease takes him over. He replays the scene in his mind (and perhaps visibly) over and over – each time he thinks about it, Walther appears to be a more malevolent character. The night passes in this way. As dawn breaks, Eckbert hears Walther leaving the house unobtrusively, off on another mountain walk. Eckbert follows him out, taking a crossbow with him.
Act II Prelude: Walther’s Death A cold outdoor landscape. Walther walks through the trees absorbed in studying the leaves and the moss that he finds growing. Eckbert stalks him; eventually he shoots. The arrow’s course is seen in very slow motion – an aerial ballet. Walther drops dead, and Eckbert rushes away. Scene 1: Berthe’s Last Words Out of the darkness following Walther’s death, Berthe emerges, anxious and on her deathbed, writing a letter to Eckbert. She describes her bewilderment and terror at Walther’s revelations. Scene 2: Accusation Eckbert finds himself alone in urban surroundings. A stranger emerges from the throng, and introduces himself as Hugo. With warmth and kindness, Hugo befriends Eckbert, and calms him down somewhat. As they walk Eckbert tells Hugo his version of the story; at first he feels that Hugo receives what he says sympathetically, but then, suddenly, he begins to think that Hugo is growing suspicious and critical of him. As they meet other walkers, it seems to Eckbert that Hugo is taking them aside and warning them about his evil nature. Then, as he looks at Hugo, he sees Walther’s face. Eckbert runs away. Scene 3: Eckbert, fugitive In seclusion, Eckbert finds himself in the countryside, in the landscape described by Berthe in her ballad. It is a jagged and uncomfortable journey. At one point he seems to recognise a passer by – as Walther. Scene 4: At the End Eventually, at the crest of a hill, he sees the old woman’s house; the dog is playing; the bird is chattering away. The way is barred by the old woman, who tells Eckbert ‘I was Walther; I was Hugo’ – and she reveals herself briefly as both these characters. Then she tells Eckbert ‘Berthe was your sister; your parents abandoned her in that village’. Eckbert cries ‘Why have I always imagined this dreadful thing?’. She replies ‘In your childhood you once heard your father talk about it; he could not keep his daughter, because she was the child of another woman. She was raised by a shepherd.’ At this moment – at the extreme point of Eckbert’s agony – the bird closes off the scene, finishing the story she has been telling for the duration of the opera, and flies away, chased by the dog.
The original version of this work was commissioned by English National Opera with funds provided by the Geoffrey C. Hughes Charitable Trust. It was first performed by English National Opera at the London Coliseum on 20th April 1994. The Pocket Version was commissioned by The Opera Group and Sequitur. It was first performed on 14th June 2006, at Linbury at the Royal Opera House, London, by The Opera Group (Owen Gilhooly, baritone; Heather Shipp, mezzo-soprano; Claire Wild, soprano; Mark Wilde, tenor; Patrick Bailey, conductor).
CAST Blond Eckbert
baritone
Berthe, his wife
mezzo-soprano
Walther, his friend/Hugo, his friend/An old woman
tenor
A bird
soprano
A dog
non-singing role
Chorus (Act II Scene 2 only)
S.A.T. (sung by members of the cast)
ORCHESTRA Oboe 2 clarinets in B (2nd doubling bass clarinet) 2 horns in F Harp 2 violins 2 cellos
Duration: c. 60 minutes Study score on sale: Order No. CH71016 Vocal score on sale: Order No. CH71016-01 Conductor's score, vocal score and instrumental parts on hire
Blond Eckbert Judith Weir
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Scene 1 : Eckbert and Berthe At Home Eckbert and Berthe, at home in their drawing room. Eckbert stares out of the window. Berthe is absorbed in some domestic task. 107
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* Walther: anglicised pronunciation (soft ‘w’, hard ‘th’).
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Hp.
3
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Eck. tle
re veal
them
selves,
and yet it can
hap pen that one can
1 Vlc. 2 3
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Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1
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3
Eckbert sees Walther’s face through the window.
3
Eck. coil
with fear from the
face of
the
o
ther:
3
3
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3
re
29
Scene 2 : Walther Has Arrived Walther enters. In the first moments, he appears in a sinister light, but when he starts to sing, he is amiable and disarmingly enthusiastic. He is perhaps festooned with greenery and specimens gathered during his recent expedition.
= 96 : Misterioso 264
Ob.
Cl. 1
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1 Hn. 2
3 3
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D C B
= 96 : Misterioso
sul pont. trem.
1 Vln.
sul pont. trem. 2 sul pont.
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269
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
3
Hp.
3
nat. pizz.
arco
sul pont.
nat.
arco
sul pont.
nat.
Vln. 1.2 3
nat. pizz.
Vlc. 1.2
3
30
274
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3 3
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
G
nat.
sul pont.
3
1 sub.
Vln.
sul pont.
nat.
3
2 sub. sul pont.
nat.
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278
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sub.
3 3
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Walther 8
I
found my
path,
deep in the moun tains,
with
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Walt. 8
the rush ing of wa ter and rus tle of
trees;
I
mused
on
how
I had
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Walt. 8
left my fa mi
liar home,
a way from the round of the
ring com mon place.
3
3
3
e ver re cur
1 3
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Walt. 8
I sat on the bank of a
re gret ting
I could not com
pre hend its
3
3
1
brook that foamed,
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2
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Walt. 8
speech,
but then I looked, and it seemed I was cheer ful and hap
py.
I seized new cou rage, and 3
3
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2
1 Vlc. 2
33
301
Cl. 1
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Bass Cl. 3
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1 Hn. 3
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Walt. 8
star ted to sing in a ring
ing voice,
a me lo di ous
hunts
man’s song:
1 Vln. 2
3
1 Vlc. 2
305
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
3
3
Walt. 8
Through
the
woods
the
pizz.
1 Vln.
pizz.
2
pizz.
1 Vlc. 2
34
310
Cl. 1
3
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
3
3
3
3
Walt. 8
horns
re
soun
ding, from
the
rocks arco
the 3
cries re boun ding; ‘Wel come, hun ter bro ther hood!’
3
1 Vln.
arco
3
3
2 arco
pizz.
1
3
3 3
Vlc. 2 3
3
3
314
3
3
1 3
Hn. 2
3
Hp.
3 3
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1 3
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318
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Cl. 1
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Bass Cl.
1 3
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Hp.
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Walt. 8
While
I
sang,
the sun sank
deep in the west,
1 3
3
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Vln. 2 3
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322
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3
3
Cl. 1
3
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Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2 3
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Walt. 8
and there were sha
dows
on the ground. 3
Vln. 1
3
1 Vlc. 3
2
36
326
Ob. 3 3
Cl. 1 3 3
to B Clarinet
3
Bass Cl.
1 3
Hn. 3
2
3
Hp.
3
3
3
Walt. 8
My
dear est
friends,
3 3
1 Vln. 3
3
2 3
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Vlc. 3
3
2
330 3
1 Cl. 3
2
1 Hn. 3
2 3
3
3
I
thought of
Walt. 8
Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
the hour was
late -
you
37
334
3
1 Cl. 3
2
1 Hn. 2
3
3
Walt. 8
at
home
and safe.
Vln. 1.2 3 3
a2
3 3
Vlc. 1.2
3
Poco pi첫 mosso 338
Ob.
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
1 3
Hn. 2 3
B
Hp.
impulsively 3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Stay, spend the night
Poco pi첫 mosso Vln. 1.2 3 3
Vlc. 1.2
in friend ly con
ver sa tion.
38
340
Ob.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
F
3
3
3
Eck. Sleep un til mor ning
in
one of our rooms.
Vln. 1.2 3 3
Vlc. 1.2
342
Ob.
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
B F
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Wal
Vln. 1.2 3 3
Vlc. 1.2
ther,
my friend,
I have long
meant to tell you . . . .
39
344
3
Ob.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
F G
3
3
Eck. I
mean,
you must let my wife
ex plain.
pizz.
Vln. 1.2 3 3
pizz.
Vlc. 1.2
346
3
Ob.
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
1 3
Cl. 3
2
3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
3
Eck. It arco
sul pont. trem.
Vln. 1.2 3
sul pont. trem. arco
Vlc. 1.2
3
is the his
to
ry
of
her youth.
40
348
Ob.
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
Cl. 3
2
3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
Eck. It
is strange,
but it
will
in
terest you.
sul pont. trem. nat.
Vln. 1.2 3
sul pont. trem. 3
nat.
Vlc. 1.2
350
3
Ob.
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
1 3
Cl.
3
2
3
1 Hn. 3
2
Hp.
F G
They settle down.
3
Walt. 8
Glad
Vln. 1.2 nat.
Vlc. 1.2
ly.
41
353
1 3
Cl.
3
2
to Walther, with intensity and concentration 3
Berthe Pro
mise me one
thing;
what e ver hap pens,
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc.
3
trem. sul pont.
2
358
3
1 3
Cl.
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
Bert. how
e
ver strange
it
may
sound,
do
not
take
my
sto
ry
1 Vln. 2
1 3
Vlc.
3
2
G.P.
362
Ob.
3
Bert. for 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
a
fai
ry tale.
42
Scene 3 : Berthe’s Ballad = 108 : semplice
367
Ob.
3
() ()
Hp.
E
() she tells her story with energy and complete involvement. with sudden animation
Bert.
3
() I
was born in
a small
vil lage,
we lived in
a
Life
did not go well
hut;
my
fa ther
was
a poor
= 108 : semplice a2
Vlc. 1.2
()
372
Ob. 3
Bert. herd.
378
3
for
my pa rents - their moods were black,
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
Bert. and they had no
i
dea
383
how they were go
3
ing to
feed
and clothe
a child.
3
Ob. 3
3
3 3
Cl. 1 3
388
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. I
was
awk
ward
and clum sy, I
was
al
ways drop
ping
things;
shep
43
392
Ob.
1 Cl. 3
3
3
2
3
Bert. I
397
could not
learn to
sew
or spin,
but
I
un
der stood
my
3
3
Ob. 3
3
3
1 3
Cl. 3
3
2 3
3
1 Hn.
3
2
3
3
3
Bert. pa
rents’ mi
se
ry;
I
of ten dreamed of sud den
wealth,
and how I would shower
them
G.P.
402
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
3
Cl. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
1 3
3
Hn. 2 3
3
3
Bert. with gold
and
pre
cious trea sures.
to Bass Clarinet
44
407
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 1 dark, foreboding
413
Cl. 1
3
3
Bert. My fa
ther
was
al ways
an
gry
be
cause
I
was
a
bur
trem.
1 3
Vlc.
trem.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
418
3
3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. den
on the house
hold;
he
pu nished me
most
harsh
nat.
1 3
3
3
Vlc. nat.
3
3
2
423
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1 5 3
Bass Cl.
3
Bert. ly;
I
de
ci ded to
es
cape.
1 3
3
Vlc. 3
2
45
428
5
G.P.
3
Cl. 1 3
5
Bass Cl.
3
furtive
1 5
Vlc. 2
3
3
5
furtive
433
3
5
Cl. 1 3 3
5
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
Bert. I
crept
out
when day
be gan
to
dawn.
I found my self in
Vln. 1.2
1 Vlc.
5
3
3
2
438
3
5
Cl. 1 3 3
5
5
3
Bass Cl.
3
Hn. 1.2 3
5
3
3
3
5
3
Bert. o
pen fields,
and then a
fo
rest
with out the light of day, 3
Vln. 1.2
1 3
Vlc.
5 5
3 5
3
2 3
3
46
443
3
Cl. 1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
Bert. and then through boul ders
to
the
moun
tain side;
fear drove me
Vln. 1.2
1
3 3
3
Vlc. 3
2
447
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl. 3
1 Hn. 2
3
3
Bert. fain ted with ter
1 Vln. 2
3
1 Vlc. 3
2
ror.
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
3
on -
I
al most
47
454
1 Hn. 2
eroica
3
3
Bert. I ga thered all
my
strength;
I
walked
fas ter and then I saw
1 Vln. 2
6
460
Ob. 3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2
6
3
Bert. woods and mea dows,
dis
tant,
plea
sant hills,
and then I saw an old
6
1 3
3
Vln. 3
2 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
48
466
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl. 3 3
1 3
3
Hn. 3
3
3
2 3
3
3
Bert. wo man
dressed
in
black,
and
1
so
she
3
3
3
3
3
3
led me to her house
Vln. 2
1 3
Vlc. 2 3
471
3
3
3
3
1 3
Hn.
3
2 3
3
3
3
Bird 3
3
3
3
Ah.
3
Ah.
Bert. which was with in a val ley full of birch
trees.
476
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Bert. As
we
de
scen ded,
I
heard
a
49
482
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Bert. mar
vel
lous
song,
as
if
from
a
bird,
488
Ob. 3
3
3
Cl. 1 3
3 3
3
Bass Cl. 3
3
3
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Bert. and
it
sang:
493
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
suddenly blunt and shrewd 3
Bird * Wald
ein
* German pronunciation
sam
keit
I
feel
all
right;
3
50
498
G.P.
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
Bird A
lone in
a
wood,
things
go
as they should.
All
day
and all night;
504
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Bird Wald
ein
sam
keit.
509
Ob. staccatissimo
Cl. 1 staccatissimo
Bass Cl. staccatissimo
Hn. 1.2 staccatissimo
Hp.
D C B E FG A
D
Bert. You would have thought the horn
and
51
513
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
D
A
3 3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Bert. the o boe were play
ing.
517
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
A
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
52
521
Meno mosso:
= 72 6
6
6
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
Bert. In
Meno mosso:
side
the
house
there was the bird
in its
= 72 6
6
6
1 Vlc. 2
525
6
Bass Cl.
3
Bert. cage,
and
be
side it
a
lit tle
dog
was 6
play
ing.
(non trem.)
3
trem.
3
1 Vlc. 2
529
3
Cl. 1 deliberate
D CB E FG A
Hp.
6
[spoken]
Bert. That lit tle dog!
Now what was I can never his name? remember.... pizz.
1 Vln. pizz.
2 6
1 Vlc. nat.
2
6
3
3
53
533
Cl. 1
Bert. And
in
1 Vln. 2
537
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
gli
Hp.
ss.
Bert. the arco 3
morn
ing
3
she 3
taught
me
to
spin, 3
3
which 3
3
I
3
1 Vln.
arco 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
540
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Bert. ea
si 3
ly 3
learned; 3
and she gave
3
3
me 3
the 3
care
of the dog
and
3
3
1 Vln. 3
2
3
3
3
the
3
3
3
3
3
54
543
Ob. staccatissimo 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bass Cl. 3
3
3
3
Hp.
Bert. bird.
Soon
I
felt
that
1 Vln. 2 pizz.
1 Vlc.
pizz.
2
546
Ob.
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1 3
3
Bass Cl. 3
3
Hp.
Bert. this
was
the
way
it
should
be;
that the wo man
1 Vln. 2
arco
1 Vlc. 2
was
55
549
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Bert. not
ve ry strange,
and her dwel ling
was
nor
mal
3
3
3
and
com mon,
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
552
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl. con sord.
1 Hn.
con sord.
2
B D E G A
Hp.
Bert. but the 3
3
3
bird,
the bird!
with its 3
3
3
3
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1 Vlc.
3
2
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
56
555
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
3
Bert. song
and its beau
ti
ful
fea thers 3
3
3
of
my
3
ri ad
co 3
3
3
lours: 3
3
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
558
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
Bert. that was 1 Vln.
pizz.
2
1 Vlc.
pizz.
2
not
nor mal, that was won drous
ly
odd,
and stran ger
by
57
562
Ob.
Cl. 1
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bert. far;
it seemed to
lay
eggs
which were
je wels
and pearls!
1 Vln.
arco
2 pizz.
1 Vlc. 2
,
566
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
, Hp.
G
, Bert. We stored them pizz.
1 Vln.
pizz.
2
1 Vlc. 2
in
jars
and
hid
them
a
way.
,
58
570
Hp.
Bert. Time
passed,
and
I
was
574
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Bert. trus
ted:
she would
tra
vel
a
far
and leave me
in
578
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Bert. so
li
tude.
My
spin ning wheel hummed, arco con sord.
1 Vln.
arco con sord.
2
arco con sord.
1 Vlc.
arco con sord.
2
the
59
582
Hp.
F
Bert. lit
tle dog barked,
the
mar
vel
lous
bird
sang
its
song:
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
586
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
Hp.
3
F
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
Bert. No
one came there by
590 3
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
Bert. chance, 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
there was calm all a
round,
and
I
ne
ver
re
mem ber
a
storm
60
594
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Bert. cloud.
= 92 : Poco agitato 598
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
3
3
Bert. My un
der stan ding grew;
= 92 : Poco agitato 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
61
602
3
Cl. 1 3
3
3
Bert. my in no cence left
me,
the
sun
shone,
the
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
607
3
Cl. 1
laissez vibrer
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
8
3
Bert. trees
glis tened;
I thought of the out
side world,
I thought of
es
cape!
senza sord.
1 Vln. senza sord.
2
senza sord.
1 Vlc. senza sord.
2
62
613
3
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 3
Hn.
3
2
Hp.
8
3
Bert. I
found
the
mo ment:
I tied up the dog,
Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
617
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
8
Bert. I Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
seized
the
bird,
I
stole
the stones....
63
621
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1 to B Clarinet
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
l.v.
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
3
3
Bert. Down
the path!
through the fo rests and rocks
I
sensed
Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
626
3
1 Cl. B Clarinet
2
l.v.
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
3
3
Bert. be hind me
Vlc. 1.2
the dis tant
cries
of
the
dog,
the re proach ful stares
of
64
631
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
l.v.
l.v.
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
8
3
Bert. the bird:
it puffed up its fea
thers
and
fi
nal ly
star
Vln. 1.2 a2 trem.
Vlc. 1.2
636
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1.2 1.
Hn. 1.2 3
3
l.v.
Hp.
3
3
8
as if airsick
Bird A lone
in a wood,
I
Bert. ted to
sing:
1 5
Vln.
5
5
leggiero 5
2 leggiero
Vlc. 1.2
5
5 5
5 5
65
641
3
3
3
3
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1.2 1.
Hn. 1.2 3
3
Bird don’t feel so good.
You took
me
a way,
1 5
5
Vln.
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
2
646
Ob.
Cl. 1.2
Hn. 1.2
Bird You did
wrong
and you’ll
pay
All
day
and
1 5
5
5
Vln. 5
5
2
651
3
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1.2
3
1.
3
Hn. 1.2 3
Bird all night
a
void
wrong
and do
right.
1 5
5
Vln. 5
2
5 5
5
66
656
1 5
5
Cl.
5
5
5
5
2
5
Bert. I
let
it
go:
it
rose up
in to the
air
1 5
5
5
5
Vln. 5
5
5
5 5
5 5
5
2
660
Ob.
1 5
Cl. 2
8
loco
Hp.
B
Bert. and flew a
way.
1 5
5
Vln.
5
2
665
Steady
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
2. senza sord.
Hn. 1.2 3
Bert. I came to a
vil
lage
it was the
one
I
had left, years
67
670
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
(2.)
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
Bert. a go:
my
pa rents were dead
and
no one re mem bered me.
I sold a few stones
and was
675
Ob.
3
3
1 3
3
3
Cl. 3
3
3
3
3
2
Hn. 1.2
3
3
3
Bert. mo derate ly pros
pe rous.
In
a
plea
sant
679
town
I
ren
ted a
house
3
1 3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 3
2 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3 3
B C G 3 3
3
3
3
3
Bert. with a gar den.
The world
did not
seem
as
I had i
ma
68
683
3
3
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl.
3
3
2 3
3
3
3
3 3
Hp.
3
3
C G 3
3
3
3
3
Bert. gined it.
I
be
gan
to
for
get,
and I lived quite con tent.
1 Vln. 2 1.
Vlc. 1.2
687
1 Cl. 3
2 3
Hp.
F
E F
3
Bert. I met this good man,
and here my
1 3
Vln. 2
Vlc. 1.2
tale
is
at
an
69
691
5
Ob. 3
3
3 3
1 5
Cl. 3
5
2
Bert. an impassioned outburst
end.
5 3
Eck. You should have seen
her then -
her
youth,
her
grace,
the
in con cei va ble charm that her lone 5
3
1 Vln.
3
3
2 1.
Vlc. 1.2
5
698
Ob. 3
1 3
Cl. 2
3
senza sord.
3
3
Hn. 1.2
3
D B A
Hp.
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. It’s grow ing late!
we must go to our beds!
Eck. ly
life
had
gi ven her!
I
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1 Vlc. 2
had
no
for tune:
she
70
705
Ob.
1 Cl. 3
2
Hp.
C
Walther rises, about to retire to bed.
3
Eck. brought me pros pe
ri
ty -
our mar
riage has caused us
no
re grets.
1 Vln. 2
1 staccatissimo
Vlc. 2
staccatissimo
712
3
1 Cl. 3
2
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
Walt. 8
Dear
La
dy,
1 3
3
Vlc. 3
2 3
thank
you,
71
719
3
3
3
1 Cl. 3
2
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3
Walt. 8
How
well
you
told your tale;
I can real ly
3
3
3
3
i
ma gine the bird,
3
1 Vlc. 2
725
Ob.
1 Cl. to Bass Clarinet
2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
A
Walt. 8
and that friend ly lit tle
dog,
Stroh mi an. a2 trem.
Vln. 1.2
1 Vlc. 2
3
72
Scene 4: Strohmian! Walther leaves for bed: Eckbert and Berthe are left in (separate) amazement. Eckbert is worried, Berthe fascinated. 732
= 112 : Più mosso
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3 3
Bass Cl.
1 Hn.
3
3 3
2
D
Hp.
A
près de la table
3
3
3
8
= 112 : Più mosso
3
1 Vln.
3
2
1 3
Vlc. 2
3
739
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl.
3
3
1 3
Hn.
3
3 3
2
Hp.
3
3
1 Vln. 2
1 3
Vlc.
3
2 3
3
73
746
3
3
Ob. Cl. 1 3
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
5
3
1 Hn. 3
3
2
Hp.
près de la table
nat. (l.v.)
3
3
3
1 Vln.
3
2 trem.
nat.
1 3
3
Vlc.
trem.
nat.
2 3
3
753
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl.
1 Hn.
3 3
2
Hp.
3
3
3
Bert. Was Eck. 3
1 Vln.
3
2
1 3
Vlc.
3
3
3 3
2 3
3
3
Was I
not
a fool?
it
by chance?
74
760
3
3
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
1 3
3
3
Hn. 3
3
3
2
Hp.
3
3
Bert. Was it
by chance?
Eck. I
3
1 Vln. 3
2
1 3
3
Vlc.
3
2 3
3
3
767
3
3
3
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
3
Bass Cl.
1 3 3
Hn. 2
Eck. wife 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
tell
her
sto
ry
3 3
my self made my
75
774
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
nat.
Bert. Did
he guess
the
3
name?
Eck. ‘Stroh
mi an!’
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
781
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Bert. Did Eck. Won’t he Vln. 1 1 Vlc. 2
a
buse
our trust?
he guess
the
name?
Did he know it?
76
788
Cl. 1 3
3
3
3
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
C E
l.v.
l.v.
Eck. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Won’t he tell our
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
795
Ob. 3
Cl. 1
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
E
3
E
3
Bert. Did he
men tion it
de
Eck. tale
to
o
thers?
1 3
Vln.
3
2 a2 trem.
Vlc. 1.2
li
77 802
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3 3
Bass Cl. 3
3
3
3
1 Hn.
sub.
2
Hp.
D
3
Bert. berate ly? Eck. Won’t he be
a2
seized by
greed
Vln. 1.2 3
1 Vlc. 2
809
Ob. 3
3
3
3
Cl. 1 3 3
3
3 3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
Hn. 3 3
2
Hp.
D B
3
A
3
3
Bert. and Eck. for our pre cious
stones?
Vln. 1.2 3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
3
3
3
78 816
Ob.
Cl. 1 3 3
Bass Cl. 1 Hn.
3 3
2
Hp.
3
3
3
Bert. what does this
man have
to
do
with my
fate?
Eck. Stroh
3
mi an!
1 Vln. 3
2
1 3
Vlc. 2
823
Ob. 3
5
6
7
6
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
Eck. Won’t Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
he
be seized
by greed
for
our
pre cious
stones?
Won’t he
79 830
3
5
Cl. 1 3
3
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
A
Bert. 3
Stroh
Eck. con spire
to
steal
them? 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
837
Ob. 3
Cl. 1
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
D F
sub.
Berthe leaves for bed; Eckbert is left alone with his anxiety.
sec
Bert. mi an!
3
Eck. And
pizz. 3
3
3
Vln. 1.2
pizz.
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2 3
3
3
when
80 844
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
C G
3
G
3
3
3
Eck. he
said "Good night",
was his
fare well sin
cere?
Vln. 1.2 arco
pizz.
1 Vlc. pizz.
2
851
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
G
B G
3 3
Eck. Were Vln. 1.2 arco
1 Vlc. arco
2
his
words to
me
ho
nest?
81 858
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
F
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Was it
na
tu
ral
af
ter
the
in
ti
mate
words
Vln. 1.2 pizz.
Vlc. 1.2
865
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
B
5
5
3
Eck. that were
Vln. 1.2
Vlc. 1.2
said? -
in
ti mate
words! -
My sus
82 872
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
E
3
3
3
3
Eck. pi
cion
was a
roused;
it
will find
con
fir
ma
arco
1 Vln.
arco
2 arco
1 Vlc.
arco
2
879
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
E
3
3
3
3
Eck. tion,
I
re
proach
my
self,
I
re
proach
pizz.
arco
pizz.
arco
1 Vln. 2 pizz.
arco
1 Vlc.
pizz.
2
arco
my self
83 885
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
B
5
5
3
5
Eck. for my mis trust,
but
I
can not
free
my
self
from it. pizz.
1 Vln.
pizz.
2
1 Vlc. 2
The early light of dawn is suddenly apparent; Eckbert sees Walther leaving the house unobtrusively, off on another nature study expedition.
892
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
G
arco
1 3
Vln.
arco
2 3
84 900
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
A
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
907
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
A
Hp.
1 Vln. 2
85 After some moments’ thought, Eckbert follows him, picking up his crossbow as he leaves.
914
Ob.
Cl. 1 flutter tongue
Bass Cl.
con sord.
Hn. 1.2
3
Hp.
A
3
pizz.
1 3
Vln. pizz.
2 3
sul pont. trem.
1 Vlc.
sul pont. trem.
2
921
nat.
to B Clarinet
Bass Cl.
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2 End of Act I
86
Act II : Prelude Walther’s Death "It was a raw stormy winter day; deep snow lay on the mountains, and bent down the branches of the trees. He roved about; the sweat was standing on his brow. He found no game, and this embittered his ill humour. All at once he saw an object moving in the distance; it was Walther gathering moss from the trunks of trees. Scarcely knowing what he did, he took out an arrow, aimed; Walther looked round and made a threatening gesture, but the arrow was already flying, and Walther fell to the ground." [Ludwig Tieck]
= 60: Melancholy and still Oboe
Clarinets 1.2 in B Horns 1.2 in F
Harp
BCDEFGA 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 60: Melancholy and still arco
1 Violins
arco
2 nat.
1 Cellos
nat.
2
4
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 1.2 senza sord.
Hn. 2
Hp.
3
Vln.
3
1 Vlc. 2
3
3 3
2
3
3 3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
87 7
3
Ob.
Cl. 1.2 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. senza sord.
2
Hp.
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
11
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 3
3
3
3
Hn. 2
Hp. 3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
88 14
Ob.
Cl. 1.2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
B 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
17
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hp. 3
8
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
89 20
Ob.
3
3
3 3
1 3
Cl. 2
Hp.
E D A 3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
24
3
Ob. 3
5
1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
5
3
1 3
3
3
Hn.
3 3
2 3
Hp.
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
3
3
90 28
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
3
3
3
1 3
Hn.
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
5
3
3
2
Hp. 3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
31
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
D
Hp.
3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
91 35
Ob. 3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
1 Vln.
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
2
1 Vlc. 2
38
Ob. 5
3
5
3
5
3
3
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
5 5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
1 6
Cl. 3
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
2
1 6
5
5
Vln. 6
5
2 6
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
1 6
5
6
5
5
5
Vlc. 2 5
92 41
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
5
5
1 5
5
5
5
Cl. 5
2
3
3
3
Bird O
1 5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Vln. 2 5
5
5
1 5
Vlc. 2
5
44
Ob. 5
5
5
5
5
3
5
3
5
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
3
5
1 Cl. 5
5
5
5
3
5
5
5
3
2
Bird Wald
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
ein
sam keit;
wie liegst
du weit!
O dich ge reut
93 5
48
5
3
Ob. 5
5
3
3
3
3
3
5 5
3
5 5
3
1 5
5
Cl.
5
5
3
3
5 5
2
3
3 5
3
3
3
Bird Einst mit der Zeit
Ach
einz
’ge
Freud,
Wald ein
sam keit!
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
Subito molto mosso: 51
= 80
6
6
Ob. 6
Cl. 1.2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
6
3
3
Bird O
Subito molto mosso: 1 6
Vln.
6
2
1 6
Vlc. 2 6
= 80
Wald
ein
sam
keit
94 54
6
6
Ob. 6
6
6
Cl. 1.2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bird wie liegst
du
weit!
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
58 3
3
3
3
Ob. 6 6
Cl. 1.2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bird O dich ge reut
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
Einst mit der Zeit
95 62
3
3
Ob.
Cl. 1.2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
D
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird ach
einz
’ge
Freud
ach
einz
’ge
Freud!
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
66
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
D B
1
5
5
6
6
6
6
Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
96
( = 104 = Pi첫 mosso) Broadly 69
Ob. 3
3
1 3
Cl.
3
3
2 3
3
5
Hn. 1.2
5
Hp.
3
3
( = 104 = Pi첫 mosso) Broadly 5
1 Vln.
5
2 3
5
3
3
5
3
1 Vlc. 2
72
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 2 3 3
3
3
1 3
Hn. 3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Hp.
3
3
1 3
Vln. 3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1 Vlc. 2
3
97 75
Ob. 3
3
1 3
Cl.
3
2 3 3
1 3
Hn. 3
3
2
Hp.
3
3
1 3
Vln. 3
3
2 3
1 Vlc.
3
2
78
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
2
Hp.
3
A
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3
2 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
98 81
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
Hp.
C F
C
3
3
3
3
1 3
Vln.
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
84
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
99
Scene 1: Berthe’s Last Words 87
( =104) accel. 3
=112 3
6
3
Ob.
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
Cl. 2
F A
Hp.
Out of the darkness following Walther’s death, Berthe emerges, anxious and on her deathbed, writing a letter to Eckbert. Bert. My
( =104) accel.
dear
est
=112
1 Vln. 2 3
Vlc. 1 3
3
90
Ob. 3
3 3
3
1 3
Cl. 3
2 3
Hp.
3
Bert. hus
band,
I
must
dis
close
to
you....
1 3
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93
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6
3
Ob.
Cl. 2
Hp.
B
Bert. This has
dri
ven
me
out
of
my
mind.
96
Ob. 6
3
6
3
Cl. 1 6
3
Hp.
Bert. The 1
blood
has
left
my
cheeks,
6 3
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Vlc. 2
99
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6
6
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Ob. 3
Hp.
Bert. and
my
eyes
burn
with
fe
ver.
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2
Vlc. 2
101
102
Ob. 3
3 3
1 3
Cl.
3
2 3
Hp.
Bert. You
know
when
I
re
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Vlc. 2
105
3
Ob. 3 3
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3
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1 Cl.
3
2
Hp.
Bert. called
my
youth,
no
mat
ter
how 3
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2
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102
108
Ob. 1 Cl. 2
Hp.
Bert. I
tried,
I
3
3
3
3
could ne
ver
re
mem ber
the name
1 Vln. 3
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2
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but
Wal
3
Vlc. 2
111
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hp.
Bert. of
the
lit
tle
dog
I
loved,
1
3
ther
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3
3
Vln. 3
2 3
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Vlc. 2
6
3
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103
114
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bert. spoke
to
me
of
that friend
ly
lit
tle dog.
“Stroh
1
3
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3
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3
2
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6
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117
Ob. 3
3
3
3
1 Cl.
3
2 3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bert. mi an."
Did 3
3
3
he
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2
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104
120
3
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Bert. guess
the
name?
it?
3
3
3
3
Did he know
1 3
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3
Vln. 3
2
1 3
Vlc.
3
3
2
124
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Bert. And
what
does
this 3
1 Vln. 2
3
man have 3
3
to
do 3
with
my fate? 3
105
127
3
3
6
3
6
3
Ob.
Cl. 1.2 Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
In another part of the stage, Eckbert is seen reading the letter Berthe has written to him.
3
Bert. 3
3
Some
3
3
times
I
strug
gle
Eck. Some
times
I
strug
gle
3
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6
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131
3
Ob. 3
3
3
3
Cl. 1.2 3 3
Hn. 1.2 3
3
Hp.
3
3
Bert. with
my
self,
3
as
if
3
I
was
on
ly
i
ma
gin ing it;
3
Eck. my 1
3
3
self, 3
3 6
Vln. 2
3
3
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3
1 Vlc.
3
2
6
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3 3
3
106
135
Ob. 6
6
3
6
3
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Bert. but
it
is
cer tain,
1
all
too
6
3
cer
3
tain.
3
Vln. 2
138
3
3
3
3
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
D
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. When
3
3
3
a
stran
3
Eck. A
stran
ger
knew
my
3
3
3
3
3
3
tale. 3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2
3
1 3
3
Vlc.
3
2
3 3
3
107
142
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3
Ob. 3
3 3
1 3
Cl.
3 3
3
3
2 3
1 Hn.
3
2
Hp.
3
3
Bert. ger
knew
my
tale,
ter
ror
seized
3
Eck. my
3
1
3
Vln.
tale
3 3
3
2
1 3
Vlc. 2
145
3
5
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Bert. me -
ter ror,
ter ror,
ter ror
1 Vln.
6
2
6 6
6
3
1 Vlc. 2
seized
me.
108
148
Ob. 5 3
6
3
3
5
6
3
1 Cl. 2
Bert. Eck
bert,
what
do
you
think?
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
151
5
5
3
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
1 5
Cl.
5
5
2
Hp.
D
Bert. What
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
do
you
think?
5
3
109
154
6
Ob.
1 5
Cl. 5
2
5
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ter
ror
seized
me.
What
do
you
think?
1 3
3
Vln.
3
3
2 3
3
1 5
Vlc. 2
5
157
1 Cl.
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3
Eck. What
do
1 Vln. 2 3
3
1 3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2
you
think?
110
160
1 3
Cl.
3
2
Hp.
3
3
1 3
3
Vln. 3
3
2 3
1 3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2
163
3
1 Cl. 3
2
Hp.
C 3
3
3
1 3
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Vln. 3
2 3
1 3
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3
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3
Vlc. 2
111
Scene 2 : Accusation (sempre =112) Molto animato 166
a2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Eckbert is alone and unnoticed amidst an urban scene. sung by The Bird
S. A. Offstage Chorus
sung by Berthe
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
sung by Walther
T. 8
(sempre =112) Molto animato 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
170
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
S. A. Offstage Chorus T. 8
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
112
174
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
A
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
178
Ob. 3
1 3
Cl. 2
3
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
S. A. Offstage Chorus
Ah.
Ah. 3
T. 8
Ah.
Ah. 3
1 Vln. 3
2
1 Vlc. 2
113
182
Ob.
1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2 3
Hp. 3
3
3
1 Vln.
3
2
1 3
Vlc.
3 3
2 3
186
Ob.
1 Cl. 2 1 Hn. 2
Hp.
S. A. Offstage Chorus
Ah.
Ah.
T. 8
Ah.
3
3
3
3
1 Vln. 2 1 Vlc. 2
Ah.
114
190
Eck. I
saw
my
3
3
friend 3
3
3
1 Vln.
3 3
soft, gentle
2 soft, gentle
1 Vlc. 2
195
3
3
Eck. ly
ing
in
the
wood,
I
saw
my
1 3
Vln.
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
2 3
3
200
Hp.
D E
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. friend
ly
ing
in
the
wood,
and
1 3
3
3
Vln. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3
3
3
1 3
Vlc.
3
3
2 3
3
3
205
Hp.
3
3
3
3
Eck. then
a
bird
flew o
ver
and
said:
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
2 3
3
1
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2 3
3
3
3
115
209
Cl. 1.2 3
3
Eck. "Your friend
died
in
the
wood."
Offstage S. Chorus A. Ah.
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
3
Vln.
3
2 3
215
3
3
Cl. 1.2
Hp.
C E A
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Dead
in
the
win try
wood!
1 3
Vln.
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
2 3
3
3
3
1 3 3
Vlc. 3
3
3
3 3
2 3
220
3
3
Cl. 1.2
Hp.
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
Eck. Dead in
the
lone ly,
win try wood!
1 3
Vln.
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3 3
3
3
1 3
Vlc.
3
3 3 3
2 3
116
225
Ob.
3
3
3
1.
Cl. 1.2
3
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. said
the
bird,
1 Vln.
3
3
3
3 3
3
2 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 3
2
230
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
D F A
Offstage S. Chorus A. Ah. 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
Ah.
117
234
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
3
Offstage S. Chorus A. Ah.
Ah.
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
239
Ob. 3
1 Cl.
3
2
1 Hn. 2 3
Offstage S. Chorus A. Ah. 1 3
5
3
3
5
3
3
5
3
5
3
Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2 3
118
243
Poco meno mosso ( = 104)
1 Cl. 2 3
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
E
B F
Hugo emerges from the throng, and tries to comfort Eckbert. 3
3
Hugo 8
Friend,
my
name
is
Hu
Poco meno mosso ( = 104) 5
5
1 Vln. 5
2
1 5
Vlc.
5 5
5
2
247
1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
3
Hugo 8
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
Be
calm,
at
ease.
go:
119
253
Tempo Primo:
= 112
Hp.
E A 3
3
3
Hugo 8
"Your friend
died
in
the
wood.� 3
Eck. In
Tempo Primo:
the
wood...
= 112
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
Vln.
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
2 3
1 Vlc.
3
3
2
258
3
3
1 Cl. 3
2
3
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hugo 8
Dead
in
the
win try
wood.
Dead in the
lone ly,
3
Eck. In
the
win
try wood.
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. 3 3
3
3
2 3
3
3
3 3
3
1 3
Vlc.
3 3
3
3
3
2 3
3
120
poco rit.
263
3
3
1 Cl.
3
3
2
Hp.
3
3
3
A
3
3
Hugo 8
win try
wood, 3
3
Eck. In
the
win
try
poco rit.
wood,
1 3
3
Vln. 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3
1 3
Vlc.
3 3
2
267
Poco meno mosso ( = 104)
1 Cl. 2
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 3
3
2
A
Hp.
A B
Hugo 8
Poco meno mosso ( = 104) 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
Your
tale
121
272
1 Cl. 2 3
3
1 3 3
Hn.
5 3
2
Hp.
E
3
3
3
Hugo 8
moved
me,
feel
no
5
shame. 5
5
1 Vln. 5
5
2 5
1 5
Vlc.
5
5 5
5
2
276
1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
1 Hn. 3
3
2
Hp.
3
Hugo 8
3
3
3
Eck. 5
Kind
stran
ger,
you
have 5
1 Vln. 5
5
2
1 5
Vlc.
5 5
2
5
saved
122
280
1 Cl.
to Bass Clarinet
2 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
1 Hn. 3
2
Hp.
3
3
Hugo 8
3
3
3
3
Be
still. 3
Eck. me
I
had
des
paired.
You
5
5
1 Vln. 5
2 5
5
1 Vlc.
5
5
2
285
Cl. 1 Bass Cl.
Bass Cl. 3
1 Hn.
3
3
2
Hp.
B C G A
3
3
3
Eck. were 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
so
pa
tient,
dear
est
friend!
123
Suddenly the scene freezes as Eckbert sees Hugo in a new, threatening, light.
Tempo primo ( = 112) 290
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
Tempo primo ( = 112) trem.
1 Vlc.
trem.
2
294
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2
3
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
Eck. I thought I S. A. Offstage Chorus
Mur
der
er!
Mur
der
er!
T. 8
1 Vlc. 2
saw
a
ma
li cious smile
a
cross
his face.
3
124
298
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
Hp.
G D
1 Vln. 2
trem.
1 Vlc.
trem.
2
302
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
F 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. He
1 3
Vln. 2
3
was
su
spi cious
of
my
in
ti mate
re
ve
la
tion.
125
306
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
A D
3
S. A. Offstage Chorus
Cri mi nal! 3
T. 8
Cri mi nal!
1 Vlc. 2
310
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
3
3
3
Bass Cl. 3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hp.
3
3
D
3
3
3
3
Eck. He
spoke
to
my
foes,
but
not
to me.
1 Vln. 2 nat.
1 Vlc.
nat.
2
126
314
Ob. 3
Cl. 1 3
3
3
3
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
D F
3
3
3
3
Eck. They asked him ques tions
in
a
sin
gu
lar
way.
1 3
Vln. 2
3
1 Vlc.
3
2 3
318
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
S. A. Offstage Chorus
Mur
der
er!
Mur
der
er!
T. 8
trem.
1 Vlc.
trem.
2
127
322
Ob. 3
3
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hp. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
D A 3
Eck. I looked at
Hu
go
and saw
Wal
ther’s
face.
1 Vln. 2 trem.
1 Vlc.
trem.
2
326
Ob. 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
Bass Cl.
3
Hp.
3
3
F
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. All
his
S. A. Dead!
Offstage Chorus T. 8
Dead!
1 3
Vln. 2
3
nat.
1 3
Vlc.
nat.
2 3
fa
mi
liar
ex
128
331
Ob.
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2 3
Hp.
D
3
Eckbert leaves hurriedly. Hugo, amidst the city scene, is left behind.
Eck. pres
sions.
trem. sul pont.
1 Vlc.
trem. sul pont.
2
336
Ob.
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
sul pont.
1 Vln.
sul pont.
2
1 Vlc. 2
129
Scene 3: Eckbert, fugitive Eckbert finds himself in the countryside, in the landscape described by Berthe in her Ballad.
= 84 : Light, nervous
342
C D F G
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
= 84 : Light, nervous nat.
1 6
6
6
6 3
Vln. nat.
2 3
3
3
8
346
3
Hp.
D
3
6
1
6 6
Vln.
3
2
350
3
3
Ob. 3
Cl. 1
3
Bass Cl.
8
loco
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
D
3
Eck. She came this way: 1
she was here.
6
6
Vln.
3
3
2 3
3
3
nat.
1 Vlc.
3
2
3
130
354
3
3
3
3
3
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1 3
Bass Cl.
3
3 3
Hp. 3
3
D
3
3
Eck. Down the path, 3
1 3
3
Vln.
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3
3
1 3
Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
358
3
3
Ob. 3
3 3
Cl. 1
Bass Cl.
8
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
Eck. through
the fo
rests
and rocks,
1 3
3
3
3
Vln. 3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
Vlc. 2
9:8
9:8
9:8
9:8
131
362
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1 3
3
Bass Cl. 3
3
Hn. 2
3
Eck. she
sensed
be
hind
her
trem. sul pont.
3
1 3
trem. sul pont.
3
3
Vln. 3
3
3
3
2
trem. sul pont.
5
1 5
5
trem. sul pont.
Vlc.
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
366
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cl. 1
3
Bass Cl.
Hn. 2
3
Eck. The dis tant cries
of
the
dog,
3
1 3
3
Vln. 3
3
3
2
1 5
Vlc.
5
2
5 5
5
5
5 5
132
370
Ob. 3
3
Cl. 1 3
to B clarinet
Bass Cl.
Hn. 2
Eck. the
re proach
ful
stares
of
the
bird.
1 Vln.
3
2 3
3 3
1 Vlc.
3
2
Relaxed, amiable 374 A peasant passes by.
Hp.
G A
Relaxed, amiable nat.
Vln. 1 nat.
Vlc. 2
378
Hp.
1 Vln.
nat.
2 nat.
1 Vlc. 2
133
382
con sord.
1 Hn.
con sord.
2
Hp.
A
Eck. That man
who passed,
that man
who passed
by,
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
386
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
A
Eck. I
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
could
be lieve,
134
390
Hp.
Eck. I could
be lieve
it.
I could
be lieve
it
was
none
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
395
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
senza sord.
1 Hn.
senza sord.
2
3 3
3
3
Eck. o
ther than Wal
ther:
it was
Wal
ther!
400
Cl. 1 3
3
1 Hn. 2 3
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. 2
Vlc. 1 3
3
135
404
1 3
Cl. 3
3
2
trem.
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. 3
trem.
2
trem.
1 Vlc. trem.
2
rit.
408
= 76 : Poco meno mosso
Ob.
1 3
Cl. 2 3
B D E A
Hp.
3
rit.
= 76 : Poco meno mosso
pizz.
1 Vln. 3
pizz.
2
3
1 Vlc. 3
2
pizz.
3
136 Eckbert approaches the area near the Old Woman’s house. 413
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
Hn. 1
Hp.
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
417
Ob.
1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. The
trees arco
1 Vln.
arco
2 arco
1 Vlc. 2 3
3
3
3
3
whi
sper in
the
in ter
vals
137
= 72 : Pochissimo meno mosso
421
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
F
3
3
Eck. The
mar
vel lous,
min
gled with the com mon place!
= 72 : Pochissimo meno mosso 1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
425
Ob. 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1 3
3
3
3
Cl.
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
The Bird flies overhead. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Eck. 3
3
3
1 Vln.
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
1 3
Vlc. 2
3
3 3
138
429
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 3
2
3
Bird Ah.
A
lone
in
a
wood,
at
3
5
1 5
3
3
3
3
3
Vln. 5
3
3
5
2
433
Ob. 3 3
1 Cl. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1 3
Hn. 2
3
Hp.
3
3
3
3
Bird last
it’s
good.
Now 3
Eck. 3
The mar
1 3
5
Vln.
5
3
3
2
1 3
Vlc. 2
3
vel lous
bird!
no
thing’s
139
437
3
Ob. 3
3
3
1 3
Cl. 2
3
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
3
A
3
3
3 3
3
Bird wrong,
you’ll hear
my
song.
3
Ah.
3
Eck. Now hear
the song!
1 Vln.
5
5
5
5
3 3
2
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
2
442
Broadening slightly
Ob. 3 3
1 Cl.
3
3
3
3
2
Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird In
truth’s clear, blind
Broadening slightly
ing
light -
Wald,
Wald
3
1 5
Vln.
5
2 3
3
1 3
Vlc. 2
140
447
Ob. 3
1 Cl.
3 3
3
2 Hn. 1.2
Hp.
3
3
3
3
E B D
3
3 3
3
Bird ein
sam
Wald
ein
sam
1 3
Vln.
5
3
5
2 3
3
1 Vlc. 2 3
452
Scene 4: At the End
Ob. 3
3
3
3
3
3
1 Cl.
nat.
2 “reedy”
3
“reedy”
Hn. 1.2
5
Hp.
5 5
5
3
5
5 5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird keit. like a folk song.
Ah. 3
Ah.
3
Old Woman 8
Kommst
du
her,
mein’ schö
ner
Vo
3
gel?
Komm
Eck. The path ends. 3
1 Vln.
3
2
1 Vlc.
nat.
2 “reedy”
“reedy”
141
456
1 Cl. nat.
2 “reedy”
Hn. 1.2
5
Hp.
5 5
5
5
5
5
5
Bird Ah.
3 3
Ah.
3
Old W. 8
zu rück,
du
klei
ner
Vo
gel!
Komm 3
Eck. No thought,
no
me mo ry
1 Vlc.
nat.
2 “reedy”
460
3
Ob.
3
3
3
3
6
3
3 3
3
1 Cl.
nat.
2
Hp.
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
A B
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
3 3
3
3
Old W. 8
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
zu
rück,
du
klei
ner
Vo
gel!
Ah.
142
Slightly broader 464 loco
5
Hp.
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
Bird suddenly confronting Eckbert 3
3
3
3
Old W. 8
Are you bring ing me my bird,
my
pre
cious
jew
els?
trem. sul pont.
1 Vlc.
trem. sul pont.
2
469
3
3
Ob.
1 Cl. 2 3
5
Hp.
5
8
The Old Woman reveals herself in the guises of Walther and then Hugo 3
Old W. 8
Eck bert, 3
3
Eck. Why
do you
speak
to
me? 3
3
1 3
Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
I
was
143
474
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
3
3
Old W. 8
Wal ther;
I was
Hu
go.
3
3
Eck. In
what
so
li
tude
have I
1 Vln. 2 nat.
1 Vlc.
nat.
2
480
3
3
Ob. 3
3
3
3
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2 loco
5
Hp.
E
5
8
urgently 3
Eck. lived
my life!
Tell 3
3
1 3
Vln.
3
3
2 trem. sul pont.
1 Vlc.
trem. sul pont.
2
me
of
Ber
the
144
485
Ob.
5
Hp.
5 5
8
Old W. 8
She
was
your
sis
ter.
quietly and reflectively
Eck. Why have I sul pont.
1 Vln.
sul pont.
2
1 Vlc. 2
= 66 : Broadly
490
Ob.
1 Cl. 2
1 Hn. 2
3
3
3
Eck. al ways i ma gined this dread
ful thing?
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
= 66 : Broadly nat.
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
nat.
2 3
145
494
3
Ob. 1 Cl.
3
3
2 3
3 3
1
3
3
3
Hn. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Hp.
F
3
Old W. 8
You heard your
fa
ther
say
it
when you were a 3
3
3
3
child.
3
3 6
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
Ah.
3
Vln. 1.2 3
1
3
3
6
Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
6
2 3
6
497
3
6
3
Ob.
1 Cl.
3
2 3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn. 3
3
3
2
Hp.
3
3
Old W. 8
She was the daugh ter 3
3
3
of
a
knight,
3
your
fa
ther’s
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
2 3
146
500
Ob. 1 Cl. 2 3
3
3
3
1 Hn.
3
2
Hp.
B
3
Old W. 8
daugh
ter.
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
pizz.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2 3
3
503
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 2
3
3
3
3
3
1 Hn.
3
2
3
Old W. 8
She 3
was
not
your
mo
ther’s
child.
Your 3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah. arco
Vln. 1.2
1 3
Vlc.
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
pa
rents
147
506
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 2 3 3
1 Hn.
3
3
2
Hp.
3
3
Old W. 8
would not
keep
her.
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1
3
Vlc.
3
3 3
3
3
3
2 3
509
3
3
3
3
Ob.
1 Cl.
3
3
2
1 Hn. 2
Hp.
3
Bird 3
Wald
3
Old W. 8
She
was 3
Eck. Vln. 1.2
1 Vlc. 2
raised
by a shep
herd.
ein
sam keit,
148
512
3
Ob. 3 3
3
3 3
1 Cl.
3
3
2 3
1 3
3
Hn.
3
3
2 3
3
Hp.
A 3
3
3
Bird my tale
is
fi
nished.
3
3
3
3
Old W. 8
Her tri als and tri
bu
la
tions
were
3
Vln. 1.2 3 3
3
3
3
1 Vlc. 2
515
3
Ob. 3
1 Cl.
3
2
3
3 3
1 Hn. 3
3
3
2
3
Bird Eck
3
3
bert
lay
on the
ground...
Old W. 8
al
most at
an
end.
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. 3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2
3
3
Ah.
149
518
Ob. 3
3 3
3
3
Cl.
3
3
1 3
2 1 Hn. 2 3
Hp.
3
3 3
3
3
Old W. 8
Why,
why did she leave
me?
For shame, that
she
3
a
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2
521
Ob. 3
3
3
1 Cl.
3
3
2 3
3
1 Hn. 3 3
2 3
Bird ... in
3
sane
and
dy
ing...
3
3
3
Old W. 8
ban
doned
me.
Her
3
3 3
Eck.
3
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
Vln. 1.2 3
1 Vlc.
3
3
3
3
2 3
tri als and tri
bu
150
524
3
3
Ob. 3
3 3
3 3
1
3
3
3
Cl. 3
2 3
1.
3
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
3
3
Bird 3
Numbed and be
3
3
wil
dered,
Old W. 8
la
tions
were 3
al
3
most at an end.
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
3
Ah.
Ah.
Vln. 1.2
1
3 3
Vlc.
3
3
2 3
3
3
3
527
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 2 Hn. 1.2
Hp.
Bird he
3
heard...
Old W. 8
Why did she leave
3
me?
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
3
Vln. 1.2
1 3
Vlc. 2
3
Ah.
151
530
3
3
3
3
3
3
Ob. 3
1 Cl. 2 1.
3
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
3
3
Bird The
old wo man speak
ing,
and...
3
3
3
Old W. 8
in your youth,
you
heard it
said...
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
arco
pizz.
3
Vln. 1.2 arco
3
pizz.
1 3
Vlc.
pizz.
arco
3
2 3
534
3
3
Ob. 3
3 3
3
1 Cl.
3
3
2 Hn. 1.2
Hp. 3 3
Bird ...the lit tle dog bark
ing.
3
3
and the bird
3
Old W. 8
3
in
3
your youth,
you
heard it
3
said...
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
Vln. 1.2 3 3
1
3
3
3
3
Vlc. 2
152
538
Ob. 3
3
9
9
3
Cl. 1 3 3
Hn. 1.2 3
Hp.
G
3
The bird closes off the scene and flies away, chased by the dog
3
Bird re
peat
ing her song:
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
1 3
Vln. 2
3
1 3
Vlc. 2
3
541
Ob. 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
1 9
9
9
9
Cl. 2 9
9
8
3
Hp.
3
1 Vln. 2
1 Vlc. 2
C