Der vierjährige Posten

Der vierjährige Posten, D 190, is a one-act singspiel by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Theodor Körner written for Carl Steinacker [de]'s (1784–1814) opera of the same title that premiered in 1813 in Vienna's Theater an der Wien.^[1] Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18 years old, it was first performed on 23 September 1896, 67 years after Schubert's death, at the Dresden Court Opera.

Franz Schubert

The work consists of an overture and eight numbers for soprano, three tenors, bass, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra:

Ouvertüre

1. Introduktion: Heiter strahlt der neue Morgen
2. Duett: Du guter Heinrich! Ach, was wir beide doch glücklich sind!
3. Terzett: Mag dich die Hoffnung nicht betrügen!
4. Quartett: Freund, eilet euch zu retten!
5. Arie: Gott! Gott! höre meine Stimme (a version for voice and piano is also extant)
6. Marsch und Soldatenchor: Lustig in den Kampf
7. Ensemble: Um Gotteswillen, er ist verloren!
8. Finale: Schöne Stunde, die uns blendet

Recordings

• Christoph Spering, Capriccio

References

1. Elizabeth Norman McKay: Franz Schubert's music for the theatre, 1991, p. 107: "The librettist was the popular young German patriotic poet, Theodor Körner (1791–1813), who was killed tragically early, at the age ... and 20 August in a musical version by Karl Steinacker at the Theater an der Wien. Schubert had met Körner socially early in 1813 ..."

External links

• Der vierjährige Posten: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project