Scenes from Goethe’s Faust

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choral-orchestral work secular oratorio

Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by Robert Schumann that sets key episodes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem "Faust" to music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust canonical	2
Faust	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	choral-orchestral work ⓘ secular oratorio ⓘ
basedOn	Faust ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
catalogueNumber	WoO 3 ⓘ
completionYear	1853 ⓘ
composer	Robert Schumann ⓘ
compositionPeriod	c. 1844–1853 ⓘ
focusesOn	key episodes from Goethe’s Faust ⓘ
genre	cantata-like dramatic work ⓘ
includesCharacter	Chorus mysticus ⓘ Doctor Marianus ⓘ Faust ⓘ Gretchen ⓘ Méphistophélès ⓘ surface form: Mephistopheles
keyTheme	redemption ⓘ salvation ⓘ struggle between good and evil ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
movement	Faust’s death ⓘ “Gretchen’s Room” ⓘ surface form: Gretchen’s scene in the cathedral Midnight ⓘ “Prologue in Heaven” ⓘ surface form: Prologue in Heaven Transfiguration ⓘ
nationalityOfComposer	German ⓘ
notableSection	Chorus mysticus ⓘ
opusNumber	WoO 3 ⓘ
part	Part I ⓘ Part II ⓘ Part III ⓘ
performancePractice	often performed in part rather than complete ⓘ
period	Romantic ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput	one of Robert Schumann’s largest works ⓘ
premiereConductor	Ferdinand Hiller ⓘ
premiereCountry	Germany ⓘ
premierePlace	Cologne ⓘ
premiereYear	1858 ⓘ
publisher	Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
relatedWork	Faust, Part One ⓘ surface form: Faust, Part I Faust, Part Two ⓘ surface form: Faust, Part II
scoring	mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ organ (ad libitum) ⓘ solo voices ⓘ
structure	three parts ⓘ
subjectMatter	Faust ⓘ surface form: Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust
textAuthor	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
title	Scenes from Goethe’s Faust self-link ⓘ

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Robert Schumann → notableWork → Scenes from Goethe’s Faust ⓘ

Scenes from Goethe’s Faust → title → Scenes from Goethe’s Faust self-link ⓘ

La reine de Saba → relatedWorkByComposer → Scenes from Goethe’s Faust ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faust