Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder 1875

', 190, is a one-act singspiel by

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

to a libretto by Theodor Körner written for 's (1784–1814) opera of the same title that premiered in 1813 in Vienna's

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: ''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 ..." 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

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. The work consists of an

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and eight numbers for soprano, three

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, one spoken role, mixed choir and orchestra: :: # # # # # (a version for voice and piano is also extant) # # #

Recordings

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, Capriccio

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vierjahrige Posten, Der 1815 operas German-language operas Operas by Franz Schubert Operas One-act operas