Die Zauberflöte

This edition consists of one duet score.

This is a collection of 15 selections from Mozart's opera, Die Zauberflöte, arranged for clarinet duet by Johann Georg Busch and edited by Fitz-Georg Höly:

1. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
2. Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden
3. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
4. Das klinget so herrlich
5. Könnte jeder brave Mann
6. Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen
7. In diesen heil'gen Hallen
8. Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken
9. Drei Knaben, jung, schön, hold und weise
10. Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn
11. Es lebe Sarastro
12. Schnelle Füße, rascher Mut
13. Du feines Täubchen, nur herein
14. Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden
15. Finale

From the editor:

"The present two-clarinet arrangement of numbers from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte was published c. 1806. The arranger was Johann Georg Busch, who appears to be identical with the cellist who played in the Kassel Court Orchestra from 1783. It has not been possible to establish when he was born or when he died. The pieces were published by Johann Anton André from Offenbach in versions for both clarinet and flute and appeared under the title Airs favoris tirés des operas arranges p. 2 Clar. (Fl.) (Favourite Arias Drawn from the Operas Arranged for 2 Clarinets [Flutes]). As early as 1802 Armand Vanderhagen, one of the most famous clarinettists of his day, had already arranged various numbers from Die Zauberflöte for two clarinets. Busch presumably used this arrangement as the basis for his own edition, although Vanderhagen’s version is inferior to Busch’s in terms not only of its choice of items but also in its overall tonal picture. André advertised the duets in several newspapers of the time under the heading Mozart, morceaux choisiers de l’Opéra (Zauberflöte) p. 2 Clar., Offenbach, André (Mozart: Selected Numbers from the Opera Die Zauberflöte for Two Clarinets). The present pieces are highly effective in terms of their technique and musical form and, since the difficulties they pose are interpretational rather than technical, they will surely enhance the repertory of every clarinettist."