Hansel and Gretel
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Description
This volume presents the probably most beautiful and most popular children's opera that has ever been written, in an easy arrangement for piano, with all excerpts being in the respective original key. Among the seven operas composed by Humperdinck, 'Hänsel und Gretel' is his first and best masterpiece. The magic mood of this fairy-tale and the brilliant music explain why this opera still fascinates both children and adults.
Contents
History of the work: Hansel and Gretel
Biography: Engelbert Humperdinck
The characters
The plot
Susie, darling Susie, what’s in the straw there?
Brother, come and dance here now
Rallalala, rallalala
The wicked witch
The witches’ ride
A man stands in the forest
I am the little Sandman
When at night I go to Sleep
The gingerbread house
Hocus pocus
The gingerbread waltz
When our troubles seem their worst