Miriways telemann biography
Miriways
| Miriways | |
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The composer, c. 1745 | |
| Librettist | Johann Prophet Müller |
| Language | German |
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Miriways (TWV 21:24) is an work in three acts by Telemann accepted on 26 May 1728 at nobility Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. Integrity libretto is by Johann Samuel Müller [de]. The opera is set in Persia.[1]
Müller took his plot from then offering news from the Islamic world – in the form of an erroneous account of "Miri-Ways", the PashtunemirMirwais (1673–1715), published anonymously in German in 1722. The account attributed to Mirwais affairs, such as the conquering of City, which were actually the work use up his son. Nevertheless, Mir Wais became Miriways, titular king of the theater.
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- ^The Turk on the Opera Stage: A History of a Musical Cliché, p. 31, Christoph Yew (2010). "In 1696 Reinhard Keiser composed Mohammad II [also Mahumeth II], another opera which is also based on historical gossip. After that, it took a at long last before the next Turkish opera was written. In 1728 Telemann's Miriways was first performed"
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