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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''''Der König von Thule''''' (Фульский король) is a ballad for voice with piano by [[Franz Liszt]] <ref name="note1"/>, which Tchaikovsky orchestrated in 1874 ([[TH]] 186 ; [[ČW]] 416).<br />
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==Instrumentation==<br />
Arranged for solo baritone voice, and an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.<br />
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==Movements and Duration==<br />
There is one movement: Allegretto (A-flat major, 99 bars), lasting around 4 minutes in performance.<br />
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==Text==<br />
The German text is a setting of Gretchen's song from ''Faust'' by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] (1749–1832).<br />
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==History==<br />
According to a note on the manuscript score, Tchaikovsky made the arrangement at the request of the baritone [[Ivan Melnikov]] on 22 October/3 November 1874.<br />
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==Publication==<br />
Tchaikovsky's arrangement was published for the first time in 1970 in volume 59 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Irina Iordan, with the original Italian words and a Russian translation by S. Zayaitsky and A. Yefremenkov.<br />
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==Autographs==<br />
Tchaikovsky's manuscript arrangement is now preserved in the {{RUS-SPsc}} in [[Saint Petersburg]] ({{TOW2|konig-von-thule-fr-list|ф. 834, No. 8}}).<br />
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==Dedication==<br />
The arrangement is dedicated to [[Ivan Melnikov]] (1832–1906), who in April 1874 had premiered the role of Vyazminsky in Tchaikovsky's opera ''[[The Oprichnik]]''.<br />
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==Related Works==<br />
The ballad ''Es war ein König in Thule'' was written for voice and piano by [[Franz Liszt]] (1811–1886) in 1842, and revised in 1856. <br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">The title of [[Liszt]]'s original ballad was ''Es war ein König in Thule''.</ref><br />
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