Richard Strauss

Der Zweikampf "The Duel" o.op. 82, TrV 133 (1884)

Der Zweikampf (1884) "The Duel" is edited by Chris & Frances Nex and published in three versions:
• This Piano Reduction by Chris Nex, including solo parts for Flute and Bassoon. (C839)
• A Full score with a set of orchestral parts: 2 Horns in Eb, 2 Trumpets in Bb, Trombone, Timpani and Strings. (C840)
• A version for String Quartet comprising full score, with solo parts for Flute, Bassoon, Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello. (C841)

We are grateful to the University of Edinburgh Library Centre for Research Collections for providing us with access to a manuscript of this work. At shelf-mark Mus.M.645 lives a set of parts in the hand of an unknown copyist, annotated by John Parr (The Bassoonist of Sheffield), who also wrote a full score and second copies of the Bassoon and Bass parts. The score is dated 1930 and the bassoon part 1934. It is here entitled merely 'duet for flute and bassoon with orchestra', and ascribed to R. Strauss. We are also grateful for advice from Dr. Christian Wolf of the Richard Strauss Institut in Munich, who have access to a copy of 'der Zweikampf' made by Cl. Schubert, but the Richard Strauss Archiv in Garmisch-Partenkirchen will not permit them to make a complete copy for us, but has permitted sample pages to be copied, confirming the identity of the music. The work appears in Franz Trenner's Richard Strauss - Werkverzeichnis (TrV 133). Composed in 1884 by Richard Strauss when he was about 20 years old. Matching other early songs and ballads. Acknowledgement to Dr. Jenny Nex and Dr. Lance Whitehead. Corrected errors and made dynamics consistent.