Musical Examples
1.1aUmlauf, Die Bergknappen, Sophie’s aria “Wenn mir den Himmel,” mm. 29–46.
1.1bUmlauf, Die Bergknappen, Sophie’s aria “Wenn mir den Himmel,” mm. 64–78.
1.2Umlauf, Die Bergknappen, Fritz and the miners’ recitative “Die Erde bebt,” mm. 6–17.
1.3Umlauf, Die Bergknappen, Sophie’s recitative “Ein klägliches Geschrei klingt in mein Ohr,” mm. 1–15.
1.4Müller, Kaspar der Fagottist, Armidoro’s Romanze “Es hielt in seinem Felsennest,” mm. 1–20 (from a contemporary vocal score with altered text).
5.1The Queen’s “O zittre nicht” (No. 4) and Tamino’s “O ew’ge Nacht” (No. 8).
5.2Papageno in the Act 2 finale, comparison of mm. 443–47 and 468–71.
5.3Papageno in the Act 2 finale, motives from the same section, mm. 415–17 and 447–49.
5.5Act 2 finale comparison: mm. 190–96 (Adagio of the Armored Men) and 829–34 (in the opera’s last scene).
8.1Some melodic antecedents of Papageno’s aria “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” (No. 20).
8.1bBach, “Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren” (BWV 225), lines 7 and 8 (1727).
8.2Precursors of the duet of the two Armored Men by Kirnberger (1771) and Mozart (1782).
8.2aKirnberger, trio on “Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein,” mm. 1–9, Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik (Berlin and Königsberg: G. J. Decker and G. L. Hartung, 1774; first published 1771), vol. 1, 238–39 (clefs modernized for ease of comparison).
8.2bMozart, cantus firmus sketch on “Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein,” mm. 1–8, KV Anh. 78/K. 620b (1782), Neue Mozart Ausgabe II/5/19 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1970; digital version, Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, 2006), 377.
