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Manfred

Incidental music for Byron's drama by Schumann, Op. 115, composed 1849. The first concert performance of the overture was given at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig on March 1852 and the whole was produced with Byron's play at Weimar on 13 June 1852.

Symphony by Tchaikovsky, Op. 58, based on the same play 1885, first performed in Moscow on 6 April 1886.

Manfred (1231–1266)

German ruler. He was king of Sicily from 1258. Because he had had Saracen help, he was excommunicated by the pope. He subsequently invaded papal territory and conquered Tuscany. Pope Urban IV later re-excommunicated him and gave his kingdom to Charles I of Anjou. Manfred was defeated and killed at Benevento.

He was the illegitimate son of the Emperor Frederick II. On Frederick's death Manfred acted as regent in Italy during the minority of the former's nephew, Conradin. He was crowned king of the Two Sicilies at Palermo.



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