Rosamunde

Incidental music by Schubert for a play by Helmina von Chézy, Rosamunde, Prinzessin von Cypern, produced at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, on 20 December 1823. The music consists of three entr'actes, two ballet tunes, a romance for contralto, a chorus of spirits, a shepherd's melody and shepherds' chorus, and a hunting-chorus. No overture was specially written for the piece. At the first performance, the overture to the opera Alfonso und Estrella was used; later, the overture to the melodrama Die Zauberharfe was published as the Rosamunde overture and is still so played.