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Weir, Judith Blond Eckbert (VS)
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Vocal Score
Judith Weir
BLOND ECKBERT after Ludwig Tieck’s Der Blond Eckbert
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rev. 9.04
SYNOPSIS Act 1 Flying Prelude A bird is telling a story to a dog: ‘In a region of the Harz Mountains, there lived a man who was known as the Blond Eckbert. He led a secluded life, and was never involved in the feuds of his neighbours’. Eckbert’s home becomes visible, situated amidst the wild beauty of a mountain landscape. Scene 1: Eckbert and Berthe At Home Eckbert and Berthe are in their drawing room. Eckbert is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his friend Walther. Scene 2: Walther has arrived Walther arrives and tells enthusiastically of his travels on the mountain, and of its natural wonders. He asks to stay the night. Eckbert suggests that, to pass the last hours before midnight, Berthe should tell Walther the story of her youth ‘because it’s very strange and interesting’. Berthe agrees to do this – the first time she has spoken this evening – but she asks Walther ‘do not take my story for a fairy tale, however strange it may seem’. Scene 3: Berthe's Ballad Berthe tells her story in the form of an extended drawing-room ballad. The actors and scenery in her story emerge from the confines of the drawing room – from behind the sofa, from under the rug, and so on. Or perhaps she simply shows Walther a home-movie of her life. The bird and dog play the parts of the bird and the dog in this story. Her story is basically this: ‘I was born into a peasant family. I was thought of as stupid and clumsy. Eventually my parents were so angry with me that I escaped from home. I passed through difficult, hilly country until I came to a lush mountain pasture. An old woman found me, exhausted and starving, and took me to live in her house. She had a pet dog with which I used to play – I’ve forgotten its name – and a bird in a cage, which said intelligent things, and laid precious stones instead of eggs. The woman taught me to spin, which I turned out to be brilliantly talented at, and she was very pleased with me. Presently she took to leaving me at home working, whilst she went on long expeditions. Years passed in this way, and I was content, but I was still curious about my family, and eventually my curiosity got the better of me. One day, after the old woman went out, I tied up the dog, took a pocketful of the precious stones, and left with the bird in its cage. But as I travelled, the bird, still talkative, became abusive and accusatory, so I let it out of the cage and it flew away. After a long journey I arrived back at the village of my youth, but there was no-one there who remembered me – my parents were presumably long since dead. I sold the precious stones, and with the wealth that this gave me, settled down in the district. I met Eckbert and we got married – we are still living on the proceeds of those precious stones, as Eckbert had no wealth of his own’. Leaving to go to bed, Walther thanks Berthe: ‘you told the story so vividly – I could just imagine you playing with that friendly little dog, Strohmian’: he goes up to bed. Scene 4: Strohmian! Strohmian! It is a Hitchcockian moment. How did Walther know the name which Berthe has never been able to remember? Berthe also leaves for bed, fascinated; but Eckbert stays in the room, alone, and his illease takes him over. He replays the scene in his mind (and perhaps visibly) over and over – each time he thinks about it, Walther appears to be a more malevolent character. The night passes in this way. As dawn breaks, Eckbert hears Walther leaving the house unobtrusively, off on another mountain walk. Eckbert follows him out, taking a crossbow with him.
Act II Prelude: Walther’s Death A cold outdoor landscape. Walther walks through the trees absorbed in studying the leaves and the moss that he finds growing. Eckbert stalks him; eventually he shoots. The arrow’s course is seen in very slow motion – an aerial ballet. Walther drops dead, and Eckbert rushes away. Scene 1: Berthe's last words Out of the darkness following Walther’s death, Berthe emerges, anxious and on her deathbed, writing a letter to Eckbert. She describes her bewilderment and terror at Walther’s revelations. Scene 2: Accusation Eckbert finds himself alone in urban surroundings. A stranger emerges from the throng, and introduces himself as Hugo. With warmth and kindness, Hugo befriends Eckbert, and calms him down somewhat. As they walk Eckbert tells Hugo his version of the story; at first he feels that Hugo receives what he says sympathetically, but then, suddenly, he begins to think that Hugo is growing suspicious and critical of him. As they meet other walkers, it seems to Eckbert that Hugo is taking them aside and warning them about his evil nature. Then, as he looks at Hugo, he sees Walther’s face. Eckbert runs away. Scene 3: Eckbert, fugitive In seclusion, Eckbert finds himself in the countryside, in the landscape described by Berthe in her ballad. It is a jagged and uncomfortable journey. At one point he seems to recognise a passer by – as Walther. Scene 4: At the end Eventually, at the crest of a hill, he sees the old woman’s house; the dog is playing; the bird is chattering away. The way is barred by the old woman, who tells Eckbert ‘I was Walther; I was Hugo’ – and she reveals herself briefly as both these characters. Then she tells Eckbert ‘Berthe was your sister; your parents abandoned her in that village’. Eckbert cries ‘Why have I always imagined this dreadful thing?’. She replies ‘In your childhood you once heard your father talk about it; he could not keep his daughter, because she was the child of another woman. She was raised by a shepherd.’ At this moment – at the extreme point of Eckbert’s agony – the bird closes off the scene, finishing the story she has been telling for the duration of the opera, and flies away, chased by the dog.
This work was commissioned by English National Opera with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first performed by English National Opera at the London Coliseum on 20th April 1994.
CAST Blond Eckbert
baritone
Berthe, his wife
mezzo soprano
Walther, his friend/Hugo, his friend/An old woman
tenor
A bird
soprano
A dog
non-singing role
Chorus (Act II Scene 2 only)* SATB
* The chorus is optional and could be offstage, or on tape. It might consist of four solo voices, electronically amplified.
ORCHESTRA 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo) 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais) 2 clarinets in B flat (2nd doubling bass clarinet in B flat) 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon) 4 horns in F 3 trumpets in C 3 trombones Timpani Percussion (1 player): glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, xylophone, tenor drum, bell or small gong, 3 cowbells (low, medium, high) Harp Strings
Duration: c. 1 hour 20 minutes Vocal score on sale: Order No. CH60901 Full score and orchestral parts are available on hire
Blond Eckbert Judith Weir
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3
.
33
3 3
451
3
3
3
3
3
455
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. I
was
awk
ward
and clum sy, I
was
al
ways
3
459
3
3
Bert. drop
ping things;
I
could not
learn to
sew
or spin,
but
I
3
ossia
464
I
of
ten
I
of
ten
3
Bert. un
der
stood
my
pa
rents’ mi
se 3
3 3
.
3
3
3
ry;
34 467
3
dreamed
3
of
sud
den
wealth,
and
how
I
den
wealth,
and
how
I
would
shower
them
3
3
Bert. dreamed
of
sud
would shower
them 3
3
3
470
with
gold
and
pre
3
3
3
3
cious
trea
sures.
3
Bert. with
gold
and
pre
cious
trea
sures.
3
3
3
3
3
3 473
3
3
3
478
3
3
3
3
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3
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3
3
483
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
35
488
3
3
Bert. My fa ther
was
al ways an
gry
be
5
5
3
3
5
493
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. - cause I was
a bur
den
on the house
hold;
he 3
3
3
3
3
498
3
3
Bert. pu nished me most
harsh
ly;
I
de 3
ci ded to es 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
502
Bert.
5
5
5 3
3 .
5
5
cape. 3
36
507
3
Bert. I
crept
out
5
3
3
512
5
3
3
3
Bert. when day
be gan to
dawn.
I found my self in
o
pen fields,
3
3
3
3 3
3
517
3
5
Bert. and then a
fo
rest
with out the light of day, 3
5
5
3
5
3
521
3
3
3
3
Bert. and then through boul ders
to
the moun
tain side; 3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
fear drove me 3
3
3
3
37
525
3
3
Bert. on -
I
al most
fain
ted
with
ter
ror.
3
3
529
535
eroica
3
Bert. I
ga thered all
my
strength;
541
3
3
Bert. I
.
walked
fas
ter and then
I
saw
woods
and mea dows,
dis
tant,
38
545
6
Bert. plea
sant hills,
and then I saw an old 6
3
3
3 549
3
Bert. wo
man
dressed
in
black,
and
she 3
3
3
so
subito
3
553
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
Bert. led me to her house
which was with in
a val ley full of birch
trees. 3
3
3
556
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
.
3
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
39
561
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Bert. As
566
3
we
de
3
3
scen
ded,
I
3
heard
a
mar
vel
lous
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Bert. song,
570
3
as
3
3
3
3
3
if
from
a
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Bert. bird,
and
it
sang:
3
3
.
3
3
3
40 suddenly blunt and shrewd 574
Bird * Wald
579
ein
sam
3
3
Bird - keit
I
feel
583
all
right;
A
3
lone
in
3
Bird wood,
things
go
as
they should.
All
588
Bird Wald
* German pronunciation .
ein
sam
keit.
day
and all night;
a
41
593
staccatissimo
598
3
3
Bird Ah.
Bert. You would have thought the horn
3
601
and the
3
o
boe were play
ing.
3
3
Bird Ah.
605
3
3
Ah.
3
3
Ah.
3
3
Meno mosso:
= 72
Bird Ah.
Ah.
6
.
6
42
609
3
3
3
Bert. In
side
the
house
there was the bird
in its
cage,
and
6
612
3
Bert. be
side
it
a
lit tle
dog
was
play
ing.
3
6
[SPOKEN:]
615
Bert. Now what was his name?
That lit tle dog!
I can never remember....
: deliberate 6
618
3
3
.
3
43
621
Bert. And
in
the
3
morn
3
3
ing
3
she
3
3
624
Bert. taught me
to
spin,
which
I
ea
si
ly
learned;
sim.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
627
Bert. and she gave
3
3
3
me
the
3
3
care
3
of the dog
3
3
3
and
3
the bird.
3
3
that
this
630
Bert. Soon 3
3
.
3
3
I 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
felt
3
3
way
it
should
3
3
3
was the
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
44
633
Bert. be;
that the wo man
was
not
ve ry strange,
3
3
636
Bert. and her dwel ling
was
nor
mal
and
com mon,
3
3
3
639
Bert. but the
3
3
3
3
3
bird,
3
3
the bird!
3
with its
3
3
3
song
3
3
and its beau
3
3
3
ti
ful
3
3
642
3
Bert. fea thers
3
.
of
3
my
3
ri
3
3
3
3
3
ad
co
3
lours:
3
3
that was not
45
645
Bert. nor
mal,
that
was
won drous
ly
odd,
and
stran
ger
and
pearls!
648
Bert. far;
it
seemed
to
lay
eggs
which were
je wels
651
Bert. We stored them
in
jars
,
654
Bert. a
way.
,
.
and
hid
them
by
46
657
Bert. Time
passed,
and
I
was
660
Bert. trus
ted:
she would
tra
vel
lit
tle
a
far
663
Bert. and
leave
me
in
so
li
tude.
666
Bert. My
.
spin
ning
wheel hummed,
the
dog barked,
the
47 669
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Bert. mar
vel
lous
bird
sang
its
song:
3
673
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
Bert. No
3
3
3
one came there by
3
676
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
Bert. chance,
3
.
there was
3
3
3
calm all
3
a
round,
and
3
I
ne
3
ver
re
48 679
Bird
Bert. - mem
ber
a
storm
cloud.
3
682
= 92 : Poco agitato 685
3
3
Bert. My un
689
3
der stan ding grew;
3
Bert. my in
no cence left
me,
3 3
.
the
sun
shone,
49 693
Bert. the
698
trees
glis tened,
I thought of the out
side world.
3
Bert. I thought of
es
cape!
I
found
the
3
702
3
Bert. mo ment:
I tied up the
dog,
I
seized
the
3
706
Bert. bird,
.
I
stole
the stones....
Down
the path!
50
710
3
3
Bert. through the fo rests and rocks
sensed
be hind me
3
3
714
I
3
3
Bert. the
dis tant
cries
of
the
dog,
the re proach
ful stares
of
3
3
ossia it
puffed
718
up
its
fea
thers
3
Bert. the bird:
it
puffed up its fea
thers
722
Bert. and
fi
nal ly
star
ted
to
sing:
5
5
5
.
5
5
51
725
as if airsick
Bird A
lone
in
a
wood,
I
5
5
5
5
728
Bird don’t feel so good. 5
5
5
3
5
3 5
5
5
731
Bird You
took
me
a
way,
5
5
5
3
3 5
5
734
Bird You did
wrong
and you’ll
pay
All
5
5
.
day
and
52
738
Bird all
night
a
void
wrong
5
5 3
3
5
5
741
Bird and
do
right.
5
5
5
5
5
744
5
Bert. I
let
5
it
go:
it
5
rose
up
5
in
to
the
air
5
sim. 5
5
sim.
747
Bert. and
flew
a
5
5 5
.
way.
5
5
5
53
750
754
3
Bert. I came to a
vil
lage
it was the
758
one
I
had left, years
3
3
Bert. a go:
my
761
pa
rents were dead
3
and
3
no
one
re
mem bered me.
3
Bert. I sold
a
few
stones
and was
mo derate ly pros
pe rous.
3
.
54
765
3
Bert. In
a 3
plea
sant
town
I
3
ren
ted a
house
with a
gar den.
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
768
3
3
Bert. The world
did not
seem
as
I
had
i
ma
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
771
3
Bert. gined it.
I
be
gan
to
for
get,
3 3 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
774
Bert. and
I lived quite con tent.
I
met this good man,
3
3
3 3
.
3
55
777
3
Bert. and here my
tale
is
at
an
end.
an impassioned outburst
Eck. You should have seen
her
3
5
781
3
Eck. then -
her
youth,
her
grace,
the
in
con cei
va
ble
charm that
her lone
5
3
3
3
5
786
3
3
3
3
Bert. It’s grow ing
late!
we must
Eck. - ly
life
had
gi
ven her! 3
3
.
3
3
go
to our
beds!
56 791
Bert.
3
Eck. I
had
no
for tune:
she
brought me pros pe
ri
ty -
our mar
riage has caused us
3
Walther rises, about to retire to bed.
796
Walt. 8
Dear
Eck. no
re grets.
3
802
3
3
Walt. 8
La
dy,
thank
you, 3
3
.
3
57
807
3
3
I
can real ly
Walt. 8
How
well
you
told your tale;
3
3
3
3
812
3
Walt. 8
- ma gine the
bird,
and
3
3
816
Walt. 8
dog,
.
Stroh
mi an.
that
friend
ly
lit
tle
i
58
Scene 4 : Strohmian! Walther leaves for bed: Eckbert and Berthe are left in (separate) amazement. Eckbert is worried, Berthe fascinated. 820
= 104 : Pi첫 mosso
3 3
3
3
825
3
3
3 3
3 830
3
3
3
3
3
835
3
3
3
5 3
3
840
3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
59
845
Bert. Was
it
by chance?
Was
it
by
Eck. Was
I
not
a
fool?
3
3
3
3
850
Bert. chance?
Eck. I 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
855
Eck. my
self made my
wife
tell
her
sto
ry 3
3 3 3
.
60
860
Bert. Did
he
guess
the
3
3
865
Bert. name? 3
Eck. ‘Stroh
mi an!’
870
Bert. Did
Eck. Won’t he
a
3
.
buse
our trust?
3
he guess
the
61
875
Bert. name?
880
Did
he know it?
3
3
3
3
886
Eck. Won’t he
tell
our
tale
to
o
thers?
3
3
3
891
3
3
Bert. Did he
men tion it
de
3
li
berate ly?
3
3
3
.
62
898
3
3
904
Eck. Won’t he
be
seized
by
greed
for
our
pre cious
stones?
3
909
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
914
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bert. and
what
does
this
man
have
to
do
with
my
fate?
Eck. 3 3
3
.
Stroh
63
919
Eck. mi an!
924
Eck. Won’t
he
be
seized
by
greed
5
3
for
our
pre
cious
6
929
stones?
7
3
Eck. Won’t 6
he
con
spire
to
steal
them? 3
5
934
Bert. Stroh 3
3
3
3
mi an! 3
3
.
3
3
64
Berthe leaves for bed; Eckbert is left alone with his anxiety.
940
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
945
3
3
3
3
3
950
3
3
3
3
Eck. And
when
he
said
3
955
3
3
Eck. was 3
.
his
fare well
sin
cere?
"Good night",
65
3
960
3
Eck. Were
his
words
to
me
3
965
3
3
Eck. ho
nest?
Was
it
3
970
na
tu
ral
5
3
Eck. af
ter
the
in
ti
975
mate
words
5
Eck. said? -
.
in
ti mate
words! -
that were
66
3
980
3
Eck. My
sus
pi
3
985
cion
was a
roused;
it
3
3
3
Eck. will
990
find
con
3
Eck. - ma
995
.
tion.
fir
ma
tion,
con
fir
67
3
1001
3
Eck. I
1006
3
re
proach
my
self,
I
5
3
re
5
3
Eck. - proach
my self
for
my
mis
trust,
but
I
can not
free
my
1011
5
Eck. - self
from it.
I
my
5
1017
Eck. made my wife tell
5
her
sto
ry...
5
3
6 5
energico 5
5
.
5
5 5
5
6 3
6
self
68
1022
Eck. Did
he
guess
the
name?
Won’t
he
a
5 6
1027
Eck. - buse
our trust?
Did 5
he
know it?
3
6
5 5
5
6 3
5
6
5
1032
Eck. Won’t he 5
tell
our
tale
to
o
5
5
5
1037
Eck. - thers?
Won’t he 3
5
.
3
be
seized
69 1043
Eck. by greed
for
our pre cious stones?
5
5
5
1049
Eck. Won’t he
con
spire
to
steal
them? 5
5
6
5
5
5
The early light of dawn is suddenly apparent; Eckbert sees Walther leaving the house unobtrusively, off on another nature study expedition. 3
3
1055
3
3
3
1061
3 1067
3
.
70 3
3
3
1073
3
1079
3 1084
3
After some moments’ thought, Eckbert follows him, picking up his crossbow as he leaves.
1089
1094
1099
End of Act I .
71
Act II : Prelude Walther’s Death "It was a raw stormy winter day; deep snow lay on the mountains, and bent down the branches of the trees. He roved about; the sweat was standing on his brow. He found no game, and this embittered his ill humour. All at once he saw an object moving in the distance; it was Walther gathering moss from the trunks of trees. Scarcely knowing what he did, he took out an arrow, aimed; Walther looked round and made a threatening gesture, but the arrow was already flying, and Walther fell to the ground." [Ludwig Tieck]
= 60: Melancholy and still
PIANO
3
3 3
5
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
8
3
3
3
3
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11
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.
3
3
72 15
19
24
3
3
3
27
3
3
3
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3
3
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30
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
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73
33
3
3
3
37
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
40
6
5
6 6
5
5
6
5
44
6
5
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5
6
5
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5
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6 6
46
.
5
5
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3
48
6
5
5 6
6 5
5
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5
5
5
5
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5 5
50
6 5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
52
5
5
6
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
6
5
3
5
5
3
3
3
5
54
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
5
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5
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5
5
5
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6
5
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56
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3
3 5
3 5
3 5 5
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5
5
5
5
3
3
3
5
5
75 58
3
3
3
Bird O 5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
60
Bird Wald
ein
sam keit;
wie liegst 5
5
5
du weit!
3
5
5
63
Bird O 5
dich
ge
reut
3
Einst mit 5
65
5
3
der
Zeit
3
5
3
Bird Ach
einz
’ge
Freud,
Wald ein 5
5
.
5
3
3
sam 3
keit!
76
Subito molto mosso: 67
= 80
6
3
3
3
Bird O 6
6 6
69
Bird Wald
ein
sam
keit 6
6
72
Bird wie liegst
du weit! 6
6
6
6 6
6
75
Bird O dich ge reut
Einst mit der
3
.
3
3
Zeit 3
77
78
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird ach 3
einz
’ge
Freud
ach
einz
’ge
Freud!
3
81
5
5
6
6
83
( = 104 = Più mosso) Broadly 86
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
5 3
88
3 3
3 .
3
3
78
90
3
92
3
3
3
3
94
3
3
96
3
3
3
98
3
3
.
3
3
3
3
79
100
3
3
102
3
3
3
3
3
3
Scene 1: Berthe’s Last Words Out of the darkness following Walther’s death, Berthe emerges, anxious and on her deathbed, writing a letter to Eckbert. 104
( =104) accel.
=112
Berthe My 3
6
3
est
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
107
dear
3
3
3
Berthe hus
band,
I
must
dis
close
to
you.... 3
3
3
3 3
3 3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
80
110
Berthe This has dri ven me out 6
3
3
6
The
blood
has
of
my
3
mind. 6
6
3
113
Berthe left
my
cheeks, 3
3
6
6
3
6
116
Berthe and
my
eyes
burn
with
fe
ver. 3
6
6
6
3
119
Berthe You
3
6
.
when
I
re
3 3
3
know
6
6
6
3
81 122
Berthe - called
my
youth,
no
mat
ter
how
3 3
3 6
3
3
6
125
Berthe I
tried,
3
I could ne
3
3
3
3
3
ver
re mem ber
3
3
the name
3
3
3
128
Berthe of the lit
tle
dog
I
loved,
but
6
6
Wal
3
3
that friend ly
lit
ther
3
3
3
131
Berthe spoke
to
3
.
3
me
6
of
3
3
6
tle dog.
“Stroh
3
3
82 134
Berthe mi an."
Did
he
3 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
137
Berthe guess
the
Did
he know
3
3
3
3
name?
3
3
140
Berthe it?
And
3
3
3
3
3
what
3
3
does
this
3
3
3
3
In another part of the stage, Eckbert is seen reading the letter Berthe has written to him.
143
Berthe man
have
to
do
with
my
fate?
3
3
3
Eck. Some 3
3
I
3 3
3 .
times
3
3
strug
gle
83
146
3
3
Berthe Some
times
I
strug
gle
with
my
self,
3
3
Eck. my 3
3
6
3
6
3
3
3
3 3
149
Berthe as 3
if
I
was
on
ly
i
ma
gin
ing
3
Eck. self, 3
6
3
3
3
152
Berthe but
6
.
3
it
is
3
cer tain, all
6
too
3
cer
3
tain.
6
6
it;
84
155
Berthe When
a
stran
3
3
3
3
Eck. A
stran
ger
knew
my
tale. 3
3
3
3
3 3
3
159
Berthe - ger
knew
my
tale,
ter
ror
seized
3
Eck. my
tale
3 3
3 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
162
Berthe me -
ter ror,
6
ter ror,
ter ror
seized
me.
6 3 3
.
5
85 165
Berthe Eck
bert,
what
do
you think?
5 3
6
3
3
5
6
3
168
Berthe What 5
5
3
do 5
3
you 5
think?
3
3
5
5
3
3
3
171
3
Eck. Ter
ror
seized
me.
3
3
3
173
3
3
5
6
3
3
3
5
3 3
Eck. What
do
you
think?
What 3
3 3
3
3
.
3
86 175
3
3
Eck. do
you
think?
3
3
177
3 3 3
179
3
3 181
183
3
3
3
3 3
3
185
3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
87
Scene 2 : Accusation Eckbert is alone and unnoticed amidst the brutal business of an urban scene 187
(sempre =112) Molto animato
192
S A Chor. (Opt.)
Ah.
T B Ah.
197
S A Chor.
Ah.
T B Ah.
.
88 202
S A Chor.
Ah.
T B Ah.
206
210
S A Chor.
Ah.
T B Ah.
214
3
S A Chor.
Ah. 3
T B Ah. 3
3 3
3 3
3 .
89 218
S A Ah.
Chor. T B
Ah. 3
3
222
S A Chor.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
T B
227
3
Eck. I
saw
my
friend
ly
ing
S A Chor. T B 3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
90 232
3
Eck. in
the
wood,
I
saw
my
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3 236
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. friend
ly
ing
in
the
wood, 3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
240
3
3
Eck. and
then
a
bird
flew o
3
3
3
3
ver and
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
244
3
Eck. said:
"Your friend
S A Ah.
Chor. T B 3
3
3
3
.
3
3
Ah. 3
3
91 249
Eck. died 3
in
the
3
3
3
wood." 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
253
3
Eck. Dead
in
the
win try
3
3
3
3
3
3
wood! 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
257
3
3
3
Eck. Dead in
the
lone
ly,
win try
wood! 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
261
Eck. said
the
bird,
said 3
3
3
3 3
3
3 3
the
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 .
92 265
Eck. bird. S A Ah.
Chor. T B
Ah. 3
3
3
3
269
S A Ah.
Chor. T B
Ah.
274
S A Chor.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
T B
3 .
93 278
Hugo emerges from the throng, and tries to comfort Eckbert
Poco meno mosso ( = 104)
282
Hugo 8
3
Friend,
S A Ah. Chor.
3
T B Ah.
3
3 3
5 5
3
286
3
3
3
Hugo 8
my
name
is 5
Hu
go:
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
290
Hugo 8
Be
calm,
at
ease.
3
3 3
.
You
3
3
94 294
Tempo primo ( = 112)
3
Hugo 8
saw,
saw
your
friend
ly
ing 3
3
Eck. Ly 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
ing in the wood. 3
299
3
Hugo 8
in
the
wood?
You
saw
your
friend,
ly
Eck.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
304
3
3
3
3
3
3
Hugo 8
ing in the
wood?
and
then
a
bird
3
Eck. In
the wood.
and then
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
.
3
3 3
a
95 309
3
3
Hugo 8
flew o
ver
and
said:
Eck. bird
flew
o
ver and
said:
S A Mur
Chor. T B
Mur 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
314
3
Hugo 8
"Your friend
died
in
the
wood.� 3
Eck. In
the
wood...
S A Chor.
- der!
T B - der! 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
.
96 319
3
Hugo 8
Dead
in
the
win try
wood. 3
Eck. In 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
the
win
3
3
try wood. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 323
3
3
Hugo 8
Dead in
the
lone
ly,
win try
wood, 3
3
Eck. In 3
3
the
win
try
3
3
3
wood,
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
327
Hugo 8
said
the
bird,
said
the
bird,
Eck.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 .
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
97
Poco meno mosso ( = 104)
331
3
Hugo 8
said
the
bird.
said
the
bird.
Stay
calm,
at
ease,
Eck.
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
5
3
3
335
5
3
3
3
Hugo 8
be
3
3
3
still
with your 5
5
5
5
5
5
self,
339
Hugo 8
breathe!
3
3
3
3
3
3
344
3
3
Hugo 8
Your
tale
moved
me,
5
3 5
.
3
98 348
3
3
Hugo 8
feel
no
shame.
3
3
Eck. Kind 5
5
stran
ger,
5
3
3
3
5
5
5
352
3
3
3
Eck. you
have
saved
me
5
I 5
5
5
3
3
356
5
5
3
3
3
Hugo 8
3
3
Be
still. 3
3
Eck. had
des
paired.
3
3
360
You
3
3
3
Eck. pa
tient,
3
.
dear
est
3
friend!
were
so
3
99 Suddenly the scene freezes as Eckbert sees Hugo in a new, threatening, light. 364
Tempo primo ( = 112)
S A Chor.
Mur
der
er!
Mur
der
er!
T B
369
Eck. I thought I saw a
ma
3
li cious smile
3
his face.
3
3
3
cross
3
3
3
a
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
373
378
Eck. He was su spi cious
of my
in
ti mate re
ve
la
tion.
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3 3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
100 382
Eck. He
3
spoke
to
S A Cri mi nal!
Chor.
3
T B Cri mi nal! 3
3
3
3
3 3
3
387
Eck. my
foes,
but
3
not
to me.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
392
Eck. They asked him ques tions
in
a
sin
3
3
397
Eck. gu
lar
way.
3
3
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
101 402
Eck. I looked at 3
3
Hu
go 3
and saw Wal
ther’s
3
3
3 3
3
406
3
3 3
3
3
face. 3
3
3
3
3
Eckbert leaves, hurriedly. Hugo, amidst the city scene, is left behind.
S A Chor.
Dead!
T B Dead!
411
Eck. All
his
fa
mi
liar
ex
pres
sions.
3 3
3
415
420
.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3
102
Scene 3: Eckbert, fugitive Eckbert finds himself in the countryside, in the landscape described by Berthe in her Ballad. 426
= 84 : Light, nervous 6
429
6
6
6
6
6
432
6
6
6
435
3
She came this way:
she was
here.
6
6
3
6
438
6 3
3
3
3
.
103 441
3
Eck. Down the path, 6
6
6 6 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
444
6
6
6
6 3
3
3
447
3
3
Eck. through
the fo
6
6
rests
and
rocks,
9:8
9:8
3 3
3 450
3
Eck. she
sensed
be
hind
her 3
3
3
3
3 3
5
5 5 .
3
3
104 3
3
453
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5 5
456
3
Eck. The
dis
tant cries
of
3
3
3 3
3
the
dog,
the
re proach
ful
3
5
5
459
Eck. the
bird.
3
3 3
8ba
A peasant passes by. 462
.
Relaxed, amiable
stares
of
105 465
468
471
474
Eck. That man
477
.
who passed,
that man
who passed
by,
106 480
Eck. I
could
be lieve,
I
could
be lieve
it.
483
3
486
3
Eck. I could
490
be lieve
it
was
none
o
ther than
Wal
ther:
3
3
Eck. it
was
Wal
ther!
3
.
107 3 494
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
3
497
3
3
3
3
3
3
rit.
500
3
3 3
503
= 76 : Poco meno mosso
,
506
,
,
Eckbert approaches the area near the Old Woman’s house. 509
,
3
.
3
3
3
3
108
512
3
3
3
3
Eck. The
trees
whi
sper
in
the
in
ter
,
, 5
5
515
3
Eck. - vals
,
518
5
3
521
Eck. The
6
.
6
mar
109 The Bird flies overhead. 524
= 72 : Pochissimo meno mosso
3
3
3
Bird Ah. 3
3
3
Eck. vel lous,
min
gled with the com mon place! 3 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
527
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
3
3 3
3
3
3
3
Ah. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
530
Bird 3
Ah.
A
lone
in a 3
5
5
5
at
3
3
3
3
3 .
wood,
3
3
110
534
3
3
3
Bird last
it’s
good.
3
Eck. 3
The mar
3
5
bird!
3 3
5
3
vel lous
3
3
3
537
3
3
3
3
you’ll
hear
3
3
Bird Now
no
thing’s wrong,
my
song.
Eck. 5
3
3
3
5 3
3
3
5
Broadening slightly 540
Bird
3
3
Ah.
In
Eck. Now hear 3
the song! 3
3
3 3
.
3
111
544
3
3
3
3
3
Bird truth’s clear, blind
ing
light -
Wald,
Wald 3
3
3 5 3 3
5 3
548
3
3
3
3
3
Bird - ein
sam
Wald
ein
sam 3
3 3
3 3
5 3
3
Scene 4: At the End 553
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird - keit. like a folk song.
Ah. 3
Ah.
3
Old W. 8
Kommst
du 3
her,
mein’ schö
ner
Vo
gel?
3
3 3
.
3
3
3
3
112 556
3
3
Bird 3
3
Ah.
3
Old W. 8
Komm
3
zu
r端ck,
du
klei
ner
Vo
gel!
Eck. The path
ends. 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
559
Bird Ah. 3
3
Old W. 8
Komm
3
zu
r端ck,
du
Eck. No thought,
no
562
3
me mo ry
3
3
,
3
3
3
3
3
3
,
3
Bird Ah. 3
Ah.
Ah.
3
Old W. 8
klei
ner
Vo
gel! 3
3
3
3 3
3
3 3
.
3
3
113
,
565
,
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bird Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
suddenly confronting Eckbert
= 66 : Slightly broader
569
3
3
3
Old W. 8
Are you bring ing me my bird,
my
pre
cious
5
5
5
573
5
5
3
Old W. 8
jew
els?
3
3
Eck. Why
do you speak
to
me? 3
5
5 5
The Old Woman perhaps momentarily reveals herself in the guises of Walther and Hugo 577
3
3
3
Old W. 8
Eck bert, 3
.
I
was Wal ther;
I was
Hu
go.
3
114
581
3
3
Eck. In
what
so li
tude
have I
lived
my life! 3
3
urgently
585
3
Eck. 3
me
of
the
5 5
588
Old W. 8
She
was
your
sis
ter.
5
5
5
quietly and reflectively 592
3
Eck. Why
have
I
al ways
i
ma gined this dread
3
.
Ber
3
3
3
Tell
ful
thing?
115
595
= 60 : Broadly
Old W. 8
You heard your fa
in agony Eck.
3
ther
say
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
598
3
3
3
Old W. 8
it
when you
were
in agony
a
child.
3
3
3
6
3
Eck.
3
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
3
3 6
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
600
3
3
Old W. 8
She was the daugh
ter
Eck. 3
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3
Ah. 3
3
3
.
3
3
of
a
knight,
116
602
3
Old W. 8
your
fa
ther’s
daugh
ter.
3
Eck. 3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3
604
3
3
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3
Ah.
3
3
3
606
3
Old W. 8
She 3
was
not
your
3
Eck. Ah.
3
3
3
.
mo
ther’s
child.
117
608
3
3
Old W. 8
Your
pa
rents
would
not
keep
her.
3 3
Eck. Ah.
3
3
3
3
610
3
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
612
3
3
3
Old W. 8
She
Eck.
was
3
3
.
raised
by a
shep
Ah.
3
3
3
Ah.
herd.
118 614
3
3
Bird Wald
ein
sam
keit,
my tale is
fi
nished. 3
3
3
Old W. 8
Her tri als and tri
3 3
bu
3
3
3
3
3
3
617
3
3
3
Old W. 8
- la
tions
were
al
most at
an
end. 3
3
Eck. 3
Ah. 3
3
3 3 619
3
Bird Eck
bert
lay
on
the
ground... 3
3 3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3 3
.
3
Ah.
119 621
3
Old W. 8
Why,
why
did
she
leave
me?
3
Eck.
Ah.
3
Ah.
3
3 3
3
3 623
Bird 3
... in
3
sane
Old W. 8
For
shame,
that
Eck.
she
3
a
ban
doned
me.
3 3
Ah.
3
3 3
3
3
3
Ah.
3 3
3
625
3
Bird and
dy
ing...
3
3
Old W. 8
Her
3
Eck. 3 3
Ah.
3
Ah.
3 3
3
3 .
3
3
tri
3
als
and
tri
bu
120
627
3
3
3
Old W. 8
- la
tions
were
3
al
most at
an
end.
3
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3
3
3 3 3
3
629
3
3
3
ossia 3
Numbed
and
be
wil
dered,
he
heard...
dered,
he
heard...
3
Bird 3
Numbed
and
be
wil
3
Eck.
3
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3 3 3
3
.
3
121 631
Bird 3
The
Old W. 8
Why did she leave
me?
Eck. 3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
3
3
634
3 .
3
Bird old
wo man speak
ing,
and... 3
3
3
Old W. 8
in
your youth,
you
heard
it
said... 3
Eck. 3
Ah.
3
3 3
3
3 3
637
3
Bird ...the
lit
tle dog bark
ing.
3
3
Old W. 8
in
Eck.
3
3
Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
3 3
.
3
3
your
youth,
you
122 639
3
Bird and
3
the
bird
Old W. 8
heard
it
3
said...
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
Ah. 3
3
641
The bird closes off the scene and flies away, chased by the dog
3
3
Bird re
peat
ing her song:
3
3
Eck. Ah.
Ah.
3
3
3
643
Eck. Ah. 9
9
9
9
9
9
645
9
9
9
9
9
9
End of Opera .