About this edition
Friedrich von Flotow's Martha is one of the best-loved comic operas of the nineteenth century, a work whose blend of aristocratic disguise, romantic mistaken identity, and irresistible melody made it a fixture of the German and Austrian stage for generations. Its most famous numbers—the tenor's "Ach, so fromm" (M'appari) and the haunting incorporation of the Irish air "The Last Rose of Summer"—remain concert and recital staples to this day, testifying to Flotow's gift for lyrical, singable melody.
This vocal score reproduces the edition issued in Leipzig by C.F. Peters around 1914, plate number 9768, prepared by the conductor and editor Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921). Kogel, who led major German orchestras and opera houses before turning to editorial work for Peters, brought a practicing musician's eye to his piano-vocal reductions, producing scores valued for their clarity and fidelity to the composer's orchestral intentions. Peters vocal scores of this era were the standard rehearsal and performance texts used by opera houses, conservatories, and vocal studios across Europe, and Kogel's Martha helped keep the opera in active repertoire well into the twentieth century.
About this edition:
- Format: complete piano-vocal score (voice and piano reduction)
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Reproduced from a public domain historical source
- Published by Purple 4R Publishing
Because this historical score has entered the public domain, we're able to bring Kogel's classic Peters edition back into print—an accessible, affordable way for singers, coaches, students, and scholars to study and perform this cornerstone of the German operatic repertoire.