Nina: “Overture” [*]
Music and Orchestral Score
The following recording presents the entire orchestral overture to Nina; or, The Love Distracted Maid in its original 1786 version by Nicolas Dalayrac. The original score follows below the audio player.
Given the enormous popularity of this play especially ca. 1800, when Auguste was scheduled to perform the title role in a production by the amateur theater in Bamberg, one can reasonably assume that most of the general theater public of which the Jena Romantics were a part (and beyond) was intimately familiar with this music. [*]
Notes
[*] Orchestral score: Nina, ou la folle par amour: Comédie en un Acte et an Prose; mise en musique par M. Dal*** (Paris 1786); premiered on 15 May 1786. — Initial illustration by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki.
Audio sequencing, arranging, editing, and production © 2025 by Dave Moyer, Lonesome Studios Productions. All rights reserved; unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Used by permissionn. — Created on the Yamaha Motif-6 Music Production Synthesizer and Roland JV-1080 (Expanded) 64-Voice Synthesizer Module. Recorded through a Focusrite Scarlett 4/4 A/D Converter using NCH Mixpad Multitrack Recording Software and NCH Wavepad Masters Edition Audio Editing Software.
Performance note: This overture appears here for the first time as an audio recording; special thanks to Dave Moyer. Back.