A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Struensee

STRUENSEE. A tragedy by Michael Beer, in 5 acts; to which his brother, G. Meyerbeer, wrote an Overture and three Entr'actes—'Der Aufruhr,' 'Der Ball,' and 'Der Dorfschenke' respectively; also a March and a Benediction in the last act, a Polonaise, and some smaller pieces elsewhere. Struensee was given for the first time with the music at Berlin, Sept. 21, 1847, sixteen years after the death of its author.

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