Orchestra
"Die Kluge" is scored for the following orchestra:
- Woodwind: 3 flutes (all 3 doubling piccolos), 3 oboes (3rd doubling English horn), 3 clarinets in B-flat, A, C and E-flat (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- Brass: 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
- Percussion (4 players): timpani, bass drum, 2 snare drums, tenor drum, tambourine, triangle, lithophone, sand rattle, antique cymbals, various Turkish cymbals, tamtam, ratchet, sleigh bells, castanets, tubular bells, glockenspiel
- Other instruments: harp, celesta, piano, strings
- Stage band: 3 trumpets, various drums, glockenspiel, organ
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