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Twelve Select Overtures (arr. Hummel). A-R EDITIONS, INC.
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N00035 / pf, fl, vn, vc
*** The score is the piano part.
During the period 1820-30, the noted pianist, composer, and teacher Johann Nepomuk Hummel was commissioned by the English entrepreneur J. R. Schultz to make arrangements of symphonies, concertos, and twenty-four opera overtures. All are scored for an ensemble of piano, flute, violin, and cello. Twelve Select Overtures, the first of two sets of twelve overture arrangements, appeared in London in the early 1820s.
The practice of arranging large-scale works for small ensembles was very popular during the early nineteenth century. Playing transcriptions was an ideal way to learn the newest compositions and a favorite mode of home entertainment (and, at times, of romantic courtship). The vast majority of the public experienced orchestral music through the medium of chamber music, in the privacy of their living rooms.
Many composers were asked to make such arrangements, but their efforts met with limited success. Hummel, however, was ideally suited to the task. A student of Mozart and a friend and colleague of Beethoven, Weber, and others, he had also conducted many of these operas in his capacity of kapellmeister in Weimar. Hummel's arrangements of these twelve overtures are masterful examples of the genre and are also a joy to play. The set includes some of the best-known and most popular overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, and Rossini, as well as examples by composers who are less well known. They open a window on the world of early-nineteenth-century opera and also provide valuable information about the performance practices of the period.
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STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949) - Till Eulenspeigel Einmal Anders (Hasenoehrl). C.F. PETERS - set of parts
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EP3191 / set of parts / vn, cl, bsn, hn, cb
Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche", Opus 28,
arranged by Franz Hasenoehrl as a frolic for Violin, Clarinet, Horn,
Bassoon, and Contrabass
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STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971) - Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra. Marche; Valse; Polka; Galop. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC05971 / orch: 2d1, 1, 2, 2 - 1, 2, 1, 1, perc, pf in set, str / Dur 6.5
Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra.
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SIBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957) - Symphony No. 7, Op.105. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC08464 / orch
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STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971) - Pulcinella Suite. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC11857 / orch: 2, 2, 0, 2 - 2, 1, 1, 0, str / Dur 22
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SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri Dmitrievich (1906-1975) - Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC07250 / orch: 2+1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, perc, str, pf in set / Dur 25
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MILHAUD, Darius (1892-1974) - Boeuf Sur Le Toit, Op. 58a (Ballet for Orchestra) (Ed. Beck). LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC13922 / orch: 2d1, 1, 2, 1 - 2, 2, 1, 0, perc, str, 2 vn soli
The Ox on the Roof: The Nothing-Doing Bar
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RESPIGHI, Ottorino (1879-1936) - Pines of Rome. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC13929 / orch: 3d1, 2+1, 2+1, 2+1 - 4, 3, 3, 1, 6 buccina, timp, perc, hp, cel, org, pf, str
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STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949) - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 (TrV 171) (Urtext) (Pfefferkorn). BREITKOPF & HAERTEL
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PB05653 / orch: 3+1, 3+1, 3 (3rd in D/Efl), +1, 3+1 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, perc, str
Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his "Don Juan") of his reputation and above all of his "value" as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by hand and leave them to his descendants "as valuable Christmas gifts". In the case of the Eulenspiegel score, however, it was a genuine revision, which he marked with the instruction: "[...] with the second fair copy October 1944 | once again revised and | to be regarded as a new print (especially in the complete edition of my works). | Dr. Richard Strauss."
Hundreds of more precisely defined indications for articulation, dynamics and tempo, but especially an altered scoring at the end of the work (waiver of additional horns and trumpets) present the "Till Eulenspiegel" in this Urtext edition for the first time in the version bequeathed by Strauss as the final version. The dedicatee of the work changed as well. Whereas the first edition was dedicated to the "dear friend Dr. Arthur Seidl", Strauss dedicated his revision "to the good Till on his 50th birthday".
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PROKOFIEV, Sergei Sergeievich (1891-1953) - Concerto for Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC00178 / (p.o.p)pf, orch: 2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timp, perc, str, solo pf / Dur 31
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BARTOK, Bela (1881-1945) - Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12. LUCK'S MUSIC LIBRARY
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LUC13910 / orch: 4d2, 3d2, 3d1+e-fl.cl, 4d1 - 4, 4d4, 4, 1, timp, perc, 2hp, cel, pf, str
MVMTS: Preludio. Moderato; Scherzo. Allegro; Intermezzo. Moderato; Marcia funebre. Maestoso.
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