Oother solo insts. and
orchestra (solo: B-tbne -
2(picc).2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 -
timp. str)
SKU:
BR.PB-33001
Urtext. Composed
by Christian Gottlieb
Muller. Edited by Nick
Pfefferkorn. Orchestra;
stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Romantic
period. Full score. 56
pages. Duration 15'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
33001. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-33001).
ISBN
9790004215821. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The present
Concertino in E-flat
major, Op. 5, was
composed especially for
the Leipzig trombone
virtuoso Carl Traugott
Queisser (1800-1846), to
whom the work is also
dedicated. The Concertino
was first reviewed by the
critic Gottfried Wilhelm
Fink (1783-1846) in the
Leipzig Allgemeine
Musikalische Zeitung
(AMZ), issue no. 38,
September 1832. The
critic discussed the work
in detail, calling it a
milestone of the trombone
literature, ... its
public performance should
thus be determined by
only true masters. The
rest, however, may wish
to utilize it, in
silence, that is not
overheard by expectant
listeners, to strive with
it to strengthen their
powers....The
Concertino's premiere can
be dated to 1828, with
Queisser himself as
soloist, and the composer
conducting. Queisser
repeatedly performed the
Concertino up to 1843.
The work was published
under catalogue number
5227 in 1832 by Breitkopf
& Hartel. Sometime in the
1940s the work was lost
to sight and no
performances known to
come from then. Together
with the Concertino, Op.
4, later composed by
Ferdinand David, Muller's
contribution to this
genre is among the most
often played and most
demanding of the trombone
literature. The score
includes, besides a
preface detailing the
work's genesis and
reception history, also
facsimile pages to round
out the edition. You may
browse our piano vocal
score here.