Arranged by Jack Schrader. (SATB). Hymntune, Joy, Classics, Contemporary, Hymntune and Sacred. Print Music Single (SATB). 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Concert Band

SKU: BT.DHP-1043529-040

The Great Classics. Transcription. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2004. 16 pages. De Haske Publications #DHP 1043529-040. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-1043529-040).

English-German-French- Dutch.

French composer Daniel François Esprit Aubers extensive outputconsisted mainly of operas, but unfortunately today only two of theseare still well known, including the comic opera Fra Diavolo. The storyconcerns Fra Diavolo, a famous Italian bandit and soldier from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and is one of crime, lust and treachery. The overture has a classical structure filled with striking themes and motifs with a particularly unusual introduction (for the time) with the snare drum taking the leading role!

De ouverture van Fra Diavolo, een komische opera van de Franse componist Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871), heeft een klassieke opbouw. De gebruikte thema’s zijn zeer herkenbaar en roepen duidelijke beelden op. Signaalmotievenzijn rijkelijk aanwezig - en deze mogen natuurlijk ook niet ontbreken als het in de handeling gaat over rovers en gendarmes. De inleiding is voor Aubers tijd bijzonder ge nstrumenteerd: de kleine trom speelt een solistischerol!

Di e Ouvertüre zu Aubers komischer Oper Fra Diavolo hat eine klassische Form mit leicht wieder erkennbaren Themen, klaren Bildern und deutlichen Motiven - sehr passend zu einer ebenfalls einprägsamen, turbulenten Handlung voll von Gerichtsvollziehern und Dieben! Unsentimentale, reizvolle Musik, die auch in der Transkription von Wil van der Beek das Publikum in ihren Bann ziehen wird!

Daniel François Esprit Auber (Caen, 1782 ; Paris, 1871) a été témoin de tout un cycle de l’histoire de la musique, de Luigi Cherubini Richard Wagner. Son répertoire comporte essentiellement des opéras. Des quarante opéras qu’il a composés, seuls deux ont su résister aux vicissitudes du temps : La Muette de Portici (parfois nommée Masaniello) et Fra Diavolo. La Muette de Portici est un opéra révolutionnaire de nombreux égards ; la légende veut même que la représentation du 29 juin 1830, au Thé tre de la Monnaie de Bruxelles ait déclenché l’insurrection qui fut l’origine du mouvement révolutionnaire entraînant la séparation de la Belgique et de laHollande. L’opéra-comique Fra Diavolo se révèle par son intérêt musical, qui lui vaut d’être interprété de nos jours encore. Les nombreuses aventures du capitaine Fra Diavolo sont restées captivantes gr ce un langage musical attrayant, dénué de sentimentalité.Lâ€⠄¢ouverture Fra Diavolo est de structure classique. Les thèmes simples et débonnaires évoquent des images claires, et de nombreux appels et échos militaires nous rappellent que l’intrigue se développe au rythme des péripéties des brigands et des carabiniers ! L’introduction de l’ouverture est orchestrée de façon inhabituelle pour l’époque. La caisse claire tient le rôle principal.

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SKU: BR.BES-3089

And Final Version (1872/74) - Opera in 4 Acts and Prologue. Composed by Modest Mussorgskij. Arranged by Pawel Lamm. Softcover. Bessel, London. Opera; Music theatre; Romantic. Libretto. 48 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BES 3089. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BES-3089).

ISBN 9790004610022. 0 x 0 inches.

Duration: full evening
Text by the composer after Alexander Pushkins Dramatic Chronic of Tsars Boris and Grishka Otrepiev and Nikolai Karamsins History of the Russian Empire
Translation: German (M. Hube), Engl. (D. Lloyd-Jones)
Place and time: Moscow and environment, Court of the Novodevichy Monastery, Tshudov Monastery, Roadside Inn near the Lithuanian frontier, Tsar's Chamber in Kremlin, Castle of Sandomir, Kromy Forest, 1598-1605

Characte rs: Boris Godunov (baritone) - Feodor and Xenia, his Children (mezzo-soprano, soprano) - Wet Nurse Xenias (alto) - Prince Wassily Ivanovitch Shuisky (tenor) - Andrej Schtschelkalov, Secret Scribe (baritone) - Pimen, Chronic Scribe (bass) - Grigory Otrepiev, later Dmitry (tenor) - Marina Mnischek, Wojewoden von Sandomir's Daughter (mezzo-soprano) - Rangoni, Secret Jew (bass) - Varlaam and Missail, escaped Monks (bass, tenor) -Roadside Inn Landlady (mezzo-soprano) - A Simpleton (tenor) - Nikititsh, Church Advocate (bass) - a Boyar (tenor) - Boyar Chrushtschov (tenor) - Mitjucha, Farmer (baritone) - Lowitzki and Tschernjakowski, Jesuits (basses)

The Original version of 1868/69 consists of seven scenes in one prologue and three acts: 1. Courtyard of the Novodevichy monastery - 2. Square in the Kremlin. Coronation scene. - 3. Pimen's cell in the Chudov monastery - 4. Inn scene - 5. A room in the Czar's apartments in the Kremlin - 6. Outside St. Basil's Cathedral - 7. Council of Boyars. Death of Boris.

When the work was rejected by St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater Mussorgsky followed the advice of friends and revised the opera. In the Final version of 1871/72 he expanded the fifth scene scrapped the sixth and added three new scenes so that the opera now consisted of nine scenes in one prologue and four acts:

1.- 4. see 1868/69 - 5. A room in the Czar's apartments in the Kremlin - 6. Marina's boudoir in Sandomir - 7. Palace park in Sandomir - 8. Council of Boyars. Death of Boris - 9. In the forest of Kromy (Revolution scene)

The score published under the supervision of Pavel Lamm in the Complete Edition (1928) and the piano reduction (1931) contain the parts of both versions transmitted in score as well as in the piano reduction all the changes made by Mussorgsky in his piano reduction of 1874. The performance material can thus be used for a production of either the original version or the final version according to need.