Concert Band; Orchestra
4(4th dPicc).2(2nd
dEH).2+ECl+BCl.2:
4.12+2BsTpt.4+2Euph.1:
Timp.Perc(2): Hp: Str
(9-8-7-6-5 in set)
SKU: AP.36-A933801
Arranged by Leo
Janácek and ed./arr.
Karl Heinz Fussl. Full
Orchestra. Kalmus
Orchestra Library.
Masterwork. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A933801.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A933801).
ISBN
9781638879947. UPC:
676737584795.
English.
Leo
Janácek (1854-1928)
wrote a large portion of
his most distinctive
music late in life,
following the success of
a revised version of his
opera Jenufa in 1916. His
extensive research of the
national folklore had a
great impact on his work
as a composer. Inspired
by a military band
performance in a park,
the Sinfonietta opens
with a military-style
fanfare for brass and
percussion. It received
its commission from a
Czech gymnastics
association to celebrate
the Eighth National Sokol
Rally which took place in
Prague in the summer of
1926. The Czech
Philharmonic gave the
first performance on June
26th of that year under
the direction of Vaclav
Talich. The inner
movements provide
contrasting melodic and
rhythmic material,
characterized by rhythmic
shifts, abrupt mood
changes, and fragments of
folk dance. The final
movement climbs through a
long, intensifying
sequence to reprise the
opening music, now taken
up by the full orchestra.
Instrumentation:
4(4dPicc).2+EH.2+PiccCl+B
Cl.2:
4.12+2BsTpt.4+2Euph.1:
Timp.Perc(Cym, Chimes):
Hp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in
set). Reprint
edition.
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