| Duetto for cello and double bass Violoncelle, Contrebasse (duo) Yorke Edition
Trombone, Cello SKU: BT.YE0001 Composed by Gioachino Rossini. Book Only. ...(+)
Trombone, Cello SKU:
BT.YE0001 Composed by
Gioachino Rossini. Book
Only. Yorke Edition
#YE0001. Published by
Yorke Edition
(BT.YE0001). It
was a chance visit to a
second hand bookshop in
Nottingham that set me on
the trail of Rossini's
now well-known Duetto for
cello and double bass.
But the story begins
earlier than that. In the
1960s I was studying the
double bass at the Royal
College of Music with
Adrian Beers, who was at
that time principal of
the English Chamber
Orchestra, on the front
desk of the Philharmonia
Orchestra, and a member
of the Melos Ensemble of
London (then one of the
leading ensembles of the
world). I was working on
the 'Dragonetti
Concerto', as most young
players do, and I wanted
to find out a bit about
it. My teacher said he
thought the autograph
manuscript might be in
the British Library,which
was all the encouragement
I needed to secure a pass
to the Reading Room so I
could go and see for
myself.
There,
sure enough, I found a
large collection of
Dragonetti's autograph
manuscripts, together
with other bound volumes
relating to his life. The
papers had been lovingly
collated and annotated by
Vincent Novello, one of
Dragonetti's closest
friends, then deposited
in the library before his
departure to Italy in
1848, two years after
Dragonetti's death. One
of the volumes included a
lot of letters about
various engagements and
music festivals, copies
of orders for strings
Dragonetti wanted from
Italy, details about
paintings he wanted to
buy, and numerous
invitations to private
functions. The manuscript
of the 'Dragonetti
Concerto', of course,
wasn't among the papers
â?? we now know it to
have been written by
Edouard Nanny a century
or so later.
One name that
came up regularly in the
documents was that of Sir
George Smart. Smart had
been a violinist in
Salomon's orchestra and
had played for Haydn at
his London concerts in
the 1790s. As a child he
had learnt much about
music from his father,
who had in turn been
present at many of
Handel's rehearsals when
he was preparing some of
his major works for the
first time. Smart was
also a fine keyboard
player, becoming organist
of the Chapel Royal in
1822. As a conductor. $13.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| 5 Duetti Hofmeister Musikverlag
Trombone (2) - Level 2-3 SKU: HF.FH-2627 Composed by Gioachino Rossini. E...(+)
Trombone (2) - Level 2-3
SKU: HF.FH-2627
Composed by Gioachino
Rossini. Edited by Fatch.
Arranged by Fatch. Sheet
music. Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
#FH 2627. Published by
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag (HF.FH-2627).
ISBN 9790203426271.
8.3 x 11.7
inches. $11.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Compagni, andiam (Chorus from ‘La Favorita’) [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Ut Orpheus
Chamber Music for Wind SKU: UT.TIB-13 Quando corpus morietur (Quartet ...(+)
Chamber Music for Wind
SKU: UT.TIB-13
Quando corpus morietur
(Quartet from
‘Stabat
Mater’) for 2
Trumpets and 2 Trombones.
Reduction by Fermo
Bellini (1804-1865).
Composed by Gaetano
Donizetti and Gioachino
Rossini. Edited by Igino
Conforzi. Saddle
stitching. Classical.
Score and Parts. Ut
Orpheus #TIB 13.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.TIB-13). ISBN
9790215318458. 9 x 12
inches. A talented
and complex figure with a
character of rare depth
and irreproachable
morals, Fermo Bellini
lived a life rich in
experiences in the most
disparate cultural
fields, building his
period in music between
1839 and 1850. A pupil of
the distinguished
violinist and conductor
Gaetano Zocca in Ferrara,
he specialized on the
trombone, perhaps
encouraged by his
teacher, who had invented
a new form of bow for
this instrument. His son
relates his success in
the various theatres
where he performed and in
Milan, where he was held
in esteem both as a
composer and a theorist,
transcribing opera scores
particularly for wind
instruments according to
the fashion of the day.
He was musically
productive from 1833, the
date of the printing of
his first work continuing
til the middle of the
century when his passion
for literature and social
comment took on greater
significance. Treatises,
duets, trios, quartets
and divertimenti
demonstrate his
considerable mastery and
knowledge of wind
instruments. such that it
made him the leading
exponent of the Milanese
scene: works which were
published by the major
publishers of Milan such
as Francesco Lucca and
the Ricordi family
confirm the reputation
and success that Bellini
achieved there. $21.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
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