Franz von Suppé: Light Cavalry: Concert Band: Score & Parts

Leichte Kavallerie-Although he was born in Split Croatia of Belgian descent Franz von Suppé s nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the great majority of his success the Austrian capital Vienna. It was here where with assistance from the Johan Strausses and Franz Lehar he helped to assure Vienna s reputation as the operetta capital of the world. He achieved this by pioneering operetta as a major medium for the theatre. The overture to Light Cavalry is one of his two most famous works the other being the Poet and Peasant Overture written as incidental music for a play of the same name.