Trombone and 1 other
inst. (solo: B-tbne -
2(picc).2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 -
timp. str)
SKU:
BR.EB-33001
Urtext. Composed
by Christian Gottlieb
Muller. Edited by Nick
Pfefferkorn. Arranged by
Gunter (KA) Ludwig. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Romantic period. Piano
reduction. 32 pages.
Duration 15'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 33001.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EB-33001).
ISBN
9790004186800. 9 x 12
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.