Parts Woodwind Octet
(Woodwind Parts)
SKU:
HL.49045833
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Mozart Opera Arias
arranged by Steve
Martland for wind
octet. Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Arranged by Steve
Martland. Woodwind
Ensemble. Classical.
Softcover. 116 pages.
Duration 900 seconds.
Schott Music #ED12939-10.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045833).
9.0x12.0
inches.
With
Wolf-Gang, the British
composer Steve Martland,
ironizingly, follows the
18-century tradition of
wind music ensembles with
which underpaid musicians
made some money on the
side. Martland arranged
six arias from Don
Giovanni, The Magic Flute
and Le Nozze di Figaro
for wind octet, adapting
them to today's possible
playing techniques. By
adding cor anglais and
soprano saxophone, it was
possible to have each
aria played by a
different combination of
instruments so that each
aria stands out against
the others with regard to
the sound. While
rearranging the
instrumentation, Martland
left the musical material
of Mozart untouched.
Contents: I La ci darem
la mano (Don Giovanni) II
Madamina, il catalogo e
questo (Don Giovanni) III
Der Vogelfanger bin ich
ja (The Magic Flute) IV
Marsch der Priester (The
Magic Flute) V Se a caso
Madama (The Marriage of
Figaro) VI Non piu andrai
(The Marriage of
Figaro).