Bassoon; Orchestra
SKU: UT.HS-329R
Composed by Simplicio
Gualco. Edited by Italo
Vescovo. Classical. Piano
Reduction. Ut Orpheus #HS
329R. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.HS-329R).
ISBN 9790215327962. 9
x 12 inches.
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In
the second half of the
19th century, in Italy,
melodrama was still the
most practised musical
genre, but space for
instrumental production
began to grow, especially
thanks to the Quartet
societies which tried to
reduce the gap remaining
compared to other
European countries,
offering it to the public
with an energy which was
certainly praiseworthy.
However, they were not
the only institutions
where instrumental music
was cultivated. In this
context it must be
remembered that music
conservatories also
played an important role,
especially through the
music recitals given by
the best students. In one
of these, which was held
at the Milan Conservatory
on 9 July 1884, the
concert piece Andante
e Polacca for bassoon
and orchestra by
Simplicio Gualco
(1861-1942) was
performed, a piece which
aroused a great deal of
interest as stated in the
‘Gazzetta Musicale
di Milano’ of 20
July of that year. After
the recital, the piece
ended up in the
Conservatory archives and
was never played again.
It was rediscovered
recently, thanks to the
research work on the
composer by the
musicologists Italo
Vescovo and Flavio
Menardi Noguera, both
connected to the
composer’s
hometown.