Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
An Alpine Symphony op. 64
concert band
698.00 €
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Delivery time: 2 - 3 weeks (Germany)
Details
- For
- concert band
- Product Type
- Score, Parts
- Author / Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Arranger
- Carlo Balmelli
- Product number
- 1198114
- Difficulty Level
- very demanding
Description
The German composer Richard Strauss wrote in the years of 1914/15 his most impressive tune “An Alpine Symphony”. However, the genesis of this composition goes back to the year 1900, in which the first comprehensive sketches were made and the idea for this work goes back to the youth of the composer. Impressed by a thunderstorm during a simple mountain hike, the young Strauss reflected his feelings on the piano by playing. Strauss certainly had the idea of musically describing a mountain hike as ...
Content
The Alpine Symphony is divided into the following sections:
Night – Sunrise – The ascent – Entrance to the forest – Walk beside the creek – At the waterfall – Appearance – On flowery meadows – On the pasture – Through thickets and scrub on erroneous paths – On the glacier – Dangerous moments – On the summit – Vision – Fog rising – The sun is beginning to darken – Elegy – Silence before the storm – Thunderstorm and storm, Descent – Sunset – Ending Night. (Edition Symphonic Works)
