Dixtuor
Subtitle: In D major, for wind instruments, Opus 14
General Info
Year: 1906
Duration: c. 20:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Masters Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $40.00
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Movements
1. Doucement Mouvementé – 7:08
2. Modérément – 7:22
3. Allegrettement – 6:00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Dixtuor or Decet in D Major, Opus 14, was written in 1906. It is scored for pairs of flutes, clarinets, bassoons and French horns, with an oboe and cor anglais. The first movement is broadly in sonata-form, with the first subject announced by the flute, followed by a transitional theme played by horns and bassoons and leading to a lyrical second subject, introduced by the cor anglais. The slow movement introduces a song-like melody played at the octave by the oboe and cor anglais, while the central section, which serves as a scherzo, is dominated by the flute with a light-hearted melody that is to be paired, in the final section, with the principal theme of the movement. This leads to a final movement in sonata-rondo form, in which, as elsewhere in the work, the occasional modal treatment of material suggests the pervasive influence of Romania on the musical language employed.
Symphonic in character, the Dixtuor avoids monotony of effect by skilful and varied use of the instruments for which it is scored.
- Program Note from liner notes from CD "Enescu: String Octet in C, Op. 7, Dixtuor for Winds in D, Op. 14." Marco Polo.
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra - 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana University (Bloomington) Chamber Winds (Suzanne Charney, conductor) - 1 April 2021
- University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band (Donald J. McKinney, conductor) - 19 September 2017
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) Wind Ensemble (Allison Cockshaw, conductor) 7 December 2015
- Athenaeum Winds Ensemble - 2014
- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Orchestra (Michael Votta, conductor) – 20 March 2013 (CBDNA 2013 National Conference, Greensboro, N.C.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 1st Romanian Rhapsody (tr. Rogers) (1901/2019?)
- 2nd Romanian Rhapsody (tr. Rogers) (1902/2016)
- Dixtuor (1906)
- Hymn Jubilar (2009)
- Roumanian Rhapsody No 1 (1901/1938)
- Themes from "Romanian Rhapsody No 1" (arr. Gardner) (1901/1965)
- Themes from "Romanian Rhapsody No 1" (arr. Johnson) (1901/1949)