Impresario Overture, The

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Gordon Ring)

General Info

Year: 1786 / 2020
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Gordon Ring Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00; (digital) - $40.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

• Flute
• Oboe
• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• B-flat Trumpet
• Violin

Part 2

• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet
• Violin

Part 3

• B-flat Soprano Clarinet
• E-flat Alto Saxophone
• B-flat Trumpet
• Horn in F
• Violin
• Viola

Part 4

• Bassoon
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Horn in F
• Cello

Part 5

• Bassoon
• B-flat Bass Clarinet
• E-flat Baritone Saxophone
• Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• String Bass

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The overture to a comic singspiel, The Impresario ("Der Schauspieldirektor," K 486) is set in an energetic presto tempo and arranged for a flex ensemble of winds and/or strings.

- Program Note from publisher

Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), K. 486, is a comic singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor. Originally, it was written because of "the imperial command" of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II who had invited 80 guests to a private luncheon. It is regarded as "a parody on the vanity of singers", who argue over status and pay.

Mozart, who describes it as "comedy with music" wrote it as his entry in a musical competition which was given a private performance hosted on 7 February 1786 by Joseph II at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. This competition pitted a German singspiel, presented at one end of the room, against a competing Italian opera, the Italian entry being Antonio Salieri's opera buffa, Prima la musica e poi le parole (First the Music, then the Words), which was then given at the other end of the room. The premiere was followed by the first of three public performances given four days later at the Kärntnertor Theater, Vienna, on 11 February.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)

All Wind Works

• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Isaac) (1782/1967)
• The Abduction from the Seraglio (tr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Wendt) (1782/1975)
• Adagio (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2009)
• Adagio, K. 411
• Alla Turca (arr. Saleh; ed. Steinquest) (1783)
• Allegro Molto (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (arr. Bobrowitz) (c. 1770/2015)
• Amadeus (arr. Mortimer) (1791/1999)
• Andante Gracioso (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Kreines) (1791)
• Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Buehlman) (1791/1967)
• Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Williams) (1791/2006)
• Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Haydn; arr. Curnow) (2005)
• Concerto for 2 Pianos (tr. Dich) (c. 1779/2007)
• Concerto for Bassoon, K191 (arr. Yeago) (1774)
• Concerto for Clarinet, K622 (arr. Rumbelow) (1791/1997)
• Concerto for Horn in E-flat, K417 (arr. Rumbelow) (1783/2000)
• Concerto for Oboe in C major, K314 (arr. Rumbelow) (1777)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (arr. Bardeen) (c. 1787/1964)
• Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1787)
• Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K.495 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1786)
• Così Fan Tutte (arr. Hovey) (1790/1974)
• "Così Fan Tutte" Overture (arr. Jourdan) (1790/1997)
• Die Schlittenfahrt (arr. Hautvast)
• Divertimento in B-flat No. 4, K.186 (1773)
• Divertimento in B-flat major, No. 1 K.270
• Divertimento in Eb, K 166 (1773)
• Don Giovanni (arr. Josef Triebensee)
• Don Giovanni Overture (arr. Thorne) (1787/2017)
• Ein Musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke) (arr. Thompson)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Erickson)
• Fantasia in F (arr. Schaefer) (1790/1962)
• Figaro's Wedding (arr. Mayr) (1786/1909)
• Fugue in G minor (arr. Shumway) (c. 1781/1961)
• Horn Quintet in E-flat major (arr. Hoet) (1782/2008)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Barnes) (1795/1965)
• Il Re Pastore (arr. Hovey) (1795/1968)
• The Impresario Overture (arr. Glover) (1786/2007)
• The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
• Là ci darem la mano from "Don Giovanni" (arr. Ninmer) (1787/)
• La Clemenza di Tito (arr. Hovey) (1791/1973)
• Le Nozze di Figaro. See also: The Marriage of Figaro
• Le Nozze di Figaro (arr. Bernardini) (1786)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Peters) (1786/2013)
• Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Takahashi) (1786/2006)
• A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
• The Magic Flute (arr. Heidenreich) (1791/1977)
• Magic Flute: Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1791/1900/1935)
• The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
• The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Slocum) (1786/1958)
• The Marriage of Figaro. See also: Le Nozze di Figaro
• The Marriage of Figaro Overture. See also: Figaro's Wedding
• Menuetto and Rondo (arr. Snavely) (1783/1972)
• Minuet and Trio (arr. Longfield) (1782/2011)
• Mozart! (arr. Harnsberger) (2006)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz) (1774/2013)
• Mozart Alleluia (arr. John O'Reilly)
• A Mozart Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1991)
• A Mozart Festival (arr. Johnson) (1957)
• Mozart Minuet and Rondo (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozart Serenade and Dance (arr. John O'Reilly)
• Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
• Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (arr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
• Overture to "The Magic Flute" (arr. Blomhert) (1791/1982)
• Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Harmoniemusik (arr. Wendt) (1786)
• Piano Concerto No. 10. See: Concerto for 2 Pianos
• Requiem, K.626 (arr. Longfield) (1792/2005)
• Romanza from "Horn Concerto No 3, K 447 (arr. Clark) (1787/1997)
• Rondo (arr. Coles) (1791/1955)
• Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320 (arr. Marcus)
• Rondo in Eb for Horn and Orchestra (arr. Saras)
• Serenade in E-flat Major K375 (ed. Leeson & Zaslaw) (1781/1979)
• Serenade K361 also known as Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"
• Serenade K375 also known as Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major
• Serenade No 10 in Bb "Gran Partita" (tr. Thompson) (1781/2019)
• Serenade No 11 in Eb (ed. Fennell) (c. 1781/1791/1995)
• Serenade No. 12 in C minor. See: Serenade in C minor K388
• Serenade in C minor K388
• The Sleigh Ride (arr. Dunnigan) (1791/1998)
• Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) also known as the Turkish March arr. (arr. Amis)
• Sonata for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (arr. Marek)
• Swing Mozart 2004 (arr. Tsunoda) (2004)
• Symphony No. 15 Finale (arr. Daehn) (1722/2006)
• Symphony No. 29: First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
• Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)
• Titus Overture (arr. Moehlmann) (1791/1955)
• Turkish March (arr. Longfield) (ca. 1783/2002)

Resources

• Creative Repertoire Initiative
• Der Schauspieldirektor, Wikipedia Accessed 15 October 2020
• Gordon Ring Music website Accessed 15 October 2020