Isabella

Franz von Suppé

Franz von Suppé (trans. Louis-Philippe Laurendeau)

General Info

Year: 1869 / 1903
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Soprano Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III
B-flat Tenor Horn
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Castanets
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Isabella, a comic opera in one act, was first performed at Carl Theater in Vienna on the 5th of November 1869. The librettist was Joseph Weyl, a well-known poet who also collaborated with Johann Strauss. The story is conveyed by a Spanish flavour in the introduction of the overture. This is interrupted by a brief lyrical bassoon solo, before moving into a brilliant march. An inevitable Viennese waltz is unfolded before the return to the Spanish colour.

- Program Note from HeBu

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• AUSA Sounds of Freedom Band (Clovis, Calif.) (Monte Gmur, conductor) - 12 March 2023
• Banda Municipal de Granada (José Solá Palmer, conductor) – 6 September 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Banditenstreiche (trans. Nefs) (1868/2012)
• The Beautiful Galatea (arr. Lopez)
• Beautiful Galatea Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1865/1900)
• Beautiful Galatea Overture (arr. Verhaert) (1865/2005)
• Boccacio March (arr. Sturchio/Geisler)
• Boccaccio (tr. Nefs) (1879/2020)
• Boccaccio Mars (arr. Hautvast) (1879/2007)
• Das Pensionat (scored Lake; rev. Whear) (1860/1958/1981)
• Dichter und Bauer (tr. Nefs) (1846/2010)
• Dichter und Bauer (arr. Stevenson) (1846/)
• Dichter und Bauer (arr. Wagner) (1846/1996)
• Dichter und Bauer. See also: Poet and Peasant Overture
• Die Frau Meisterin (ed. Laurendeau) (1868/1909)
• Dona Juanita (arr. Barnes)
• Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien (tr. Nefs) (1844/2015)
• Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien. See also: Poet and Peasant Overture
• Fatinitza Overture (arr. Gore)
• Fatinitza Overture (arr. Yoder)
• Isabella (tr. Laurendeau) (1869/1903)
• Jolly Robbers Overture (arr. Bender)
• Jolly Robbers Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1867/1897)
• Jolly Robbers Overture. See also: Banditenstreiche
• Leichte Kavallerie (arr. Nefs) (1866/2010)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Fall) (1866/1937)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Fillmore; ed. Foster) (1866/2000)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1866/1906)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Houllif) (1866)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Kreines) (1866)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1866/2003)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Tobani) (1866/1887)
• Light Cavalry Overture (arr. Van der Beek) (1866)
• Light Cavalry Overture (ed. Schissel) (1866/2004)
• Light Cavalry Overture. See also: Leichte Kavallerie
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (arr. Foster) (1844/2002)
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (arr. Morelli) (1844)
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (arr. Tobani) (1844/1896)
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (tr. Singleton)
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna. See also: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
• Pique Dame Overture (tr. Singleton)
• Pique Dame Overture (arr. Tobani and Kent) (1862/1896/1948)
• Poet and Peasant Overture (arr. Meyrelles) (1845/1911)
• Poet and Peasant Overture (arr. Takahashi) (1845/1997)
• Poet and Peasant Overture (arr. Safranek) (1845/1911)
• Poet and Peasant Overture (tr. Singleton) (1845)
• Poet and Peasant Overture (tr. Fillmore) (1845/1922)
• Poet and Peasant Overture. See also: Dichter und Bauer
• Tantalusqualen Overture (arr. Grotenhuis)
• Vienna Jubilation Overture (tr. Bourgeois) (1890)

Resources

• "Isabella - Overture to the comic Opera." HeBu. Web. Accessed 12 March 223
• "Isabella (Suppé, Franz von)." IMSLP. Accessed 12 March 2023
• Suppé, F.; Laurendeau, L. (no date). Isabella [score]. Carl Fischer: [s.l.].