Miniatur-Ouvertüre
Subtitle: für Bläser und Schlagzeug
General Info
Year: 1932 / 1951
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
C Trumpet I-II
Trombone
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Miniatur-Ouvertüre is indeed miniature in size and length, though it is a technically complex work, requiring advanced players on each part. Music critic Rob Barnett writes, "The Miniature Overture is one of those works of the 1930s that has a foot planted firmly in the 1920s. It is scored sparsely and scathingly for wind ensemble. This is caustic music with a vitriolic edge, cheery but sardonic - the equivalent of Grosz’s drawings of Berlin nightlife although written in Hollywood."
- Program Note by San Francisco Wind Ensemble concert program, 12 July 2015
Awards
- Miniatur-Ouvertüre has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Louisville Orchestra (Jorge Mester, conductor) - 2005
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) – 12 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Five Pieces for Wind Instruments and Percussion (Toch)
- Miniatur-Ouvertüre (1932/1974)
- Sinfonietta (Toch)
- Spiel für Blasorchester (1926/1954)
Resources
- Toch, E. [ca. 1974] Miniatur-Ouvertüre: (1932): für Bläser und Schlagzeug [score] Ars Viva: Mainz.