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Impresario Overture, The (arr. Glover)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Andrew Glover)


General Info

Year: 1786 / 2007
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum (optional)
  • Snare Drum (optional)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

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


For the Marshall, Missouri, High School Band, Sarah Canavah, conductor.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

  • South Carolina: IV


Performances

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  • North Central Missouri Bandmasters Association (Chillicothe) Clinic Band (Andrew Glover, conductor) - 22 November 2021


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