Leichte Kavallerie

Franz von Suppé

General Info

Year: 1866 / 2010
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Jacco Nefs
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $130.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Light Cavalry Overture is the overture to Franz von Suppé’s operetta Light Cavalry (German: Leichte Kavallerie), premiered in Vienna in 1866. Although the operetta is rarely performed or recorded, the overture is one of Suppé's most popular compositions, and has achieved a quite distinct life of its own, divorced from the opera of which it originally formed a part. Many orchestras around the world have the piece in their repertoire, and the main theme of the overture has been quoted numerous times by musicians, cartoons and other media.

-Program Note from Wikipedia

The Light Cavalry Overture was written as the prelude to an operetta of the same name. First produced in Vienna on March 24, 1866, it quickly fell into obscurity, but the overture lives on today as one of Suppe’s finest. In military parlance, the term light cavalry refers to horse-mounted troops who were trained to fight while riding.

-Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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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

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Light Cavalry: Overture." Accessed 11 July 2014
Jacco Nefs website Accessed 27 January 2020
Light Cavalry, Wikipedia