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Lied et Scherzo
Subtitle: For Winds and Solo Horn
This work bears the designation Opus 54.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1910 / 1988
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kalmus
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $35.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo horn
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F II
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
One of the most interesting works by Florent Schmitt is his Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54, which he composed in 1910. The piece was first conceived as a work for double wind quintet, with one of the French horns acting as soloist throughout.
The work was dedicated to Schmitt’s fellow French composer Paul Dukas, who was famous for his own concertante work for French horn, the Villanelle (composed four years earlier in 1906).
Musicologist Pierre Barbier describes Lied et Scherzo as a “surprising diptych” that begins in a “dreamy, passionate” mood followed by a “fantastic, biting scherzo.” To this, I’d add that the music sounds positively “orchestral” in its conception -- notwithstanding the limited number of players. Simply put, it’s a thrilling piece of music.
- Program Note by Phillip Nones
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces (Eivind Aadand, conductor; Steinar Nilsen, horn) - 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Lynn University (Boca Raton, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Amis, conductor) – 7 September 2019
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor) – 12 March 2019
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Wind Symphony (Brandon R. Hults, conductor; Corbin Wagner, horn) – 27 October 2016
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Dionysiaques (1913)
- Dionysiaques (ed. Hauswirth) (1913/2012)
- Dionysiaques (arr. Duker) (1913/1975)
- Le Camp de Pompée (1921)
- Lied et Scherzo (1910/1988)
- Quatuor de Flûtes (1949)
- Quatuor pour saxophones (1948)
- Sélamlik (1906)
- Sélamlik (ed. Hauswirth) (1906)
Resources
- Nones, P. (Nov. 11, 2013). "Lied et Scherzo (1910), Florent Schmitt’s Incredible Piece Featuring the French Horn." Florent Schmitt. Accessed 26 September 2016
- Schmitt, F. (1988). Lied et Scherzo: for Winds and Solo Horn, op. 54 [score].
