Light Cavalry Overture (arr Fall)

Franz von Suppé

Franz von Suppé (arr. E. Fall)

General Info

Year: 1866 / 1936
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rubank
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

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Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal

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

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Valdosta (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (Thetheus White, conductor) - 8 October 2020
• Allan Hancock College (Santa Maria, Calif.) Concert Band (Greg Stoll, conductor) - 8 November 2014
• Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band - 8 July 2014
• Ely City Band, Ely, MN (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 10 July 2012

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

• Light Cavalry, Wikipedia
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Light Cavalry: Overture." Accessed 26 August 2022.
• Suppe, F.; Fall, E. (1936) Light Cavalry: Overture [score]. Rubank: [s.l.]