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Nobilissima Visione
Paul Hindemith (trans. George Sweet)
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General Info
Year: 1938
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Nobilissima visione (The Noblest Vision) is a 50-minute ballet (or, more precisely, a "dance legend") in six scenes by Paul Hindemith, originally choreographed by Léonide Massine for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The libretto by Hindemith and Massine depicts episodes from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. The work was completed in February 1938 and premiered at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 21 July 1938, under the baton of the composer. He led one performance of the new ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York (for which the title was temporarily altered to Saint Francis) on 14 October of the same year. After the ballet premiere, Hindemith extracted a 20-minute orchestral suite (retaining the Nobilissima visione name) in three movements, using five of the original eleven movements:
- Introduction and Rondo
- March and Pastorale
- Passacaglia
The first performance of the suite in Venice was at Teatro La Fenice on 13 September 1938 and has become a regularly programmed orchestral work. Though the ballet was originally scored for a small orchestra, the suite was for a full symphony orchestra from the outset. The suite does not attempt to follow the action of the ballet. Instead, Hindemith extracted only those portions of the score which he felt would be most effective in the concert hall. Hindemith himself conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in a 21 November 1956 stereophonic recording of the suite, which was released by EMI.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff) Wind Symphony (Daniel Schmidt, conductor) – 16 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Concert Music, op. 50 (tr. Duker) (1930/1978)
- Der Schwanendreher (1935)
- Geschwindmarsch by Beethoven (1946)
- Geschwindmarsch (arr. Mas Quiles) (1946/1975)
- Kammermusik Nr. 5 (1927/1955)
- Kammermusik Nr. 7 (1927/1956)
- Kleine Kammermusik (1922/1949)
- Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Opus 41 (1926)
- Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen, Opus 49 (1930)
- Mathis der Maler (tr. Duker) (1934/1973)
- Morgenmusik (1932)
- Neues vom Tage Overture (arr. Rogers) (1929/)
- Nobilissima Visione (tr. Sweet) (1938/)
- Ragtime (tr. De Cinque) (1921/2016)
- Septet (1948/1949)
- Sonata (arr. Spede) (1938/2006)
- Sonata for Four Horns (1952)
- Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (tr. Wilson) (1943/1972)
- March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" (tr. Wilson) (1943/1972)
- Marsch from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" (tr. Ross) (1943/2012)
- Symphony in B-flat (1951)
- Symphony in E-flat (arr. Rogers) (1940/)
Resources
- Nobilissima Visione. Wikipedia. Accessed 20 September 2022
- Paul Hindemith website Accessed 20 September 2022