Poet and Peasant Overture

Franz von Suppé

Franz von Suppé (tr. Henry Fillmore)

General Info

Year: 1845 / 1922
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00   |   Score Only - $10.00

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
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Horn in E-flat I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Orchestra Bells
• Snare Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Two overtures associated with the old-time park band concerts of the day when those events were at their peak in popularity are Rossini's William Tell and Suppé's Poet and Peasant. Although Suppé is noted as the composer of a great number of comic operas, this particular work did not belong to an opera until several years after its 1845 composition date. The themes from this overture are among the most often quoted material for comic effects for stage productions and animated cartoons probably because they represent, in sound, an era of nostalgia and are familiar to audiences of all age groups. It is for this reason, if no other, that the composition deserves to be heard in its original context as a serious but highly entertaining selection.

- Program Note by Program Notes for Band

Among the most popular is his Poet and Peasant (Dichter und Bauern) Overture of 1846, composed not for one of his own operettas but as a part of incidental music to a play by a colleague named Elmar. So popular did the Overture become that it has been published in nearly forty different arrangements

- Program Note by Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

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State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Florida: V
• Georgia: IV
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• Kansas: V
• Louisiana: V
• Mississippi: VI-A
• North Carolina: VI
• South Carolina: V
• Tennessee: VI
• Virginia: V

Performances

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• Florida State University (Tallahassee) Concert Band – 4 April 2023
• Fillmore Wind Band (Cincinnati, Ohio) (Jim Daughters, conductor) – 3 December 2016
• Colts Neck (N.J.) Community Band (Richard Grossman, conductor) - 13 November 2014
• Webster (N.Y.) Village Band - 2013
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor) - 4 June 2011

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. "Franz von Suppé." Accessed 9 October 2022.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 574.
• Suppé, F.; Fillmore, H. (1922). Poet and Peasant Overture [score]. Fillmore Music House: New York.