Rheinische Kirmestanze

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Subtitle: für 13 Bläser

General Info

Year: 1950 / 1962 / 1973
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €36.00 | Score Only (print) - €18.99

Movements

1. Tempo de Valse – 1:10
2. Allegretto – 0:40
3. Allegretto – 1:35
4. Allegro Comodo – 0:55
5. Alla Marcia 1:15

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (Piccolo I-II)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Cornet (or Trumpet)
Horn in F
Trombone
Tuba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Rheinische Kirmestänze (Rhineland Fair Dances) is composed in five short movements, using mixed and changing meter, tonal harmonies and with rather accessible technical demands.

This suite for 13 wind instruments was written in 1950. It was then revised in 1962 prior to its premiere, on August 13, 1963.

- Program Note from WASBE

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Emsland Ensemble; Ensemble Prisma
Audio CD: Emsland Ensemble; Ensemble Prisma - 2005

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

German-Polish Youth Orchestra (Ueckermünde) (Wolfgang Spitz, conductor) – 24 May 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Giostra Genovese (1962)
Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu (1962/1966)
Rheinische Kirmestänze (1950/1962/1973)
Söbensprung (1950)

Resources

Perusal score
"RHEINISCHE KIRMESTÄNZE for Chamber Winds by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (Germany, 1918-1970)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 26 April 2021). Accessed 13 January 2023
Zimmermann, B. [1973]. Rheinische Kirmestänze, für 13 Bläser [score]. B. Schott: Mainz.