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CAFFEE Variations

CAFFEE Variations

Concert Band

CAFFEE Variations

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Performance time
00:06:00

Grade Level
Mittel-/Oberstufe

Publisher
Rundel

Size
A4

Info
Full Score + Condensed Score + Parts

Order Number
MVSR2338

Release Date
2004

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The majestic Lichtenberg Castle is located in the vicinity of the western Palatinate city of Kusel. It houses a musicians’ museum that is worth visiting. This museum is dedicated to the Palatinate migratory musicians who were forced to perform in small groups abroad. It was an area of utmost poverty. The land did not allow farming, and there were no other possibilities to find any work. This is why so many men did become musicians. They went to play music in Paris, London, even in New York, Berlin and so on.

When the Dutch composer Kees Vlaak was awarded a prize there, he sat down in the tower chamber of Lichtenberg Castle and began composing. His “C-a-f-f-e-e Variations” are his way to express his gratitude and he selected an interesting subtitle for his work: “How migratory musicians from the Palatinate drank their coffee all over the world.”

Variation 1 therefore refers to Ireland and Irish Coffee.
Rüdesheim on the Rhine is described in Variation 2.
The tarantella of Variation 3 alludes to a fine capuccino.
Variation 4 comes from Moscow, where vodka is served with the coffee.
Variation 5 introduces a fine Alpine mocca.
Variation 6 is dedicated to the Vienna melange and the capital of Austria.
Finally Variation 7 evokes the memory of the "Folies Bergère" and the "Moulin Rouge" of Paris - French coffee with Grand Marnier.

The "Caffee Variations" is a hilarious, almost ingenious composition and a lot of fun for both musicians and listeners.

Keywords

Alps

Austria

Castle

Food / Meal

France

Germany

humorous

Ireland

Italy

Moscow

Paris

Russia

Variations

Vienna

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