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Festmusik zum Empfang des Königs Friedrich August (1844)

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Festmusik zum Empfang des Königs Friedrich August (1844)

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Performance time
00:04:10

Grade Level
Mittelstufe

Publisher
Rundel

Size
A4

Info
Full Score + Parts

Order Number
MVSR2693

Release Date
2013

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Richard Wagner wrote this festive composition in early April, 1844 in just few days after hearing King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony had returned from England. This action by his own authority offended Wagner’s superiors, the Baron of Luettichau and the musical director Karl Reissiger, but he calmed the waves by leaving the premiere conducting to Reissiger – Wagner himself sang in the choir. According to Wagner’s notes, 300 singers and 120 musicians performed the premiere in Pillnitz on August 12. Other sources mention 200 singers and 106 musicians. Whatever number may be right, the size of the choir and the orchestra must have been impressive and so the performance. It is striking that Wagner composed his homage to the King as an original work for wind instruments and male choir. This piece is more evidence that the master composer understood and used the wind orchestra’s potential. The advantages of a wind orchestra as compared to a symphony orchestra were apparently obvious back then, especially at open air performances. Wagner also liked the strong sound of wind instruments. Another interesting fact is that he never wrote an edition of this piece for symphony orchestra, just a version for one singer and piano. It seems like Wagner was of the opinion that an orchestral rendition of this work had to employ a large wind orchestra. In his autobiography, Wagner called the day of the premiere "the most beautiful summer day I can remember in my whole life".

Keywords

RUNDEL Promo-Katalog 2013

dynamisch

Richard Wagner

sinfonisch

19th century / 1800 / 1900

Arrangement / Transcription

Arrival

Classical Music

Dresden

festive

German composers

happy / joyful

King / Queen

New Year's Concert

New Year's Eve concert

Nobility

Orchestral Transcriptions

royal

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solemn

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Festmusik zum Empfang des Königs Friedrich August (1844)
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Richard Wagner wrote this festive composition in early April, 1844 in just few days after hearing King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony had returned from England. This action by his own authority offended Wagner’s superiors, the Baron of Luettichau and the musical director Karl Reissiger, but he calmed the waves by leaving the premiere conducting to Reissiger – Wagner himself sang in the choir. According to Wagner’s notes, 300 singers and 120 musicians performed the premiere in Pillnitz on August 12. Other sources mention 200 singers and 106 musicians. Whatever number may be right, the size of the choir and the orchestra must have been impressive and so the performance. It is striking that Wagner composed his homage to the King as an original work for wind...

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