Gioachino Rossini
Ouverture from La Gazza Ladra
Short instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0, perc, str
Duration: 10'
Bearbeitung: Paolo Fradiani
Instrumentation details:
flute
oboe
clarinet in A
bassoon
horn in F
trumpet in Bb
trombone
snare drum
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Ouverture from La Gazza Ladra
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Gioachino Rossini
Ouverture from La Gazza Ladra
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Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
La gazza ladra is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts. with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on La pie voleuse by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. The first performance of The Thieving Magpie was on 31 May 1817, at La Scala, Milan. The Ouverture is reduced for large ensemble, the brass section, with snare drum, maintains the sound power of the original version.
What is necessary to perform this work?
Minimum instrumentation requirements:
1 Flute
1 Oboe
1 Clarinet in A
1 Bassoon
1 Horn in F
1 Trumpet in Bb
1 Trombone
1 Snare Drum
2 Violins
1 Viola
1 Violoncello
1 Doublebass