The Moldau
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Product ID: WG3 ETM1363
By Bdrich Smetana
Publisher:
Musikverlag Andrea Wiegand
Arranger:
Thomas Stapf
Series:
Festmusik
Genre:
Romantique Era, Symphonic Poem
Line Up:
Unknown (Solo: Unknown)
Duration:
16'00
Level: 2-4
Set & Score
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About this item
Smetana’s lively musical picture of his native Bohemia is finally available scored for school and amateur orchestras. This skillful simplified arrangement from the Music Publishing House Andrea Wiegand makes it possible for school and amateur orchestras to take a musical trip along the romantic Moldau River! From the First source of the Vltava over the St. John’s Rapids to Vltava – powerful stream – our (almost) full-length version has all the memorable motifs and melodies.
The standard version of the score is for strings, woodwinds (Holz I) and brass (Blech I). A more complete orchestra gets closer to the original sound; additions may include flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, as well as 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (altern. french horn) and tuba. As available, Timpani, Bass drum, Cymbals, Triangle and Glockenspiel, as well as Piano and Harp, can also participate.
The degree of difficulty for the wind instruments is easy to moderate. Parts can be split between two musicians, taking into account the number available and their individual skills.The string parts are clearly simplified. The viola can be replaced by a third violin, while the cello/bass group can be supported by a simplified additional cello/bass-easy part (both parts are included in the set).
You can obtain numerous alternative parts (including saxophone and bass clarinet) simply by download. In addition we offer once again with our new scores the well-established part-books with the right to make copies as needed for your individualized orchestra requirements.Songlist (6)
- The Source
- Forests - Hunting
- Rural Wedding
- Moonlight - Nymphs
- St. John Rapids
- The broad stream of the Moldau
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Composer
Bdrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824, Litomyšl, Bohemia – 12 May 1884, Prague, Bohemia) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride, for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Motherland") which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land, and for his First String Quartet From My Life.
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