Christmas Overture
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Product ID: GM1 CL144
By Otto Nicolai
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
orig.
Series:
Concert Classics
Genre:
Romantic Era
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
10:00
Level: 4
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Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai was born in Konigsberg, Germany, on June 9th 1810 and died in Berlin on May 11th 1849. He was a composer and conductor. His best known work is his opera The Merry Wives of Windsor based on Shakespeare's comedy. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed works for orchestra, for choir and for solo voice.
This 10 minute overture is based on the Chorale "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her". The choir and organ join in for the last 1½ minutes and are doubled by the brass section so can safely be left out to make this a seasonal orchestral overture.
Instrumentation
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Optional SATB choir and organ Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
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Composer
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor). In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments.Nicolai, a child prodigy, was born in Königsberg, Prussia. While still a youth he ran away from his home and parents and secured himself as a student of Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin. After initial successes in Germany, including his first Symphony (1831) and public concerts, he became musician to the Prussian Embassy in Rome. During the early 1840s he established himself as a major figure in the concert life of Vienna. In 1844 he was offered the position, vacated by Felix Mendelssohn, of Kapellmeister at the Berlin Cathedral; but he did not reestablish himself in Berlin until the last year of his life. On 11 May 1849, two months after the premiere of The Merry Wives of Windsor, and only two days after his appointment as Hofkapellmeister at the Berlin Staatsoper, he collapsed and died from a stroke. On the very same day of his death, he was elected a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts.
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