Dance of the Hours -from La Gioconda
Product ID: HE1 FP45891
By Amilcare Ponchielli
Publisher:
Highland Etling
Arranger:
Richard Meyer
Series:
First Philharmonic
Genre:
Romantic Era, Ballet
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Level: 2,5
Set & Score
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About this item
Your orchestra will love the chance to play these ever-popular tunes from Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda, as arranged by Richard Meyer. Instantly recognizable to any audience, this arrangement retains the sound of the original and gives students a chance to develop the variety of techniques needed to perform two very different styles of dance music. The key has been changed (from E major to G major) and the time signature simplified (from 4/8 to 4/4), but none of the fun is missing!
Instrumentation
1x Conductor score
1x Flute
1x Oboe
1x Clarinet Bb 1
1x Clarinet Bb 2
1x Bass Clarinet Bb
1x Alto Sax Eb
1x Bassoon
1x Horn F
1x Trumpet 1 Bb
1x Trumpet 2 Bb
1x Trombone
1x Tuba
1x Mallet Percussion
3x Percussion
1x Timpani
5x Violin 1
5x Violin 2
3x Violin 3 (Viola TC)
3x Viola
3x Violoncello
3x String Bass
1x Piano Accompaniment ad lib.
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Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Amilcare Ponchielli (Italian pronunciation: [aˌmilkaɾe poŋˈkjɛlli], August 31, 1834 – January 16, 1886) was an Italian composer, largely of operas.
Born in Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli, near Cremona, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old.
Two years after leaving the conservatory he wrote his first opera -- it was based on Alessandro Manzoni's great novel The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) -- and it was as an opera composer that he eventually found fame.
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