Classic Sleighride
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Product ID: GM1 CL209
By Leopold Mozart
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
Full score, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, Trumpet in Bb,Percussion (3 players: Sleighbells (2 different pitches), Glockenspiel)Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 4/4/3/4/2.
Series:
Goodmusic Concert Classics
Genre:
Classical
Line Up:
Unknown (Solo: Unknown)
Duration:
3:30
Level: 3
Set & Score
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About this item
Johann Georg
Leopold Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer grundlichen Violinschule. The Schlittenfahrt or "Sleigh Ride" is a movement from his Divertimento in F for orchestra.
This
is a charming arrangement for small orchestra, with parts for two
sleigh bells positioned either side of the orchestra. This is classic
festive fare - a perfect orchestral item for any Christmas concert.
A
commercial recording by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry
Wordsworth is available on a Naxos recording entitled "The Night Before
Christmas" (Naxos 8.570331).
Instrumentation
Full score, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, Trumpet in Bb,
Percussion (3 players: Sleighbells (2 different pitches), Glockenspiel)
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) 4/4/3/4/2.
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Composer
Leopold Mozart (1756-1791)
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.
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