Richard Strauss
Die schweigsame Frau
(Score)
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Richard Strauss
Die schweigsame Frau
(Score)
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Editor Christiaan Janssen
- Series Baton Orchestral
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM1267SC
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Description:
'Die schweigsame Frau' (The Silent Woman), is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig. Strauss gave the overture the subtitle 'potpourri'. The term denotes a medley of popular nineteenth-century melodies, ones that brass and coffee-house bands would have typically performed in Strauss's day. Nevertheless, Strauss's overture has little in common really with these; his motifs are brief fragments of melodies, and are often juxtaposed in a masterfully elaborated polyphonic fabric. Dutch arranger Christiaan Janssen transcribed this 'potpourri' of 'Die schweigsame Frau' for Symphonic Band.