Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Hamlet
Fantasy Overture
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Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Hamlet
Fantasy Overture
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
- Editor Jacques Claessens
- Series Baton Orchestral
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM647SC
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Description:
The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's play. The planned performance was cancelled, but Tschaikowsky decided to finish what he had started, in the form of a concert overture.
The work adopts the same scheme he used in his other Shakespeare pieces, the fantasy-overture 'Romeo and Juliet' (1869) and the symphonic fantasy 'The Tempest' (1873), in using certain characteristics or emotional situations within the play.
The work adopts the same scheme he used in his other Shakespeare pieces, the fantasy-overture 'Romeo and Juliet' (1869) and the symphonic fantasy 'The Tempest' (1873), in using certain characteristics or emotional situations within the play.