Ensemble

Orchestration: 1 oboe, 1 bassoon. Strings (violas divided) and b.c.

orch 7'

orch 5'

For an alternative Rosamunde Overture, see Alfonso and Estrella D 732

For more than 100 years, the piano editions of the Children's Symphony have been part of Breitkopf's orchestral material. These are actually not piano parts, but full 'reductions' for piano 2 or 4 han...

orch 11'

edited by Martin Schmeling

EB 2861 is printed in score; two copies are needed for performance

Our new edition is based on the autograph. For the first time the composition appears with brass (2 trumpets), as it is also given in the autograph. Almost all surviving copies also feature this versi...