Score. Composed by Johann Gottlieb Graun. Edited by Ulrike Liedtke. Score. 20 pages. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag #FH 3656. Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (HF.FH-3656).
ISBN 9790203436560. 9 x 12 inches.
The compositionally rich heyday of the Rheinsberg court orchestra began as early as 1732 in Ruppin. Crown Prince Frederick commanded a regiment there for four years and had a garden built, complete with a temple for reading, making music, and dining. After the death of Augustus the Strong, Frederick's flute and composition teacher, Johann Joachim Quantz, recommended musicians from his Dresden court orchestra to Ruppin in the Mark Brandenburg. When Frederick II moved into Rheinsberg Palace in 1736, the musicians followed him, including the Benda brothers, the Grauns, Schaffrath, Janitzsch, Czath, and Baron, and founded the Rheinsberg Court Orchestra. In the artistic atmosphere of Rheinsberg, numerous pre-Classical musical works were composed by the members of the court orchestra. This Urtext edition aims to revive the Rheinsberg court music and also leads to the beginnings of the famous "Berlin School." Upon his accession to power in 1740, Frederick II took all the Rheinsberg musicians with him to Berlin as "chapel attendants," where they formed the core of today's Staatskapelle Berlin. The Symphony in C major, composed around 1750, transcends the boundaries of Italian operatic symphonies in music history. The first movement is characterized by its clear thematic development, featuring modulatory passages in the development section, a recapitulation, and a short coda. The multifaceted Andantino con sordini, entirely indebted to the expressive playing of the violinist and Italian models, boldly departs from its tonic key of G major and briefly recalls the second theme of the Allegro. The ensemble's virtuosity is showcased in the intricately structured Presto.
Score. Composed by Johann Gottlieb Graun. Edited by Ulrike Liedtke. Score. 20 pages. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag #FH 3656. Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (HF.FH-3656).
ISBN 9790203436560. 9 x 12 inches.
The compositionally rich heyday of the Rheinsberg court orchestra began as early as 1732 in Ruppin. Crown Prince Frederick commanded a regiment there for four years and had a garden built, complete with a temple for reading, making music, and dining. After the death of Augustus the Strong, Frederick's flute and composition teacher, Johann Joachim Quantz, recommended musicians from his Dresden court orchestra to Ruppin in the Mark Brandenburg. When Frederick II moved into Rheinsberg Palace in 1736, the musicians followed him, including the Benda brothers, the Grauns, Schaffrath, Janitzsch, Czath, and Baron, and founded the Rheinsberg Court Orchestra. In the artistic atmosphere of Rheinsberg, numerous pre-Classical musical works were composed by the members of the court orchestra. This Urtext edition aims to revive the Rheinsberg court music and also leads to the beginnings of the famous "Berlin School." Upon his accession to power in 1740, Frederick II took all the Rheinsberg musicians with him to Berlin as "chapel attendants," where they formed the core of today's Staatskapelle Berlin. The Symphony in C major, composed around 1750, transcends the boundaries of Italian operatic symphonies in music history. The first movement is characterized by its clear thematic development, featuring modulatory passages in the development section, a recapitulation, and a short coda. The multifaceted Andantino con sordini, entirely indebted to the expressive playing of the violinist and Italian models, boldly departs from its tonic key of G major and briefly recalls the second theme of the Allegro. The ensemble's virtuosity is showcased in the intricately structured Presto.
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