The Goldman/Leist edition remains the most readily accessible of the modern editions of this early band symphony.
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1793 - 1794
Difficulty:
Grade 4
Duration:
6 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Band (original): 0.2picc.2.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp-bd-db/srp
Band (Goldman/Leist edition): 2.picc.2.4.ecl.acl.bcl.2-2ax.tx.bx-4.2.2crt.3.euph.1(2)-timp.perc(3)[sd.bd.cym]-db
Movements:
I. Allegro Maestoso
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro
Publication Information:
Mercury/Presser (1949, arr. Leist; 1955, arr. Goldman/Leist), Heritage (1989, titled Military Symphony, arr. F. Hubbell), Molenaar (1979, arr. P. J. Molenaar), Concert Music (2004, arr. Gerhard Baumann), WINDS
Premiered:
Paris, May 30, 1794 (earliest documented performance).
Availability:
Available for Purchase
Recordings:
Resources:
- HEBM
- WASBE Journal
- J. W. Pepper
- Teaching Music
- Winther Chamber Music Guide
- Pieters Article
- Reynolds Literature
- Wallace-Corporon Repertoire
- Whitwell Classical
- Running Annotated Bibliography
- Cipolla & Hunsberger Repertoire
- Smith Program Notes
- Goldman Wind Band
- Suppan Neue Lexikon