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Title	Viva Belcanto! (Concerto a Verona)
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Potpourri, medley, selection: classical
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts); + (and); Prtcel (condensed score)
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Year of publication	2005
Arranger	Bösendorfer, Alfred
Difficulty level	3+
Duration	9:50
Additional info/contents	This selection consists of five well known airs from Italy next to an introduction. At the beginning the composer used the famous trumpet call from "Capriccio Italiano" by P.I. Tchaikovsky as well as a joyful Italian song which was also comes from this "Capriccio". Number 1 that follows is the famous "Choir of the Hebrew Slaves" from "Nabucco". It is a song that speaks of times of hardship, but also of hope and of coherence. Who does not known number 2 of this selection? A few bars only will suffice to make you recognize the "Triumphal March" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida": Alfred Bösendorfer wrote a sonorous arrangement and even found new words for it: "Viva, via la Gloria, viva la libertà!" ("Long live glory, long live liberty!") Following a bridge passage with a clarinet cadence number 3 of the selection finally gives room to love. It is a wonderful song, which a Neapolitan fisherman sings for "Santa Lucia", his boat. It has braved the elements many times but always brought him some safely. The music of number 4 expresses cheeriness and joy. We will encounter the predominance of such an atmosphere at many festivals or modern soccer games. To express this mood, Alfred Bösendorfer relied on the drinking song (brindisi) from "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi. The final number reveals that belcanto also shows to advantage when the music is of fast tempo. The famous song "Funiculi, funicula" is presented as a fast tarantella. This passage pays homage to an outstanding landmark of Southern Italy, namely Mount Vesuvius. Luigi Denza composed this well-known song in 1880 on the occasion of the first ride of the Vesuvius funicular. Capriccio Italiano; Nabucco - Va Pensiero; Aida March trionfale; Santa Lucia; La Traviata - Brindisi; Funiculi, funicula; Vocals-Solo (ad lib.) CoroSATB; Pno acc. Choir (ad.lib.)
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	Viva Belcanto! (Concerto a Verona) (concert/wind band), full score and parts; and; condensed score
	Viva Belcanto! (Concerto a Verona) (concert/wind band), full score
	Viva Musica!, audio CD	15.00

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