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The Barber of Seville for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello, Vol 1

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  • Staff Pick

Staff Pick

“Wonderful arrangements”

Chris Hankin Just Flutes staff member - [email protected]

These are wonderful arrangements and this volume contains most of the music from Act 1. It is true that the flute gets to play all the tunes but I'm sure that all concerned in both playing and listening will have a great time. If you love the Barber then this is for you.

Our Description

If one wanted to recollect a beautiful evening at the opera in the pre-record era, the only possibility was to play the same music with the instrumentation of a chamber music ensemble. Thus, a whole flood of opera arrangements, some of them quite demanding, came into existence during that time - everything from piano solo up to several instruments. The popular and internationally acclaimed composer Joseph Küffner (1776-1856) wrote a great number of these pieces. His arrangement of the "Barber of Seville"' was first published in 1824. We have two reasons for this new edition: one is the opera's great popularity, the other the fact that it is an extremely fine piece of arrangement and especially the part for the flute is very rewarding. For this new edition, we also fell back upon the opera's Urtext, as the revision report in the annex mentions.

 
Difficulty guide: 8
Difficulty level, roughly compared to ABRSM exam grades. 0 is total beginner, 9 is advanced (beyond grade 8).

Item Details

Instrumentation

  • Part 1: Flute
  • Part 2: Violin
  • Part 3: Viola
  • Part 4: Cello
Category: Music for Flute Quartet (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
Publisher: Zimmermann Frankfurt
Publisher's reference: ZM33190
Our Stock Code: 1114058
Media Type: Paperback