Trio No. 2 in G major for Flute, Violin and Cello, Op. 81
- Highly recommended
From the Publisher
Georg Abraham Schneider was born in Darmstadt on April 19, 1770, the same year as Beethoven. Since his musical talent became apparent at a very early age, his father sent him to J.W. Mangold, a “very skilful city musician”, was apprenticed to him, where he learned to play all the instruments with the exception of the piano. At the age of 17, he became a member of the Darmstadt court orchestra and at the same time took composition lessons. After an educational trip to Rheinsberg, Prince Heinrich of Prussia hired him as a horn player for the Rheinsberg Chapel. In 1795 he moved there, where many of his instrumental compositions were created and printed from 1799 onwards. In 1802, after the prince's death, the band was dissolved, which prompted Schneider to go to Berlin, where he worked as a horn player in the royal Prussian band and as a music teacher. In addition, he was committed to Berlin's musical life, launched series of musical events and set up a musical training academy to educate fans. After traveling for a few years on concert tours to Riga and Königsberg, he returned to Berlin, where in 1820 he succeeded Romberg as music director of the royal theater, where he appeared primarily as a conductor and ultimately also took over the management of the affiliated music school. When the Prussian Academy of Arts was founded in 1833, Schneider was elected a member. He taught composition there until his retirement in 1837 and died just over a year later on January 19, 1839 after a long illness.
The composer Schneider is a representative of the spirit of Haydn and Mozart, who wanted to be seen as their preserver; the reviews attested to his compositional skills and a solid artistry that was indebted to bourgeois musical taste. A reliable overview of his extensive work, which covers almost all genres with the exception of piano works, including 25 orchestral overtures alone, is not yet available. His instrumental compositions were very successful, but his work as an opera composer was less successful.
There is a lot to discover for the flute. In addition to some flute concertos, there are, among others, around 60 quartets for flute and string trio, a flute sonata, as well as flute duets, divertimenti for flute solo and 6 flute trios, 3 flute quartets, as well as 3 trios op. 81 for flute, violin and cello. Of the 3 Trios op. 81, Trio No. 2, newly published here, is the most beautiful.
Movements
- Allegro moderato
- Adagio
- Allegretto
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Flute
- Part 2: Violin
- Part 3: Cello
Publisher: Edition Kossack
Publisher's reference: EK20213
Our Stock Code: 1686081
Media Type: Paperback - Score and parts (12 pages [score])
