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SERENADE No.1 (score & parts)

SERENADE No.1 (score & parts)

 
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Printed Edition
Composer:Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Instrumentation:fl. 2cl. bn. hn. 2vn. va. vc. cb.
Publisher Ref:NM2161
A reconstruction for wind dectet (from the orchestral version) of Brahms's Serenade, which was originally written for nonet.

Price: £33.00
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Arranger:Turrill, Tony
Publisher:Norvik Music
ISMN:none specified
ISBN:none specified
The serenade was originally written for a chamber group, a nonet of wind and strings (Fl./2Cl./Bsn/Hn/Vn/Va/Ce./Bass). Brahms completed this version in 1858, sent it to his publishers and it was performed in concert in Hamburg in 1859 but not well received. However, a year later he had added a second flute, two oboes, a second bassoon, three horns, two trombones, a timpani and a full orchestra of strings. It is this version that was finally published and is the one we know today. The score of the nonet was lost, quite possibly destroyed by Brahms himself unlike some who retained their sketches, he habitually destroyed completed scores that he subsequently changed.
The nonet was abnormal in that it had two clarinets and no oboes, unusual but a cursory examination of today's score quickly explains why. Brahms uses the clarinet pair in ways that demonstrate his complete understanding of the tonal qualities of the instrument that he was later to use to the full in the symphonies, the trio, the sonatas and best of all the magnificent quintet. He wanted these sounds, so he dropped the oboe and doubled the clarinets. There are times in the final version when he retains the woodwind exactly as they must have been in the original nonet. The most obvious is the first minuet, still largely written for nothing but two clarinets and a bassoon, joined briefly by the flute and tacet for the rest of the band but there are many more, for example the concluding section of the first movement, the divine introduction of the adagio, the emotional entry of the two clarinets and horn at bar 199, the conclusion of the same movement and the theme of the final rondo.
A detailed examination of the score of the orchestral version suggested that it would be possible to identify the skeleton of the chamber original, to reverse Brahms’ re-orchestration and expose the original nonet. I was not especially interested in producing an authentic reproduction of the nonet played in 1858. I just aimed to produce a chamber version to be played today. My version is actually a dectet – I have kept the second violin, I believe this improves the balance of wind and strings.
- Tony Turrill

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