Biography of Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)

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17.09.1795

Baptized in Altamura

Studies with Zingarelli in Naples

Band master of the cathedral in Novara

1840

Head of the Naples conservatory Real Collegio di Musica

17.12.1870

Dies in Naples

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Sheet music for flute:

Drei Duos

(2 flutes)

Zimmermann, ZM 32770

Rating: mid-grade

1. Duo I (Larghetto amabile - Allegro maestoso - Tempo di valse)
2. Duo II (Allegro affettuoso - Adagio - Rondo Allegro brillante)
3. Duo III (Allegro maestoso - Polacca allegro brillante)

Great edition. Parts and score and both are optimized by additional pages for easier page turning. And it sounds great, too.

First edition by Breitkopf & Härtel (Leipzig) in 1828.

Quartetto (F-Dur)

(flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

Masters Music Publications, M 1212

Rating: mid-grade

1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante variatio (Tema + 5 Variationi)
3. Polacca brillante

Parts and score

CDs with/from Saverio Mercadante

James Galway, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone

James Galway plays Flute Concertos (CD 10/12) (2011)

Mercadante: Concertos in D major, E minor & E major

RCA

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D major:
1. Allegro maestoso (09:25:00)
2. Andante alla siciliana (04:51:00)
3. Polacca. Allegro brillante (05:09:00)
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in E minor:
4. Allegro maestoso (10:17:00)
5. Largo (05:07:00)
6. Concert (06:21:00)
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in E major:
7. Allegro maestoso (10:28:00)
8. Largo (05:12:00)
9. Polacca brillante (05:21:00)

Literature von/über Saverio Mercadante

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7