Biography of Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
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
- Duo I (Larghetto amabile - Allegro maestoso - Tempo di valse)
- Duo II (Allegro affettuoso - Adagio - Rondo Allegro brillante)
- 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
- Allegro moderato
- Andante variatio (Tema + 5 Variationi)
- 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
- Allegro maestoso (09:25:00)
- Andante alla siciliana (04:51:00)
- Polacca. Allegro brillante (05:09:00)
- Allegro maestoso (10:17:00)
- Largo (05:07:00)
- Concert (06:21:00)
- Allegro maestoso (10:28:00)
- Largo (05:12:00)
- Polacca brillante (05:21:00)
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in D major:
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in E minor:
Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in E major:
Literature von/über Saverio Mercadante
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
Last edit 22.01.2012