Overture in C major, Op.24 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Sheet Music

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Version A

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1826.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): N.Mus.ms. 96

For flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, trumpet and English bass horn

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Editor Sebastián Villanueva (b. 1991)
Publisher. Info. Sebastián Villanueva, 2024.
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Misc. Notes Original Version 1826.
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Version B

Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1852]. Plate 5183.
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 7
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877. Plate M.B. 29.
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Misc. Notes This score (#467369) includes measure numbers. Part of the research project Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850.
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Parts

Version A

15 more: Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Clarinet 1 (C) • Clarinet 1 (B♭, transposed) • Clarinet 2 (C) • Clarinet 2 (B♭, transposed) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • English Bass Horn • Horn 1 (C) • Horn 1 (F, transposed) • Horn 2 (C) • Horn 2 (F, transposed) • Trumpet (C) • Trumpet (B♭, transposed)

Editor Sebastián Villanueva (b. 1991)
Publisher. Info. Sebastián Villanueva, 2024.
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Misc. Notes Original Version 1826.
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Version B

11 more: Oboe 1, 2 • English Horn • Clarinet 1, 2 (F) • Clarinet 1, 2 (C) • Basset Horn 1, 2 • Bassoon 1, 2, Contrabassoon • Bass Horn • Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (B♭) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Percussion

Editor Gonzalo Fernández Barrios
Publisher. Info. Fernández Barrios, Gonzalo, 2015.
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Misc. Notes gonferar@hotmail.com
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6 more: Piccolo Clarinet 2 (B♭) • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭) • Basset Horn 1/2 (B♭) • Basset Horn 1/2 (E♭) • Trumpet 1/2 (C) • Trumpet 1/2 (B♭)

Editor Ryoichi Kazumi
Publisher. Info. Ryoichi Kazumi, 2024.
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Misc. Notes Version 1838. (Transposed) parts based on the old complete edition (Breitkopf&Härtel, 1877. ed. Julius Rietz).
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)
Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6040.
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For Organ (Best)
Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.1 (pp.205-217)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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General Information

Work Title Overture für Harmoniemusik
Alternative. Title A Nocturno; Notturno; Doberaner Blasmusik
Name Translations Overture, op. 24; Ouvertüre für Harmoniemusik
Name Aliases Overture in C major; Overtures, band, op. 24, C major; Militair Ouverture; Overture for Wind Instruments, op. 24
Authorities WorldCat; LCCN: n92079719
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.24 ; MWV P 1
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 119
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (223 bars A, 226 bars B)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1826-06-27 A , 1838 B
First Publication. A 1970 - Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik

B 1839 - Bonn: N. Simrock // London: J.B. Cramer, Addison & Beale

Dedication Frances-Maria Stone
Average DurationAvg. Duration 9-10 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation wind band
InstrDetail [more...]
A flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, english bass horn

B piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 piccolo clarinets, 2 clarinets,
2 basset horns, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, english bass horn,
triangle, military drum, cymbals, bass drum

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