Serenade No 4 in F
serenade no.4 in F
from Hob. VIIh: 4
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Haydn’s eight Notturni were composed in 1788-90 to fulfil a commission from King Ferdinand IV of Naples for music featuring his favourite instrument, the lira organizzata. The Neapolitan variety, a popular equivalent of the hurdy-gurdy, incorporated small organ pipes activated by a keyboard. Haydn liked his Notturni well enough to rescore several of them for the famous Salomon concerts in London in 1791-92, replacing the lira parts with flute and oboe.
These Notturni are the work of a great composer at the height of his powers, and fully justify Haydn’s faith in them. Derek Smith’s sensitive and inventive reworking of this material for modern instruments is a welcome addition to the wind repertory.
Additional information
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| ISMN | 979-0-57009-837-8 [Complete set], 979-0-57009-838-5 [Full score] |
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| Instrument Part | Complete set, score & parts, Full score |
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| Instrumentation | Double Wind Quintet |
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| No. of Pages | 40 |
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| Year arranged | 2006 |
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| Full instrumentation | Click to see full details
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Press Reviews
The purpose of this edition is to make this wonderful music widely available in a new arrangement for wind players. Additional dynamics and articulation marks have been added to the original sources to produce a performing, rather than a scholarly text. Metronome marks and additional tempi indications are merely suggestions and are therefore placed between brackets.
In Serenade No. 4 alternative parts are available for alto and tenor saxophones, in place of the two horn parts.
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