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A great recording of orchestral versions of two instrumental piecesArthur Fiedler w the Boston Pops OrchThe Boston Pops Orchestra - Scherzo / Polonaise Militaire In A Major Label: Victor Red Seal – 11947Format: Shellac, 12", 78 RPMCountry: USReleased: Genre: ClassicalStyle: A ScherzoComposed By – Mendelssohn*B Polonaise Militaire In A MajorComposed By – Chopin*Orchestrated By – A. Glazunov*Conductor – Arthur Fiedler Orig Issue Victor 12" 78 rpm record Condition: EXCELLENT close to pristine, faint scuffs, plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET LOUD! Amazing SoundA SUPERB COPY Athalia is an incidental music that Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed in the years 1843–45 on behalf of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. For the play Athalie by the French playwright Jean Racine. The work has the opus number 74. To understand how this work was created, three historical layers must be taken into account:the underlying biblical story from the second half of the 9th century BC Chr.,the Athalia drama by Jean Racine (1691) andMendelssohn's incidental music with the setting of the choral parts (1843–45) (in three versions).Mendelssohn's incidental musicFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his music for Racine's Athalia (op. 74) on behalf of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In several versions in the years 1843–45. Friedrich Wilhelm was very interested in having ancient and other important dramas performed at his court. During this time Mendelssohn was its general music director and court composer for several years. When performing the dramas, the choral parts should be set to music; in addition, overtures and inter-act music had to be composed. In addition to the music for Athalia (op. 74), Mendelssohn's works on Antigone (op. 55), Midsummer Night's Dream (op. 61) and Oedipus auf Kolonos (without opus number) were created.First versionIn a first version (1843) Mendelssohn set only the choral parts of Racines Athalia, in the original French; He consistently occupied the choir exclusively with female voices, which were only accompanied by the piano. The work was never performed in this version because the king requested a performance in German [1]. In this letter, Mendelssohn also emphasized that his music should be performed privately at the King's premises and not intended for a public performance.Second versionThe actual drama texts had long been available in a German translation by Ernst Raupach (1784–1852). In 1842 the king commissioned him to translate the choral parts. Mendelssohn could not make friends with this translation because it did not seem suitable for a setting, which is why he used the French original in his first version. Finally, Mendelssohn translated the choral parts himself and set this original version to music.He did not stop at changing the text basis, but also revised his first version very thoroughly from a musical point of view: male voices were introduced in the choirs, the piano setting was expanded to form a full orchestral setting, and melodic lines were also changed. However, this second version still essentially consisted of the setting of the choral parts at the end of the three acts and a short final chorus. A performance was scheduled for September 1843. Although the amended score was available on time, it was not performed. Antigone and the Midsummer Night's Dream were brought forward.Third and final versionOnly in May 1844 were the performance plans taken up again, on the occasion of an upcoming visit by the Russian Tsarina (née Charlotte von Prussia) to Berlin. Mendelssohn, who was in London at the time, was asked by the king to write an overture to the Athalia, which he completed by mid-June despite his numerous London commitments (the overture, however, has hardly any motivic ties to the rest of the work). In addition, he sent an extended version of the final chorus and an instrumental war march of the priests to Berlin. However, the performance was postponed several times until his return.After further expansion of the final chorus and the tightening of other vocal passages, the work was finally premiered on December 1, 1845 in the Royal Theater in Berlin-Charlottenburg privatissime. The first public performance took place in Potsdam on January 8, 1846. Although the Athalia music was not printed during Mendelssohn's lifetime, it was performed several times in Germany and even in England (first in French, then in English).Musical formIn the final form, Mendelssohn's Athalia comprised very different forms: instrumental movements (overture, war march), solos and ensembles for sopranos and alto, choirs (SATB, SA, TB) with orchestra as well as melodramatic sections with the union of music and spoken text (e.g. B. the vision of the high priest). The setting is largely syllabic (syllable and tone coincide) and is therefore easy to understand. Characteristic choral themes are used as interjections throughout the piece, they add a lot to the overall character.Since the overall performance of Racine's drama with Mendelssohn's music lasted more than three hours, the music began to be separated from the drama at an early stage. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Type: Single
Genre: Chamber Music, Classical
Record Label: RCA Victor
Record Size: 12"
Style: Allemande, Ars Nova, Brass, Caprice, Character Piece, Concerto, Duet, Etude, Film Score/Soundtrack, Fugue, Instrumental, Minuet, Music Hall, Nocturne, Octet, Partita, Passacaglia, Prelude, Quartet, Quintet, Rhapsody, Septet, Serenade, Sextet, Sinfonia, Sonata, Suite, Toccata, Trio, Waltz
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: Glazunov CHOPIN Polonaise Militaire/ Mendelssohn Octet - Scherzo
Catalog Number: 11947
