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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 overture (Tranquillo — Allegro vivo) |
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First Publication | 1913 – Berlin: N. Simrock |
Genre Categories | Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
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Work Title | Overture to Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird' |
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Alternative. Title | Ouverture zu Maeterlinck's Marchen: Der blaue Vogel (Modrý pták) fur grosses Orchester |
Composer | Křička, Jaroslav |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.16 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJK 1 |
Key | E major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 overture (Tranquillo — Allegro vivo) |
First Publication. | 1913 – Berlin: N. Simrock |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes/English horn, 2 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tamb. piccolo (snare drum?), tam-tam, tambourine, harp, strings |
Extra Information | doesn't really settle in E major once things get going - modulates away as soon as it can - but E major is as close as anything. |