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Kuhlau, Friedrich : 3 Rondos für Klavier über Opern-Melodien Op.73

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Music ID : 9260
Publication Year：1825
First Publisher：Copenhagen
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：Reduction/Arrangement
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Busk, Gorm

Last Updated: March 12, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.
  • First published in New Apollo paper, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 56-64 (No. 1), Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 2-10 (No. 2), ibid. pp. 34-44 (No. 3).
  • Details of the first edition score: Three Easy Rondos on Favorite Opera Melodies for the Pianoforte by F. Kuhlau, Op. 73, 3rd publication [of the work] based on opera melodies, Nos. 1-3, copyright held by the publisher, C.C. Lose, Copenhagen. Three volumes, 1826, 9, 9, 11 pages each, oblong format, engraved.
  • Advertised in the Adresse paper on January 20, 1826 (No. 1), April 10, 1826 (No. 2), April 24, 1826 (all pieces), and May 12, 1826 (at which time the 3rd piece was corrected to La gazza ladra).
  • Auber's La Neige (The Snow) premiered in Paris on October 9, 1823. In Copenhagen, Auber's first opera was performed on September 14, 1825, titled Sneen (The Snow). The choral section of the opera's rondo appears and forms the 6/8 melody (E-flat major) featured in this work.
  • Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) premiered in Rome on February 20, 1816. Copenhagen premiere on September 14, 1822.
  • Rossini's La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) premiered in Milan on May 31, 1817. Copenhagen premiere on February 19, 1824. This rondo was originally titled "Based on Il barbiere di Siviglia". The second theme appears in measures 64 and 152 of the rondo.
Writer: Busk, Gorm
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