from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
for | Concert band |
Musical Editions | Score |
Item no. | 891493 |
Author / Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
Arranger | Wil van der Beek |
Level | easy–medium |
Scope | 12 pages; 30.5 × 22.9 cm |
Duration | 4:00 minutes |
Release year | 2012 |
Publisher / Producer | De Haske |
Producer No. | DHP 1125240 |
ISMN | 9790035204252 |
The famous Barcarolle from Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann opens the fourth act of the opera, which takes place in Venice. For this reason Offenbach chose a barcarolle - a Venetian gondolier song with its characteristic swaying rhythm. Wil van der Beek’s arrangement gives this romantic song an alternative, lighter beginning, making it suitable for almost any wind orchestra.