Overture-Sketches in E major (Hiller, Ferdinand)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1826-27..
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Mus.ms.autogr. Hiller, F.2N(2)
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Work Title Overture-Sketches in E major
Alternative. Title Ouverture à grand orchestre, Weimar, Janvier 1827.
Composer Hiller, Ferdinand
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFH 36
Key E major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 (Adagio - Allegro vivace)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1826 December - 1827 January
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Orchestra: flutes, oboes, clarinets (C), bassoons + horns (E), natural trumpets (E), bass trombones + timpani + strings

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several sections either deliberately and daringly (opinion, admittedly) unharmonized melody (without obviously being recitative?...), or would need filling-out by an editor before performance. Sketches, which are in a collection of "17 musikstücke" at the Berlin State Library, seem to be more or less "in one line" done from beginning to end but not fully orchestrated, that is... - Schissel

(Note: Neither the overture nor the 17 musikstücke collection seems to have been published, though if there is a sufficiently complete Hiller complete edition in progress (or completed?) then I am mistaken on this point.) (Thought there was a template for (apparently) "Unfinished Work" (as opposed to Incomplete score/parts of complete work) but apparently not...)