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Title	Lustige Witwe, Die (The Merry Widow)
Article no.	4101434
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Music from operetta, lyrical drama
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Netherlands (nl)
Publisher *	Tierolff-Muziekcentrale, 4700 BD Roosendaal
Publisher's article no. *	TM 100194
Year of publication	2017
Composer	Lehár, Franz
Arranger	Neuböck, Fritz jun.
Difficulty level	2+
Duration	7:00
Additional info/contents	"The Merry Widow" is probably one of the most important operettas of Franz Lehars. Fritz Neuböck has chosen the most famous melodies for this compilation. It contains: Overture; Vilja Lied (Vilja song); Heut geh ich zu Maxim (Today I go to Maxim); Lippen schweigen (Lip Silence); Weiber-Marsch (Women's March). Prt Flt 1,2 Ob Fag Clr 1,2,3 BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Flh 1,2 Trp 1,2,3 Hrn in F+Eb 1,2,3 Tnh 1,2 Trb in C 1,2 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2 (BC+TC) BsTrb in C (BC+TC) BsTrb in Bb (BC) Brt in C 1,2 (BC) Brt in Bb 1,2 (BC) Tub (BC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) SD Perc Mlt Tmp
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Programme notes *: Franz Lehar - bandmaster; march, operetta and film composer, representative of the heartbeat of his capital city. More than a half century gone, with contemporaries like Ravel and Bartok, Lehar was nonetheless firmly rooted in the Romantic retrospect of Vienna. His music was populist and lyrical, such as this “Love Comedy” about a bank widow’s adventures. From it, melodies like the beautiful ballad “Song for Vilia” and “Merry Widow Waltz” have found their own fame. The Merry Widow is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac. Quelle/Source: Wikipedia The cavalry lieutenant Count Danilo Danilowitsch and the destitute daughter of an estate manager, Hanna, were a happy couple. Under pressure from his uncle, who threatened him with disinheritance, Danilo gave up the improper relationship. Hanna married the rich Pontevedrin court banker Glawari, who died a few days after the wedding. Danilo, now a reservist, was called to Paris as secretary of legation. However, his new job did not satisfy him, and he tried to give his life a little glamour by spending nights with Maxim with champagne and grisettes. Quelle/Source: Volksoper Wien, Programmhinweis Information: Tierolff Operetten-Lexikon

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	Lustige Witwe, Die (The Merry Widow) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Lustige Witwe, Die (The Merry Widow) (concert/wind band), full score

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