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LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE
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LEICHTE KAVALLERIE (LIGHT CAVALRY) IS AN OPERETTA IN 3 ACTS WRITTEN BY FRANZ VON SUPPE (1866). WHILE MUCH OF THE OPERA LIES IN RELATIVE OBSCURITY, THE OVERTURE IS HIS MOST WELL KNOWN PIECE. PERFORMED BY THE USAF BAND OF THE GOLDEN GATE, TRAVIS AFB.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
Song Info
Genre
Classical • Opera
Charts
Peak #87
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Franz von Suppe - 1866
Rights
public domain
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November 22, 2009
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MP3 12.6 MB • 224 kbps • 7:51
Story behind the song
This is performed by the United States Air Force Golden Gate Band at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. The Commander/Conductor of the Air Force Golden Gate Band was Major Roger W. Sebby. The Commander/Conductor of the United States Air Force Band was Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel. Col. Gabriel was also our guest conductor for the TMEA All State Bands and at the National Music Camp. Light Cavalry Overture, composed 1866 by Franz von Suppe. born in Spalato, Dalmatia (now Croatia), on April 18, 1819. died in Vienna on May 21, 1895. Suppe composed his one-act operetta Leichte Kavallerie in 1866; the work opened at Vienna's Carl theater on March 24, 1866. One of the all time audience favorites of the light orchestral repertoire, the Light Cavalry Overture is the work of Franz von Suppe,?the man who stands at the beginning of the glorious history of Viennese operetta. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppe, with a libretto by Hans Bodenstedt. It was first performed in Carlstheater, Vienna on 21st March 1866. While much of the operetta lies in relative obscurity, the overture is one of von Suppe's most well-known pieces. Many orchestral groups have the piece in their repertoire (including the Boston Pops Orchestra, which made a popular recording of it), and the main theme of the overture has been quoted numerous times by musicians, cartoons and other media. Opening with a solo trumpet call, Suppe's overture to Die leichte Kavallerie immediately suggests a military tale. After the rest of the brass join the trumpet for a cadence, a solo horn repeats the entire gesture. In typical Suppe fashion, loud and soft segments alternate as a solo flute tries to present a theme, but is interrupted by outbursts from the orchestra before the opening trumpet melody returns, this time in several brass instruments and accompanied by an intense, repeated figure in the high strings. All this serves as an introduction to the second section of the overture, which begins with a rapid pulse in the woodwinds supporting the main theme in the violins. Out of this grows the famous, "galloping" brass theme, which is almost immediately later taken by the entire orchestra, fortissimo. A slow, quiet passage leads to a clarinet solo that introduces a plaintive string theme with a distinctly, "eastern" flavor, created through the strategic placement of half steps. This is the "Hungarian" theme of the operetta, presented here at length. The galloping returns, and after a full statement, the opening trumpet call mingles with the galloping theme to create a crashing close.
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