Jaromír Weinberger :: Schwanda, the Bagpiper (Svanda dudák): Polka & Fugue [original, B major]


 

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Weinberger, Jaromír
1896-1967
(b Prague, 8 Jan 1896; d St Petersburg, FL, 8 Aug 1967). American composer of Czech birth.
Schwanda, the Bagpiper (Svanda dudák): Polka & Fugue
[original, B major] <1926>
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Backstage trumpets play in unison.
Two excerpts from different parts of the opera, joined together to form a concert piece. This version, in B major (plate number 9330), has been extracted from the opera with almost no change except the omission of the chorus. Not to be confused with the following entry, which has been transposed and reorchestrated.
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Polka
Fugue