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Strauss, Richard
1864-1949
(b Munich, 11 June 1864; d Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 8 Sept 1949). German
Der Rosenkavalier, TrV 227d, op.59: Suite [1945]
<1909–1910>
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2nd harp is noted as optional in the score, but its absence would eliminate important lines; it is not possible to combine the two harp parts into one.
The publisher may supply on request a version of the clarinet parts using only 3 players, and with transpositions more suitable for modern use (i.e., no clarinets in C or D).
The provenance of this 1945 suite is not entirely clear. It is said that Strauss marked up a full opera score with cuts and inserts for Eugene Ormandy, and that this copy was used by the Philadelphia Orchestra for performances of the suite for many years. Possibly he did the same for Artur Rodzinski of the New York Philharmonic, who first conducted it on 5 October 1944. The composer then consented to its publication as a suite in 1945. No editor or arranger is credited in the publication.
A concordance, showing where each passage in this suite originates in the opera, may be found in E.H. Mueller von Asow: Richard Strauss: thematisches Verzeichnis, v.3, pp.1322-23.
The publisher may supply on request a version of the clarinet parts using only 3 players, and with transpositions more suitable for modern use (i.e., no clarinets in C or D).
The provenance of this 1945 suite is not entirely clear. It is said that Strauss marked up a full opera score with cuts and inserts for Eugene Ormandy, and that this copy was used by the Philadelphia Orchestra for performances of the suite for many years. Possibly he did the same for Artur Rodzinski of the New York Philharmonic, who first conducted it on 5 October 1944. The composer then consented to its publication as a suite in 1945. No editor or arranger is credited in the publication.
A concordance, showing where each passage in this suite originates in the opera, may be found in E.H. Mueller von Asow: Richard Strauss: thematisches Verzeichnis, v.3, pp.1322-23.