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Ouvertüre zum "Fliegenden Holländer", wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blatt spielt
Paul Hindemith · 1895–1963 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Overture to The Flying Dutchman as sight-read by a bad spa orchestra at 7 a.m.
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 8 min
- Composed
- c. 1925
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Parody of Wagner's overture as sight-read by a bad spa orchestra at seven in the morning
About this work
- Composed
- 1925 ca.
- First performed
- 1 April 1925 in Frankfurt; Amar Quartet
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 ("The Joke")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
18 min
4violin 1