La Fanciulla del West – Suite from Opera
La Fanciulla del West – Suite from Opera
Series: Amstel Music Publisher: Amstel Music Score & Parts Composer: Giacomo Puccini Arranger: Johan de Meij
Level: 4
After the success of Madama Butterfly in 1904, Giacomo Puccini again selected a text by the playwright David Belasco: The Girl of the Golden West or La Fanciulla del West. The western-like romantic drama was inspired by the fact that the commissioning party was none other than the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which, with La Fanciulla, staged its first world première in 1910. The contract for this significant American event was signed with a golden pen; the newspapers were full of it, and Puccini sailed to the other side of the ocean in great luxury, to attend the première.
Although the opera became an immediate success in America, the work never received the same recognition as other works by Puccini – except maybe in Germany. Perhaps this relative oblivion can be attributed to the subtle integration of the arias within the whole: in La Fanciulla you do not keep stopping because the composer wishes to let you enjoy another languishing sopranistic panorama; the music rather has the steady pace of a stage-coach travelling through the land of cowboys and Indians. The musical style also differs from Puccini'a other works: in La Faciulla he makes an excursion towards the impressionism of Claude Debussy. The lovers Minnie and Ramerrez are immersed in the authentic “couleur locale” of the Wild West, with its many other fortune-hunters.
| Instrumentation | Number of Parts | Pages Per Part |
|---|---|---|
| SCORE | 1 | 60 |
| PICCOLO/FLUTE 3 | 1 | 3 |
| FLUTE 1,2 | 8 | 4 |
| OBOE 1,2 | 2 | 4 |
| ENGLISH HORN | 1 | 3 |
| BASSOON 1,2 | 2 | 4 |
| EB CLARINET | 1 | 3 |
| BB CLARINET 1 | 6 | 4 |
| BB CLARINET 2 | 6 | 4 |
| BB CLARINET 3 | 6 | 4 |
| BB BASS CLARINET | 2 | 3 |
| ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
| TENOR SAXOPHONE | 2 | 3 |
| BARITONE SAXOPHONE | 1 | 3 |
| F HORN 1,3 | 3 | 4 |
| F HORN 2,4 | 3 | 4 |
| BB TRUMPET 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BB TRUMPET 2 | 3 | 2 |
| BB TRUMPET 3 | 3 | 3 |
| TROMBONE 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TROMBONE 2 | 2 | 3 |
| TROMBONE 3 | 2 | 3 |
| BARITONE B.C. | 2 | 3 |
| BARITONE T.C. | 2 | 3 |
| TUBA | 4 | 3 |
| DOUBLE BASS | 1 | 4 |
| HARP | 1 | 6 |
| TIMPANI | 1 | 2 |
| PERCUSSION 1 | 2 | 2 |
| PERCUSSION 2 | 3 | 3 |
Inventory #HL 04000253 UPC: 884088326647 Publisher Code: AM103 Width: 9.0" Length: 12.0" Run time: 0:16:00
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
Series: Amstel Music Publisher: Amstel Music Score Composer: Giacomo Puccini Arranger: Johan de Meij
Level: 4
After the success of Madama Butterfly in 1904, Giacomo Puccini again selected a text by the playwright David Belasco: The Girl of the Golden West or La Fanciulla del West. The western-like romantic drama was inspired by the fact that the commissioning party was none other than the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which, with La Fanciulla, staged its first world première in 1910. The contract for this significant American event was signed with a golden pen; the newspapers were full of it, and Puccini sailed to the other side of the ocean in great luxury, to attend the première.
Although the opera became an immediate success in America, the work never received the same recognition as other works by Puccini – except maybe in Germany. Perhaps this relative oblivion can be attributed to the subtle integration of the arias within the whole: in La Fanciulla you do not keep stopping because the composer wishes to let you enjoy another languishing sopranistic panorama; the music rather has the steady pace of a stage-coach travelling through the land of cowboys and Indians. The musical style also differs from Puccini'a other works: in La Faciulla he makes an excursion towards the impressionism of Claude Debussy. The lovers Minnie and Ramerrez are immersed in the authentic “couleur locale” of the Wild West, with its many other fortune-hunters.
Inventory #HL 04000254 UPC: 884088326654 Publisher Code: AM103 Width: 9.0" Length: 12.0"
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
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