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A CONCERTO AND RHAPSODY BASED ON HUNGARIAN FOLK DANCE AND GYPSY MUSIC, WRITTEN IN 1904 BY VITTORIO MONTI, TRANSCRIBED FOR SOLO TRUMPET AND WIND ENSEMBLE, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR VIOLIN. FEATURING SENSATIONAL SOLOIST, JAMES DOUGLAS.
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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 • Chamber Music
Charts
Peak #16
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Vittorio Monti - 1904
Rights
public domain
Uploaded
November 07, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.2 MB • 188 kbps • 3:51
Story behind the song
Vittorio Monti (6 January 1868 - 20 June 1922) was an Italian composer, violinist, and conductor. Monti was born in Naples where he studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella. Around 1900 he got an assignment as the conductor for the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris where he wrote several ballets and operettas, for example Noel de Pierrot. His only famous work is his Csardas, written around 1904 and played by almost every gypsy orchestra. Csardas (or Czardas) is the only famous work of Vittorio Monti. A concerto and a written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian Czardas. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano. Nowadays, it is usually played on a violin. But it can also be played as a piano solo, on an accordion or for an orchestra. The duration of the piece is about four and a half minutes. The piece has seven different sections. Each one of a different tempo and occasionally key. The first half of the piece is in D minor, then changes to D major, back to D minor and then finally in D major. The first section is Andante Largo, followed by a large increase in speed with Allegro Vivo. This then slows down to Molto Meno. Then down a bit more to Meno, Quasi Lento. The piece suddenly picks up in pace and is at Allegro Vivace. Then slows down to Allegretto and finally to Molto Piu Vivo. The tempo changes make the piece exciting and interesting. Even with all of these tempo changes, it is expected that there should be some rubato to add feeling to the piece. During the piece, there are also many dynamic changes, ranging from pianissimo to fortissimo. In the Meno, Quasi Lento section, the violin plays stopped harmonics. This involves the violinist placing their finger down on the note and playing another note, with the finger only just touching the string, 5 semitones above. This gives the effect of the violin sounding two octaves (24 semitones) higher.
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ALEXIS PATRICK
Mar 20, 2010
This is a beauty for sure. Excellent performance.
MT Promotions
Jan 19, 2010
amezing trumpet really good