Works of Gioachino Rossini. 4 - Music for Band (Critical Commentary)

Principal Sources

1-3. [Trois Marches militaires], composées et dédiées à S. M. Nicolas I.re Empereur de toutes les Russies

4. Marcia ("Pas redoublé"), composta per S. M. Imperiale il Sultano Abdul-Medjid

5. "La carona d'Italia": Fanfare "per musica militare", offerta a S. M. Vittorio Emanuele II

 

A. Two "Pas redoublés" for larger band (Nos. 3a, 2a), dedicated by Rossini to Oscar Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, and to Leopold I, King of Belgians

B. Two "Pas redoublés" (Nos. 2b, 3b) and a "Marche militaire" (No. 1b) for piano, four hands, dedicated to Charlotte de Rothschild

C. "Mariage de S. A. R. de Duc d'Orléans": Trois "Marches militaires" for piano, two hands (Nos 2c, 3c, 1c)

Appendix II: "Coro (in Passo doppio) offerto alla Guardia Civica di Bologna" (1848): original version of the March for Sultan Abdul-Medjid (No. 4)

A. "Fanfare": the original version for piano, two hands (16 June 1858)

B. "Fanfare (Transcription)": the revised version for piano, two hands, No. 12 in the "Album pour Piano, Violon, Violoncello, Harmonium et Cor"

C. "Petite Fanfare à quatre mains [I] (Transcription)": the revised version for piano, four hands, with the parts in score format, No. 12 in the "Album pour Piano, Violon, Violoncello, Harmonium et Cor"

D. "Petite Fanfare à quatre mains [II] (Transcription)": the revised version for piano, four hands, with the parts on facing pages, No. 12 in the "Album pour Piano, Violon, Violoncello, Harmonium et Cor"