Description
Four Marches for the Marriage of Napoleon
Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839)
Modern edition by David Whitwell (1937–)
Date: 1810
Instrumentation: Wind Ensemble
Duration:
Level: 4
ISMN: 979-0-720143-67-5
Paer was a composer of some fifty-five operas and taught composition to Franz Liszt. These marches were composed for part of the celebrations on 1 April 1810 in Paris, one of many events surrounding the second marriage of Napoleon to Marie-Louise of Austria.
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