Description
Variations on a German Folksong
Siegfried Ochs (1858–1929)
Modern edition by David Whitwell
Concert Band | PDF download | Level 4, Medium
Date: 1887 | Duration: 14:30
Score preview
In this remarkable composition Siegfried Ochs, in each variation he parodies a different composer.
- Theme: “Kommt ein Vogel geflogen,” Allegretto con moto
- Variation 1: Bach, Allegro non troppo
[In the style of an organ fugue] - Variation 2: Josef Haydn, Allegretto con modo
[ In the style of Harmoniemusik] - Variation 3: Mozart, Andante molto grazioso
[A clarinet solo] - Variation 4: Johann Strauss, Waltz
[In the style of a Viennese Waltz] - Variation 5: Verdi, Allegro
[ An “Aria di Bravura” in the operatic style, with the often repeated finale of Italian dramatic music] - Variation 6: Charles Gounod, Adagio e dolce
[A parody on the Garden Scene in Faust] - Variation 7: Wagner, Lento-Allegro Grandioso
[A parody on two motives from Lohengrin and Tannhäuser] - Variation 8: Beethoven, Andante non troppo
[In the style of a song with pano] - Variation 9: Mendelssohn, Andante molto expressivo
[a quartet for horns in imitation of the Intermezzo in Midsummer Night’s Dream] - Variation 10: Brahms, Moderato
[in the style of a song from Op. 49] - Variation 11: Meyerbeer, Tempo di marcia
[in the grand heroic style. After an introduction by the drums, the grand scene “The Blessing of the Daggers” in The Huguenots is parodied.] - Variation 12: March [in the style of a nineteenth century German Infantry March]
