Edition Svitzer / svitzer / SVIT-DIVSCH
Divertimento
$70.00
Svend Schultz
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2OB/2CL/2BN/2HN. Set in four contrasting movements, Schultz’s Divertimento for Wind Instruments is a neo-classical homage to the eighteenth century wind serenades and partitas of composers like Mozart, Haydn, Krommer, and Beethoven. Works of this type were often, though not exclusively, scored for an octet of oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons and were a common form of courtly entertainment during the Classical Era. Schultz’s work joins Emil Hartmann’s Serenade, op. 43 and Asger Lund Christiansen’s Octet, op. 34 as examples of significant contributions to this genre by Danish composers. Though an entirely well crafted and serious composition, Schultz’s octet freely embraces moments of lightheartedness and humor common in Classical works bearing the same “divertimento” title.
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