Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)

Fest-Ouverture [Festival Overture] for large military band

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Print
  • Year of composition: 2 June 1909 according to the autograph
  • Work category: Orchestral works in one movement
  • First performed: 4 June 1909, Djurgården, Stockholm, at the opening of the Stockholm Exhibition of the Swedish Art and Design Industry, the Royal Dalecarlian Regiment Music Corps under the leadership of the composer
  • Arrangement/revision: Revised and rescored by Gunnar Johansson 1974. Arrangement for modern wind band by Finn Rosengren 2015
  • Duration: 8 min

Instrumentation

Alfvén's original orchestration: 3**.0.5**.0 / 4.6**.3.2 / 2 tenori, bombardino / timp, 4 perc
(2 picc, 2 e-flat clar, e-flat corn, b-flat corn)
Gunnar Johansson's arrangement: 3*.2.7***.2 / 4 sax / … Read more

Examples of printed editions

Arrangement by Gunnar Johansson: Edition Suecia, Stockholm 1984.
Original version and arrangement by Finn Rosengren: Edition Levande Musikarv, Stockholm 2015

  • Location autograph: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek

Description of work

Andante E-flat major 4/4, Allegro alla breve, Presto

Media files

Edition Swedish Musical Heritage

  • Scores
    • Fest-Ouverture för stor militärkår - Score (pdf - 1.3 MB  |  Downloaded 4474 times)
      Edition: Levande Musikarv
      Originalversion. Publiceras med tillstånd av rättsinnehavaren: Hugo Alfvénfonden i Kungl. Musikaliska akademien.
      Original version. Published with the permission of the copyright holder: The Hugo Alvén foundation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
    • Fest-Ouverture för stor militärkår anpassad/adapted version - Score (pdf - 1.5 MB  |  Downloaded 4062 times)
      Edition: Levande Musikarv
      Anpassad för modern blåsorkester av Finn Rosengren. Publiceras med tillstånd av rättsinnehavaren: Hugo Alfvénfonden i Kungl. Musikaliska akademien.
      Adapted for Modern Wind Orchestra by Finn Rosengren. Published with the permission of the copyright holder: The Hugo Alvén foundation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
    Parts
    • Fest-Ouverture för stor militärkår - Parts (zip - 15.4 MB  |  Downloaded 3201 times)
      Edition: Levande Musikarv
      Originalversion. Publiceras med tillstånd av rättsinnehavaren: Hugo Alfvénfonden i Kungl. Musikaliska akademien.
      Original version. Published with the permission of the copyright holder: The Hugo Alvén foundation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
    • Fest-Ouverture för stor militärkår anpassad/adapted version - Parts (zip - 19.5 MB  |  Downloaded 3501 times)
      Edition: Levande Musikarv
      Anpassad för modern blåsorkester av Finn Rosengren. Publiceras med tillstånd av rättsinnehavaren: Hugo Alfvénfonden i Kungl. Musikaliska akademien.
      Adapted for Modern Wind Orchestra by Finn Rosengren. Published with the permission of the copyright holder: The Hugo Alvén foundation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.Musikaliska akademien.