Herold, Ferdinand

International Music Score Library Project [IMSLP] entry: Ferdinand Herold

Ferdinand Herold [1791-1833] was a French composer best known for his comic operas and ballets.

Piece	MP3	Midi	Genre
Zampa -- Overture		MIDI	classical duet
	Zampa, ou la Fiancee de Marbre (Zampa, or the Statue Bride) is a comic opera, basically a pastiche of Mozart's Don Giovanni. The Overture has retained its popularity, and is Herold's best-known work, apart perhaps from the ballet La Fille mal garde. It was composed in 1831. Here it is arranged for two pianos, eight hands, giving a very rich piano texture to the piece. The arrangement is by Friedrich Lux, published by Schott & Co., and largely sequenced in 2014 from the public-domain IMSLP version. I have also compared with a piano solo version by G. F. West, which has many more dynamics, much less pedalling, and a few corrected notes. I have incorporated much of this. But there is still far too much pedal for my personal taste. I have taken the liberty of introducing a bell for the clock, and a clarinet for the slower tune in the middle.

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