Carnovale
Carnival of Venice; arranged for clarinet quintet by Pamela Weston
Composer: Ernesto Cavallini
Publisher: June Emerson Editions
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This edition consists of a score and parts. The included clarinet part is for A clarinet, transposed from the original B-flat clarinet. The arrangement was done by Pamela Weston.
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Ernesto Cavallini (1807 – 1874) was an Italian clarinettist and composer. Carnovale is the title of a manuscript by Cavallini of the same Italian folk song popularized by Paganini's variations from the early 19th century. According to Weston, the manuscript's date of 1847/12/02 – Balogna points to a time when Cavallini was returning from a tour including Naples, Livorno, and Florence. Her arrangement changes the scoring of clarinet from B-flat to A, and strings from quintet (2 violin/viola/cello/double bass) to quartet, omitting the double-bass part. It's a straightfoward depiction of the 'O mamma, mamma cara!' theme in 6/8 time, with the highest pitch a written C6 and the easy key of B♭ major, but the delicate staccatos in the strings and the overall hushed dynamics lend it a simple charm. At less than a minute duration, it makes for a pleasing encore for a clarinettist's program with string quartet.
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Pages: 0.5
Pages (score):
Publisher Code: 55400773
UPC: 9790570405237
ISBN:
ISMN: 9790570405237
Length: 28 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Thickness: 0.09 cm
Weight: 48 g
