Klarinet Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 1999/09

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re-bugles
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 04:16:56 -0400

This post by Bill Hausmann is correct.
The piece is Wellington's Victory, or "The Battle of Vitoria," Op. 91.
Originally a potboiler written to be played by the mechanical orchestral
machine called the Panharmonicon built by Johann Nepomik Maelzel (of
metronome fame). Due to obvious mechanical problems causing delays,
Beethoven rescored the piece for more conventional forces and it
premiered to great popular success.
The battle is depicted in large measure by using well-known themes for
each force, "Rule, Britannia" for the British, and "Malbrouck s'en va
t'en guerre" (better known in America as "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
or "The Bear Went Over the Mountain") as the French.
God Save the King" is quoted in the victorious finale.
Incidentally, each cannon and musket shot is individually SCORED by
Beethoven, with a black dot indicating English artillery and a hollow
dot for French artillery. The entry, direction, and DURATION of the
musket shots are precisely indicated, volleys represented by tied,
trilled notes.

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