Stravinsky Capriccio score, sheet music, orchestral parts

Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

Edition Zeza

$119.95 - $575.00

SKU EZ-3101

Weight 1.20 LBS

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Difficulty Advanced

Instrumentation 3Fl1dPicc, 2Ob, EH, 3Cl(2nd d Eb Cl, 3rd d. B. Cl.), 2Bsn, 4Hn, 2Tpt, 3Tbn, Tba, Timp, Solo Pno, Strings

Duration 18-19 minutes

Set of Parts Includes Strings count 4.4.3.3.2

Product Type REPRINT SERIES

Score type Required

Conductor's Score (9"x12") Set of parts (9"x12") Extra Strings (2.2.2.2.2)

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The Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra was written by Igor Stravinsky in Nice between 1926 and 1929. The score was revised in 1949. Stravinsky designed the Capriccio to be a virtuosic vehicle which would allow him to earn a living from playing the piano part. The Capriccio, together with the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, belonged to a catalogue of breadwinning pieces which Stravinsky composed to support himself after fleeing the Russian Revolution to live in Western Europe.

Amongst other influences on the Capriccio, Stravinsky very much had in mind Carl Maria von Weber, whom he described as "a prince of music".

The three movements are played attacca (without interruption) and take just under twenty minutes to perform.

    I. Presto
    II. Andante rapsodico
    III. Allegro capriccioso ma tempo giusto