55. Capriccio sinfonico
TIME OF ORIGIN
June/July 1883.
PERFORMANCES
First performance: 14 July 1883 at the Regio Conservatorio di Musica, Milan, by the conservatory orchestra; conductor: Franco Faccio.
First performance of the revised version (see NOTES): 9 April 1893 at the Teatro Malibran, Venice; conductor: Pier Adolfo Tirindelli.
INSTRUMENTATION
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Cornets, 3 Trombones, Ophicleide, Timpani, Triangle, Bass drum, Cymbals, Harp, Strings.
LITERATURE
Specht 1931, pp. 52-56; Carner 1944, pp. 56-61; Gallini in Approdo musicale 1959 , pp. 36-37; Magri 1974, pp. 307-308; Hopkinson 1968, pp. 55 and 62-64; Cavalli in Critica, p. 29; Schickling 1989, p. 440; Mostra 1974, pp. 23-27, Nos. 17-19; Bassi 1992, pp. 22-29; Schickling 1998b; Francesco Cesari in Biagi Ravenni and Gianturco 1997, p. 452; Magri 1999, pp. 119-131; Girardi, Bernardoni and Schickling 2015, pp.