1. Preludio a Orchestra

[E minor]

TIME OF ORIGIN

1875 (completed 5 August).

PERFORMANCES

First performance (see NOTES): 6 October 1999 at the Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, by the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala; conductor: Riccardo Muti.

INSTRUMENTATION

Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Ophicleide, Timpani, Strings.

LITERATURE

Fellerer 1937a, pp. 18 and 116–117; Fellerer 1937b, p. 687; Natale Gallini in Approdo musicale 1959, pp. 29–30; Michael Elphinstone in Quaderni 1992, p. 119; Magri 1999, pp. 107–110; Girardi 2005; Girardi, Bernardoni and Schickling 2015.

Nota