OVERTURE TO 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL', OP. 5

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THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO THE COMEDY PLAY 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL'. THE OVERTURE WAS WRITTEN BY SAMUEL O. BARBER IN 1931 AND REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF THE COMEDY. THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN BY RICHARD B. SHERIDAN IN 1777. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE

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Symphonic Band Performances

Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi

Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Opera

Charts

Peak #210

Peak in subgenre #4

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

October 09, 2009

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MP3 11.0 MB • 192 kbps • 8:01

Story behind the song

Samuel Barber's overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5, was the composer's first composition for full orchestra. It was composed in 1931 while Barber was completing his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The premiere was given on August 30, 1933 by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Alexander Smallens. It lasts around 8 min.
The title refers to the comedy The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the overture was by Barber intended to reflect the spirit of the play.
The overture helped to establish Barber's national reputation and became in the 1950s a more regular part of the repertoire of American orchestras. It won the Joseph H. Bearns Prize of Columbia University in 1933.
An arrangement for concert band has been made by Frank M. Hudson.                                                      Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 play The School for Scandal is takes place in the jaded social circle of the aptly-named Lady Sneerwell. This comedy centers around the eccentricities and malicious gossip of Sheridan’s upper-class characters. In the score to his Overture to "The School for Scandal" Barber notes only that the piece was “suggested” by Sheridan’s play, and though there is no explicit program, the wit and fast-paced nature of the music certainly resonate with the nature of the play. Barber began work on this overture in 1931, while he was still a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. During summer break, Barber made an extended trip to Italy, most of which he spent staying with Giancarlo Menotti and his family. He wrote home to his parents that he had begun a “new piece for orchestra” and that work was going well. The premiere did not take place until two years later, when the Philadelphia Orchestra performed the work at one of its outdoor concerts at Robin Hood Dell. The Overture to "The School for Scandal" was a landmark in Barber’s career: it was not only his first completed orchestral work and his first work to be performed by a major orchestra, it also won the prestigious Bearns Prize for composition (the second of his student works to win this award).

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