INSTRUMENTAL MUSICA AND EXERCISES

Preludio a orchestra in E minor/major (1876).

First modern performance: Lucca, 6 October 1999;
Autograph score: Lucca, Museo Casa natale, pp. 1-4, 7-122 (pp. 6-7 are lacking);
The composer dated the last page: "Giacomo Puccini adì 5 agosto 1876".
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinet in C, 2 Bassoon, 2 Horn in E, 2 Trumpet, 3 Trombone, Oficleide, Timpani in E-B, Strings

Adagio in A major for pianoforte (c 1881).

Used in Villi;
Manuscript in Biblioteca dell'Istituto musicale pareggiato «L. Boccherini» di Lucca

Largo Adagetto in F major for orchestra (c 1881-3).

Used in Edgar; fragment (only the first part completed);
Manuscript in Biblioteca dell'Istituto musicale pareggiato «L. Boccherini» di Lucca

Preludio sinfonico in A major for orchestra (1882).

Performed at Milan, 15 July 1882;
Used in Le villi and in the first version of Edgar.
Orchestral Score: Theodor Presser company, Bryn Mawr (U.S.A.), 1977.
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flute, 2 Oboe (first also Eng hn), 2 Clarinet in A, 2 Bassoon, 4 Horn in E, 2 Trumpet, 3 Trombone, Oficleidee, Timpani in A, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Harp, Strings.

Fugues for string quartet (c 1883).

Andante poco mosso in C minor; Andante sostenuto in A major, Andante mosso in G major Manuscript in Biblioteca dell'Istituto musicale pareggiato «L. Boccherini» di Lucca (xerograph copies).

Capriccio sinfonico in F major for orchestra (1883).
Performed at Milan, 14 July 1883; Autograph: Lucca, Museo Casa natale
Manuscript in Biblioteca dell'Istituto musicale pareggiato «L. Boccherini» di Lucca (xerograph copies).
melodic ideas used in Villi, Edgar and Bohème; 
F. Lucca, Milan, 1884 (version for pianoforte, four hands).  
Orchestral Score (for hire): Milan, Ricordi, © 1975 (pl. no. 132341).  
Instrumentation: 2 Flute, 2 Oboe (first also Eng hn), 2 Clarinetl in B flat, 2 Bassoon, 4 Horn in F,
2 Trumpet, 3 Trombone, Oficleide, Triangle, Timpani, Cornet, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Harp, Strings.
Three Minuets for string quartet (1884).
Used in Manon Lescaut; Pigna, Milan, 1884, R. Milan, Ricordi, 1987.
Crisantemi, elegy for string quartet (1890).

Performed at the Conservatories of Milan and Brescia in February 1890; Milan, Ricordi, 1890, R. 1987.

Piccolo valzer for pianoforte (1894).

Used in Bohème; Armi and arte, Genova, Montorfano, September 1894.

Scossa elettrica, march for pianoforte (c 1896).

Orchestrated for band; I telegrafisti a Volta, Tipografia G. Cairoli, Como, 1899.

Piece for pianoforte (Calmo and molto lento, 1916).
Turin, Associazione della stampa, November 1916.

 

 

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