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Bram Heemskerk

ORCHESTRAL OCCUPATION IN THE SCORE FOR VIOLINCONCERTO'S

June 25, 2007 at 11:03 AM

I am making an inventory of the instruments in an orchestra for violinconecrto's too see what is suitable for string orchestra, chamberorchestra or full symphony orchestra. This is what I found till now (if it is all right) and I begin with the rarities:

woodwinds / brass / percussion/harp etc
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon / horn, trumpet, trombones, tuba / timpani

PAGANINI, NICOLO woodwinds / brass / percussion/harp etc
Violinconcerto1 2222(of 1contra) / 2(of 4?)210 /timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 2 1221 / 2230 / timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 3 2222 / 2231 / timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 4 2222 / 2231 / timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 5 2222 / 2231 / timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 6 ?
VIEUXTEMPS, HENRI
Violinconcerto 1 2222 / 4230 / percussion
Violinconcerto 2 2222 / 4200 / percussion
Violinconcerto 3 2222 / 4230 / timpani, percussion)
Violinconcerto 4 2222 / 4230 /
Violinconcerto 5 1222 / 2200 / timpani
Violinconcerto 6 2222 / 4230 / timpani, percussion
Violinconcerto 7 2222 / 4230 / timpani, percussion
HUBAY, JENO
Violinconcerto 1 ?
Violinconcerto 2 ?
Violinconcerto 3 2222 / 423(1 bastr.)0 / timpani, percussion harp
Violinconcerto 4 2222 / 3200 / timpani, percussion
DOHNANYI, ERNST VON
Violinconcerto 1 2222(+1 contra)/ 4(+1 English horn)230 / timpani , triangle (percussion)/ harp
Violinconcerto 2 3222 / 4231 / timpani, percussion / harp
KARLOWICZ
Violinconcerto 1 2222 / 4230 / timpani
WIENIAWSKI, HENRYK
Violinconcerto 1op.14 2222 / 2230 / timpani
Violinconcerto 2 2222 / 2230 / timpani
LALO, EDUARD
Violinconcerto op.20 2222 / 2230 / timpani
Violinconcerto op.21Symf Esp. 3222 / 4230 / timpani, percussion/ harp
Violinconcerto op. 29 2222 / 4230 / timpani
Fantasy Norwegian 3222 / 2000 / timpani, triangle
FAURÉ, GABRIEL
Violinconcerto 2222 / 4230 / timpani
ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM
Violinconcerto 2 2222 / 3230 / percussion
GODARD, BENJAMIN
Violinconcerto 1 Conc. Romantique op.35 2222 / 2200 / timpani
GOLDMARK, KARL
Violinconcerto 1 opus 28 2222 / 4230 / timpani 33 minutes
JOACHIM, JOSEPH
Violinconcerto 1 2222 / 4230 / timpani 15 minutes
Violinconcerto 2 2222 / 4200 / percussion 50 minutes
Violinconcerto 3 2222 / 4200 / timpani
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Violinconcerto 1222 / 2200 / timpani 43 minutes
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Violinconcerto 2222 / 4200 / timpani 39 minutes
KABALEWSKIJ, DMITRIJ
Violinconcerto 2222 / 4200 / timpani 16 minutes
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Violinconcerto 1 0200 / 2000 / timpani 20 minutes
Violinconcerto 2 0200 / 2000 / timpani 27 minutes
Violinconcerto 3 2200 / 2000 / timpani 28 minutes
Violinconcerto 4 0200 / 2000 / timpani 25 minutes
Violinconcerto 5 0200 / 2000 / timpani 30 minutes
PROKOFJEW, SERGE
Violinconcerto 1 2222 / 4201/ timpani / harp
SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE
Violinconcerto 1 2222 / 2200/ timpani 10 minutes
Violinconcerto 2 1111 / 1130 / timpani /harp 15 minutes
Violinconcerto 3 2222 / 2230 / timpani 29 minutes

KORNGOLD
WHO KNOWS THE ORCHESTRAL OCCUPATION IN THE SCORE?

From Laurie Niles
Posted on June 26, 2007 at 7:02 AM
WOW! This is a great reference.

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