L' Orfeo
Suite
by Claudio Monteverdi
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
Baroque Period
Renaissance
Composers
Claudio Monteverdi
Publishers
Baton Music
Formats
Score
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 3
Musical Forms
Suite
Usages
School and Community
Concert band concert band - Grade 3

SKU: BF.BM1190-SCORE

Suite. Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Gregor Kovacic. Baton Music orchestral series. Full score. Baton Music #BM1190-SCORE. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM1190-SCORE).

‘L'Orfeo’, sometimes called ‘La favola d'Orfeo’, is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ‘favola in musica’, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. ‘L'Orfeo’ has the honour of being the earliest surviving opera that is still regularly performed today. And employs all the resources then known within the art of music, with particularly daring use of polyphony. In his published score Monteverdi lists around 41 instruments to be deployed, with distinct groups of instruments used to depict particular scenes and characters. Slovenian arranger Gregor Kovacic compiled an orchestral suite from ‘L'Orfeo’ for Symphonic Band.