Orchestra (Fl1, Fl2 , Fl3(Fl-picc), 2 Ob, EnglHn, 2 clarinet, clarinet-B, 2 bassoon, bassoon-Co, Hn1, Hn2 , Hn3(chrom.), Hn4(chrom.), 3Trp, 3trombone, timpani, Tr-Gr, Tri, Be, Org, piano-4ms, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) - Level 5
SKU: BA.BA07896
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Edited by Michael Stegemann. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. Opus 78. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07896. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07896).
ISBN 9790006563333. 12.8 x 10.04 inches. Key: C minor. Text language: German/English/French. Preface: Michael Stegemann.
“In this work I gave everything I had to give. […] What I did here I will never do again”.
Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78, dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Like Beethoven’s Ninth, this so-called “Organ Symphony” was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society in London, where it received its premiere on 19 May 1886.
In this first scholarly-critical edition of the symphony, a great many inconsistencies and mistakes inherent in the previously used edition have been unveiled and corrected.
The edition of Symphony No. 3 marks the launch of a large-scale project: the publication of “Camille Saint-Saëns - Complete Edition of the Instrumental Works”. This performing Urtext edition is based on volume BA 10303 from that series.
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