The Carnival of Venice Brass Band - Digital Sheet Music
The "Carnival of Venice" is based on a Neapolitan folk tune called "O Mamma, Mamma Cara" and popularised by violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini, who wrote twenty variations on the original tune. He titled it "Il Carnevale Di Venezia," Op. 40. In 1829, he wrote to a friend, "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'O Mamma, Mamma Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it." Since then, the tune has been used for a number of popular songs, such as "If You Should Go to Venice" and "My Hat, It Has Three Corners". The tune was also used as an endless song in Australian schoolyards: "A doggy stole a sausage, cos he was underfed The butcher saw him do it, and now that doggy's dead And all the little doggies, were very sad that night They built for him a tombstone, and on it they did write..." – repeated, ad nauseam, to the tune of "Carnival of Venice", sometimes only stopped by the ringing of the bell to return to class. A series of theme and variations has been written for solo cornet, as "show off" pieces that contain virtuoso displays of double and triple tonguing, and fast tempos.
Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Baritone Horn TC Cornet Euphonium Flugelhorn Percussion Trombone Bass Trombone Tuba E-Flat Horn
- Ensembles:
- Brass Band
- Genres:
- Classical
- Publishers:
- Chris Gorman
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Instructionals:
- Contest, Festival
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 101
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1089024
Composed by J.B. Arban. Arranged by Chris Gorman. Classical,Contest,Festival. Brass Band. 101 pages. Chris Gorman #693241. Published by Chris Gorman (A0.1089024).The "Carnival of Venice" is based on a Neapolitan folk tune called "O Mamma, Mamma Cara" and popularised by violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini, who wrote twenty variations on the original tune. He titled it "Il Carnevale Di Venezia," Op. 40. In 1829, he wrote to a friend, "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'O Mamma, Mamma Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it." Since then, the tune has been used for a number of popular songs, such as "If You Should Go to Venice" and "My Hat, It Has Three Corners". The tune was also used as an endless song in Australian schoolyards: "A doggy stole a sausage, cos he was underfed The butcher saw him do it, and now that doggy's dead And all the little doggies, were very sad that night They built for him a tombstone, and on it they did write..." – repeated, ad nauseam, to the tune of "Carnival of Venice", sometimes only stopped by the ringing of the bell to return to class. A series of theme and variations has been written for solo cornet, as "show off" pieces that contain virtuoso displays of double and triple tonguing, and fast tempos.
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- Instrument:
- Brass Baritone Horn Baritone Horn TC Brass Trumpet Cornet Brass Euphonium Brass Trumpet Flugelhorn Percussion Percussion Brass Trombone Brass Bass Trombone Brass Tuba Brass E-Flat Horn
- Ensemble:
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