Franz Krommer (1759-1832)
One of Mozart’s lesser known contemporaries is the composer Franz Vinzenz Krommer.
He was trained as a violinist and organist and, later, in the early 1780s, he is reported to be “improving on his composition skills.”
His activities include a number of positions as organist, violinist and musical director for churches and courts in what is now Slovakia, Moravia and Lower-Austria. Around 1791 he settled in Vienna, where he became k.k. Kapellmeister and (the very last official Habsburg) Court Composer in 1818.
His large, mainly instrumental output (approximately 300 compositions) include brilliant partitas for windband. A partita or Harmonie in fact is a four movement symphony for wind ensemble.
It is believed, that he (who had no proven earlier acquaintance with windinstruments) started to develop a keen sense for this medium as musical director and composer for Count Károly’s regimental bands from 1787 to 1791 and later Anton Prince Grassalkovich de Gyarak’s band.
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro moderato, II. Romance, III. Menuetto moderato, IV. Rondo |
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| Perf. Time | ca 16’
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| Level | moderate, virtuoso horn parts |
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| Description | symphony-like work |
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| Partita ex Dis (in E-flat) [TWEC: FVK 17] (ca 1790) |
F.E. 0207/07 score and parts |
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| 2ob 2cl 2bn 2 hn | € 40.- |
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| Harmonie op. 71 in E-flat (1808) |
F.E. 0404/24 score and parts |
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| 2ob 2cl 2bn cbn 2 hn | € 50.- |
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro vivace, II. Menuetto Allegro, III. Adagio, IV.Alla Polacca |
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| Perf. Time | ca 16’
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| Level | moderate |
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| Description | symphony-like work |
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| Harmonie op. 73 in F (1810) |
F.E. 0208/08 score and parts |
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| 2ob 2cl 2bn cbn 2 hn | € 50.- |
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro con brio, II. Adagio, III. Menuetto, IV. Allegro | ||
| Perf. Time | ca 17’
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| Level | moderate |
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| Description | symphony-like work |
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro Vivace, II. Andante Allegretto, III. Menuetto Allegro, IV. Allegro |
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| Perf. Time | ca 18’
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| Level | moderate |
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| Description | symphony-like work |
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro moderato, II. Menuetto moderato, III. Adagio, IV. Presto |
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| Level | difficult |
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| Description | symphony-like work |
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| Harmonie op. 78 in B-flat (1812) |
F.E. 0410/30 score and parts |
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| 2ob 2cl 2bn cbn 2 hn | € 50.- |
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| Mvmts | I. Allegro, II. Romanze Allegretto, III. Menuetto Allegro, IV. Rondo Allegro |
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| Level | moderate |
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| Description | symphony-like work with obligato trumpet part |
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| Harmonie op. 83 in F (1811) |
F.E. 0302/11 score and parts |
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| 2ob 2cl 2bn 2 hn tp | € 50.- |
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For more Krommer wind music see also: www.sarastro.com and www.krommer.com for editions by Nessa Glenn and Heinz Ecker
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