Academic Festival Overture Op. 80, Critical Edition
By Johannes Brahms / arr. Carl Simpson Grade: 4 Item: 36-M988301
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Brahms composed this work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau for conferring on him an honorary doctorate of philosophy. Known for his love of irony, Brahms based this overture on a number of familiar melodies resulting in what he called a “very boisterous potpourri of student songs.” Included is Was kommt dort von der Höh (“What Comes There from on Yonder?”), sung by upperclassmen to chide first year students, a German patriotic song Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus (“We have built this stately house”), and a triumphant finale on Gaudeamus igitur (“So Let Us Rejoice”) that was commonly performed at many European high school and university graduation ceremonies.
Additional Information
| Series: | LudwigMasters |
| Composed by: | Johannes Brahms |
| Arranged by: | Carl Simpson |
| Ensemble: | Concert Band |
| Format: | Conductor Score |
| Instrumentation: | Concert Band |
| Page Count: | 44 |
| Item Number: | 36-M988301 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-62-156151-8 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-6215-6151-4 |
| UPC: | 660355078743 |
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