{"title":"Thomas Conway Brown Sheet Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore Thomas Conway Brown's sheet music collection, featuring Gioachino Rossini's \u003cem\u003eLa Gazza Ladra\u003c\/em\u003e (The Thieving Magpie) overture arranged for concert band. This Grade 4 masterwork is available in both conductor score with parts and conductor score formats, making it ideal for intermediate-level ensembles. Bring this beloved opera buffa classic to your band program with professionally engraved, performance-ready materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"la-gazza-ladra-the-thieving-magpie-overture-36-b325299","title":"La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture: Concert Band, CS","description":"LA GAZZA LADRA (THE THIEVISH MAGPIE), an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), was given its premier performance at La Scala, Milan, on May 31, 1817; about fourteen months after the debut of his THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. Even though the plot is complicated in the manner of the period, Rossini and his librettist, Gherardini, had fashioned a 'book' with many fresh touches. The lecherous old mayor; the falsely accused maiden in the clutches of despair - these and many other characterizations were to become stock figures in comic operas of a later period. The main novelty, however, was the inclusion of a pet magpie who was the real culprit and, through whose mischievous thievery of household effects, placed others in jeopardy. One revealing historical sidelight is the fact that Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, used LA GAZZA LADRA to inaugurate the first theatre in New York devoted only to the presentation of opera. The opera remained popular in New York until the 1890's, at which time the Bel Canto school yielded to the new 'Verismo' school. The overture has remained a staple of the symphonic orchestra repertory since the time it was composed. This edition is arranged for military band by Thomas Conway Brown.","brand":"Alfred Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44592220668040,"sku":"36-B325299","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/6104\/0520\/files\/36-B325299_large_10c32fde-912c-430b-89ca-ec54ece904f1.jpg?v=1779255602"},{"product_id":"la-gazza-ladra-the-thieving-magpie-overture-36-b325202","title":"La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture: Concert Band, Conductor Score \u0026 Parts","description":"LA GAZZA LADRA (THE THIEVISH MAGPIE), an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), was given its premier performance at La Scala, Milan, on May 31, 1817; about fourteen months after the debut of his THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. Even though the plot is complicated in the manner of the period, Rossini and his librettist, Gherardini, had fashioned a 'book' with many fresh touches. The lecherous old mayor; the falsely accused maiden in the clutches of despair - these and many other characterizations were to become stock figures in comic operas of a later period. The main novelty, however, was the inclusion of a pet magpie who was the real culprit and, through whose mischievous thievery of household effects, placed others in jeopardy. One revealing historical sidelight is the fact that Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, used LA GAZZA LADRA to inaugurate the first theatre in New York devoted only to the presentation of opera. The opera remained popular in New York until the 1890's, at which time the Bel Canto school yielded to the new 'Verismo' school. The overture has remained a staple of the symphonic orchestra repertory since the time it was composed. This edition is arranged for military band by Thomas Conway Brown.","brand":"Alfred Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44598699589768,"sku":"36-B325202","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/6104\/0520\/files\/36-B325202_large_6a1d8ffb-2633-4c46-a5de-aab5d1b7c213.jpg?v=1779255165"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.alfred.com\/collections\/thomas-conway-brown-sheet-music.oembed","provider":"Alfred Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}