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1 EGNNNG STRNG ORCHESTRA Grade Level: 2 a concert in vienna (Radetzky March) johann strauss Arranged by victor lopez (ascap) NSTRUMENTATON Conductor 8 st Violin 8 2nd Violin 5 3rd Violin (Viola T.C.) 5 Viola 5 5 String ass Accompaniment ercussion (Crash Cymbals) Note rom the editor All elwin string parts have been careully bowed and ingered appropriately by level. The Yellow Very eginning series includes many bowings as well as reminder ingerings or irst-time readers. The Red eginning series includes requent bowings to assist younger players. ingerings or altered pitches are oten marked. The Green ntermediate series includes appropriately placed bowings or middle-level students. ingerings and positions are marked or notes beyond irst position. The lue Concert series includes bowings appropriate or the experienced high school player. ingerings and position markings are indicated or diicult passages. ob hillips elwin/op String Editor lease note: Our band and orchestra music is now being collated by an automatic high-speed system. The enclosed parts are now sorted by page count, rather than score order.

2 program notes A Concert in Vienna, arranged by Victor Lopez, is based on Radetzky March, Op. 228, the regimental quick march o the irst King s ragoon Guards, and was composed in 848 by Johann Strauss (Senior), ather o the renowned Waltz King. t was dedicated to Austrian ield Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, and became quite a popular march among soldiers. The composition is perormed at The New Year Concert (in German: as Neujahrskonzert der Wiener hilharmoniker) o the Vienna hilharmonic Orchestra, which takes place each year on the morning o January st in Vienna, Austria. t is broadcast around the world to an estimated audience o one billion in 44 countries. The music is mostly that o the Strauss amily (Johann Strauss, Johann Strauss, Jose Strauss and Eduard Strauss). The lowers that decorate the Wiener Musikverein concert hall are a git each year rom the city o San Remo, Liguria, taly. The concert always ends with several encores ater the main program. The musicians then collectively wish the audience a happy new year and close with Johann Strauss s lue anube Waltz ollowed by the Radetzky March. uring this last piece, the audience claps along in time and the conductor turns to conduct them instead o the orchestra. A break rom the tradition in recent times occurred during the 2005 edition, conducted by Lorin Maazel, where the program concluded with the lue anube Waltz as a mark o respect or the victims o the 2004 ndian Ocean earthquake. The concert was irst perormed on ecember 3, 939, conducted by Clemens Krauss. n 2006, not or the irst time in the history o the Neujahrskonzert, there was a work o Mozart: the overture to The Marriage o igaro. or several years, the concert has been telecast on S. notes to the conductor This new rendition o Radetzky March provides numerous teaching opportunities or interdisciplinary connections or beginning orchestra students. esides studying the importance o classical music and the work o Johann Strauss, lessons may be developed that address the dierent calendars or New Year s celebrations. lease note that in this arrangement, the arranger s intent is to provide young string players with early exposure to classical music. To that end, it is to be played at a much slower tempo than the original work. Nevertheless, once the students have acquired suicient knowledge and luency in playing the music, the piece may be played at a much aster march-like tempo. At the beginning, note that staccato markings are introduced on measure 2 and should be played lightly. This provides an opportunity to discuss proper bowing technique. The entire composition is somewhat on the light side. At rehearsal number 5, the dynamic level is mezzo-piano and care should be taken not to allow the viola, cello and bass playing on beats and 3 to play heavy. Watch the articulations and the introduction o the slur markings. At rehearsal number 3, the dynamic marking goes up to a mezzo-orte and the viola plays ater beats, but it should not be played heavy. The percussion plays a supportive role throughout and should only compliment the rhythmic igures, but never overpower the strings. At the pickups beore rehearsal number 2, in order to maintain interest or all players, a short phrase o the melody is introduced in the cello and string bass parts. Work on balance at measure 25 where the melody is written in thirds and sixths. At measure 35, two measures beore the.s. al Coda, ensure that the st and 2nd violins and piano start the decrescendo at the orte level or it to be eective. At measure 36, the.s. al Coda goes to rehearsal number 5 where the sign is located, and at measure 9 it jumps to measure 37, where the coda appears until the end. hope that by playing A Concert in Vienna, young musicians develop an early appreciation or classical literature and that in doing so they have a rewarding musical experience.

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