Grand Opera
Four Operatic Favourites
C739 Cover
Flexible Ensemble (Woodwind, Brass and String instruments)
Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, Amilcare Ponchielli arr. Mark Goddard
Catalogue number: C739
ISMN: 979-0-57081-739-9
Former catalogue number: SP475 SP476, SP477
Previous Publisher(s): Spartan Press
Series: Flexible ensemble
Price: £11.95
Availability: Print and Download
Grades 2 – 5

See also…

Goddard Mark
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Gounod Charles
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Ponchielli Amilcare
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Verdi Giuseppe
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The Series: Flexible ensemble
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More romantic titles
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More music for ensemble
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Grand Opera presents an album of four famous opera tunes in simple yet effective arrangments:

    • Triumphal March from Aida and
    • La donna è mobile from Rigoletto by Verdi,
    • Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda by Ponchielli and
    • Soldier’s Chorus from Faust by Gounod.

Originally published by Spartan Press in three separate packs.
Now combined here in this new bumper edition.

Instrumentation

This set includes a generic score plus the following alternative instrumental parts:

PART 1

Flute [high]/Violin I [high] or Oboe/Flute [low]/Violin I [low] and/or
Bb Clarinet [high]/Bb Soprano Saxophone or Bb Clarinet [low]/ Bb Trumpet Bb/Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone or Eb Soprano Cornet

PART 2

Flute [high]/Violin II [high] or Oboe/Flute [low]/Violin II [low] and/or
Bb Clarinet [high] or Bb Clarinet [low]/Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone or Bb Clarinet [low]/Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet

PART 3

Bb Clarinet or Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone/ Eb Tenor Horn or Horn in F and/or
Bb Tenor Saxophone/ Bb Trombone BC or Trombone BC and/or
Violin III or Viola

PART 4

Bassoon/Trombone BC/Tuba BC or Cello/Double Bass and/or
Bb Clarinet/Bb Bass Clarinet or Bb Tenor Saxophone/Trombone TC/Bb Bass TC and/or
Eb Baritone Saxophone or Eb Tenor Horn/Eb Bass TC