Arrangements for the small entertainment orchestra of the SWF (1956-1958)

Instrumentation

Piano, chamber orchestra

Between 1956 and 1958, Bertold Hummel arranged twelve popular piano works for solo piano and chamber orchestra on behalf of the Südwestfunk small entertainment orchestra.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Prelude op. 35,1 (1956)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - Strings

First recording: February 1956 / Recording preserved
Small entertainment orchestra of the SWF / Willi Stech

Performance time: 2 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: Mendelssohn: Prelude op. 35 arr. B. Hummel - Length: Score: 4 pages / Parts: 21 pages - Date: 17. I. 55 [sic] - Location:

Publisher: -

Anton Rubinstein: Barcarolle No. 4 (1956)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, harp, celesta, strings

First recording: February 1956 / Recording preserved
Small entertainment orchestra of the SWF / Willi Stech

Performance time: 5 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: A. Rubinstein: Barcarolle for piano + small orchestra arrang. B. Hummel
Length: Score: 12 pages / Parts: 25 pages
Date: 22 Jan. 56
Location:

Publisher: -

Friedrich Smetana: Le bonheur éteint JB 1:103, T.112 No. 1 (1956)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, harp, celesta, strings

Performance time: 4 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: Smetana: le bonheur eteint arr. B. Hummel
Length: Score: 12 pages
Date: 16 Feb. 56
Location: Bavarian State Library, Munich

Publisher: -

Friedrich Smetana: La Consolation JB 1:103, T.112 No. 2 (1956)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, harp, celesta, strings

Performance time: 5 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: Smetana: la consolation arr. B. Hummel
Length: score: 11 pages / parts: 25 pages
Date: 22. III. 56
Location:

Publisher: -

Friedrich Smetana: En Bohême (In Bohemia - rural scene) (1956)*

First recording: probably September 1956
Small entertainment orchestra of the SWF / Willi Stech

Autograph: lost
composed between 4 and 12 July 1956

Publisher: -

Schubert - Liszt: Soirée de Vienne No.2 (after the Ländler No. 6)(1956)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, strings

First recording: 31 January 1957 / recording preserved
Small entertainment orchestra of the SWF / Willi Stech

Performance time: 9':30 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: Soirées vienne Schubert-Liszt arr. B. Hummel
Length: Score: 13 pages
Date: 20 Nov. 56
Location:

Publisher: -

Schubert - Liszt: Soirée de Vienne No.1 (1956)*

Autograph: lost
composed between 12.11.1956 and 25.2.1957

Ethelbert Nevin: Rosary (1958)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, harp, celesta, strings

Performance time: 2,5 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: Der Rosenkranz E. Nevin arr. B. Hummel
Length: Score: 10 pages
Date: 3 July 58
Location:

Publisher: -

Ethelbert Nevin: Narcissus op. 13, No. 4 for piano solo (1958)*

Autograph: lost
composed between 19.4. and 11.6.1958

Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Brise de Mer (1958)*

Autograph: lost
composed between 19.4. and 23.5.1958

Cyrill Scott: Danse Nègre for piano solo, op. 58 No. 5 (1958)

Orchestra: 1.1.2.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion, celesta, guitar, harp, strings

Performance time: 2 minutes

Autograph score:
Title: DANSE NÈGRE by Cyril Scott op. 58 No 5 arr. B. Hummel
Length: Score: 14 pages
Date: 16 Dec 58
Location:

Publisher: -

Cyrill Scott: Morning song in the Jungle for piano solo (1959) *

Autograph: lost
composed between 8.10.1958 and 13.2.1959

* Unfortunately, the score and orchestral material of these arrangements have been lost. Please let us know if you are aware of their whereabouts!

Arrangements for the small entertainment orchestra of the SWF (1956-1958)

Arrangements for the small entertainment orchestra of the SWF (1956-1958)

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