Franz von Suppé: The Light Cavalry - Overture: Orchestra

This edition of Suppè's overture is based entirely on todays clearly defined editorial guidelines. By using all available sources the primary goal was the elimination of many well-known errors as weil as the clarification of some doubtful orchestrations in the overture. Suppè himself is giving only one flute in the autograph score, while the piccolo is conducted divisi with the flute throughout. This edition is free of any arbitrary additions by the editor. Obviously mistaken notes, which vehemently ensured confusions in previous printings, have been silently corrected. If additional remarks by the editor seemed necessary, these are clearly marked as such throughout: By dashing (eg. slures, crescendo hairpins), for dynamics, performance and technical instructions by the use of brackets [cresc.] etc.(Nick Pfefferkorn)