Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1497141 Composed by Karel Komzák jr. Arranged by Albert Schwarzmann. 19th Century,Opera,Romantic Period. 138 pages. Edition Schwalbe #1073563. Published by Edition Schwalbe (A0.1497141). Karel Komzák jr. was born in Prague, studied there violin and became a very successful conductor in the Austrian Empire. From 1883 he was bandmaster of the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 84 in Vienna, the orchestra which was awarded the title of the best military band in the world at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889. Komzák even conducted his Baden spa orchestra at the World Exhibition in Chicago 1904. His Folk Opera Edelweiss premiered in 1892 in Salzburg. The arrangement is one half tone higher than the original key of the composition for symphony orchestra and was commissioned and first time performed by Mozarteum Wind Philharmonic Salzburg conducted by Hansjoerg Angerer at their Three Kings' Concert on 6 January 2018 in the Grosses Festspielhaus (Large Festival Hall) in Salzburg, Austria and broadcasted live by Austrian television. A live recording of this concert is available at https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/durch-die-waelder-durch-die-auen/ or https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/durch-die-waelder-durch-die-auen/hnum/10428715?iampartner=303&subid=umr14&ref= partner.jpc.de .
