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Continue ShoppingBurgmuller: Duo for Clarinet and Piano
Code: JP2131
ISMN: 979-0-3019-0355-1
Norbert Burgmuller (1810-1836) was born in Düsseldorf, the
youngest son in a musical family. His father was the
director of a theatre, and his mother, a singer and piano
teacher. His older brother, Friedrich, was also a
composer. He died at the very young age of only 26, after
an epileptic seizure.
In respect and acknowledgement of Burgmuller's talent,
his friend Mendelssohn composed the Trauermarsch
a-Moll op. 103 for Burgmuller's funeral. Robert
Schumann, who arranged for
the posthumous publication of Burgmuller's two
symphonies, and completed the orchestration of the
scherzo of the unfinished Symphony No. 2, wrote in a
memorial notice that no death was more deplorable than
that of Norbert Burgmuller since the early death of
Franz Schubert.
Burgmuller's Duo in E-flat major for clarinet and
piano was composed in 1834. It is in one movement in a
ternary form (ABA). The lovely melody and harmonies are
much like Schubert and will be a very appealing addition
to a program. The total duration is approximately 11.5
minutes.
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