Tarantella with modified solo part
The violin part, arranged by Henri Vieuxtemps, is now available with both piano and orchestral accompaniment.
The Belgian violin virtuoso and composer Henri Vieuxtemps worked for six years at the court of Tsar Nicholas I in St. Petersburg. At the beginning of this engagement in 1846, he composed the Morceaux de Salon op. 22 for violin and piano, including No. 5 Tarentelle, and put it into print. As he also found it suitable for the big stage, he created an orchestral version, which was printed in 1854. Vieuxtemps made considerable changes to the violin part from 1846, changes that had previously only been found in the score.
New editions (5a) are now available, on the one hand of the version for violin and piano with the solo violin part of the orchestrated version, and on the other hand of the score. The orchestral material is available to borrow - the perfect prerequisite for performing the Tarantella on a larger scale! The preface is exciting and the critical report helps with many questions of detail. The fingerings in the score and the piano reduction are by Vieuxtemps, those in the violin part by the editor.
Henri Vieuxtemps: Tarantella for violin and orchestra op. 22 no. 5a, first edition published by Olaf Adler; score, OCT-10371, Fr. 40.60; piano version, OCT-10371a, Fr. 29.50; Edition Kunzelmann, Adliswil
