- This is Martucci’s orchestration (1901) of his 1888 piano piece, Tempo di gavotta.1
- Martucci composed many short piano pieces based on older dance forms, like this gavotte. In orchestral arrangements, these pieces became popular encores in the concerts he conducted.2
Sources
- John C.G. Waterhouse and Folco Perrino, “Martucci, Giuseppe,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 13, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000017947.
- Richard Whitehouse, liner notes to Martucci: Orchestral Music (Complete), Vol. 1, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Francesco La Vecchia, Naxos 8.570929, CD, 2009.
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