ARRANGEMENTS FOR FLUTE QUARTET
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Cosi fan tutte
Dramma giocoso in due atti

Original Arrangement by Johann Wendt (1795)
for flute, violin, viola and violoncello
edited by Hansgeorg Schmeiser

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cover: flute quartets of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
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contents
Ouverture
Act I  No.1(No.1*)"La mia Dorabella capace non è."
No.2(No.4*)"Ah guarda, sorella."
No.3(No.5*)"Sento oddio, che questo piede."
No.4(No.8*)"Bella vita militar!"
No.5(No.10*)"Soave sia il vento."
No.6(No.13*)"Alla bella Despinetta."
No.7(No.18*)"Ah che tutta in un momento."
Act II No.8(No.19*)"Una donna a quindici anni."
No.9(No.20*)"Prenderò quel brunettino."
No.10(No.23*)"Il core vi dono."
No.11(No.28*)"È amore un ladroncello."
No.12 (No.31*)"Fate presto, o cari amici."
* denotes the number in the original version of the opera
preface
In Mozart´s time it was common practice to earn extra money by arranging newly composed operas or instrumental compositions. Even Mozart himself mentioned in his letters that he must hasten work on the "Harmoniemusik", otherwise someone else might anticipate him!
The present arrangement of the opera "Cosi fan tutte" is based on the original edition in the "Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek", the Vienna City Archives. The author of this arrangement is Johann Wendt (1745-1801), oboist of the "Kaiserlichen Hofmusikkapelle", the Royal Court Orchestra. He made over forty arrangements of opera for "Harmoniemusik".
Any obvious compositional or printing errors have been corrected. Some parts of each score have been carefully transcribed from the original composition, where it was felt that the arrangement missed the spirit of Mozart. We have based our work on the "New Mozart Edition"; any additional articulation suggestions are in accordance with the musical tradition of the Viennese Opera houses. I would like to express my thanks to Bettina Gradinger, Peter Sagaischek and Christoph Pantillon for their helpful cooperation.
Hansgeorg Schmeiser
Vienna, september 1997
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flute quartets, Cosi fan tutte, pocket score
flute quartets of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, pocket score
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flute quartets of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, flute
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