Napoli (Score)
For Wynton Marsalis (Variations on a Neopolitan Song for Solo Cornet and Band)
by Donald Hunsberger
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: AP.38388S

For Wynton Marsalis (Variations on a Neopolitan Song for Solo Cornet and Band). Composed by Hermann Bellstedt. Arranged by Donald Hunsberger. Concert Band; Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Donald Hunsberger Wind Library. Masterwork Arrangement. Score. 64 pages. Alfred Music #00-38388S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.38388S).

UPC: 038081430171. English.

Born in Germany, Hermann Bellstedt immigrated to America in 1867, where his family settled in Cincinnati. A prodigy on the cornet, he played with Patrick Gilmore as cornet soloist and assistant to the famous Ben Bolt, and, in 1904, joined the Sousa Band, playing alongside Walter Rogers and Herbert L. Clarke. Bellstedt's variations on Napoli feature the popular Neopolitan song Finiculi, Finicula (composed by Luigi Denza in 1880) that celebrated the funicular railway built up the side of Mt. Vesuvius in 1880. Other popular Amalfi Coast songs include 'O Solo Mio and Torna a Sorriento. A variety of solo textures, whimsical to intense, are demonstrated by this Donald Hunsberger arrangement dedicated to Wynton Marsalis as a part of the Carnaval project. A grandiose opportunity to feature your cornet or trumpet soloist!