festival march
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opus number
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54
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Burghauser catalogue number
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88
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composed
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January / February 1879
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premiere - place and date
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23 April 1879, Praha
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premiere - performer(s)
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Provisional Theatre Orchestra, conductor Adolf Cech
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main key
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C major
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| instrumentation | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, triangle, harp, violins, violas, cellos, double basses |
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duration
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approx. 5 min.
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| The Festival March is an occasional piece written as an introduction to a gala performance to mark the silver wedding of Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife, the Empress Elisabeth. The music is ceremonial in character and ends with an impressive coda. |