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Adalbert Gyrowetz
Divertissement in A Major, Op.50
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850) was born in the Bohemian town Budweis, then part of the Austrian Habsburg empire and today known as Budějovice in the Czech Republic. He was also known by the Czech form of his name Jirovec. He studied violin and voice with his father, a choirmaster. Gyrowetz traveled throughout Europe, residing for periods in Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, Naples and several other major European cities. He knew and was friendly with Haydn and Mozart, the former whose style his closely resembles. Several of Gyrowetz's symphonies were published under Haydn's name by unscrupulous publishers trying to make an extra buck. Mozart thought enough of Gyrowetz's symphonies to perform several of them in concerts in Vienna. Gyrowetz, like most of his contemporaries, was a prolific composer writing some 400 works, among them 60 symphonies, and hundreds of chamber works including 40 piano trios, more than 60 string quartets and several works for winds, strings and piano.
The Divertissement in A Major, Op.50 was composed in 1801. It was, as the title suggests, aimed at the newly burgeoning home music making market and for this reason the work was titled for piano, violin or flute and cello, there being more violinists and hence standard piano trios than ensembles for flute, cello and piano. But it works well in wither combinations. Filled with lovely melodies, it is in four charming movements, Larghetto, Menuetto, Andantino-allegro and Allegretto.
We have reprinted the original edition by Andre of Offenbach. The piano part as was standard for the time is only the piano part as publishers did not start making piano scores until around 1850.
Parts: $14.95
