Poet and Peasant - ouverture, Franz Von Suppé arr. Bert Van Thienen. Concert Band

Composer: Franz Von Suppé
Arranger: Bert Van Thienen
Instrumentation: Concert Band Orchestre dHarmonie - Blasorchester
Grade: 4-5
Duration: 9'30''
Item number: BVT164

Franz von Suppé gained world fame with the overture of Poet and Peasant (1846). The work is one of the most popular works of the light classical repertoire. 'Poet and Peasant' was composed not for one of his own operettas but as a part of incidental music to a play by a colleague named Karl Elmar.