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The Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1 is a 1908 musical composition by Anton Webern. It is in passacaglia form. It was the first of his works to be published. It was also the last that Webern composed under the supervision of his teacher, Arnold Schoenberg. Webern suggested that the work was related to the death of his mother, who had died in 1906.
Instrumentation
The work is scored for an orchestra of: two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (cymbals, bass drum, triangle, tam-tam), harp, and strings.
References
- Passacaglia, Op. 1 Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Philip Huscher, Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1 (PDF), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2017
- Susan Bradshaw: booklet notes to 'Webern: Opus 1-31', CBS Masterworks.
- Julian Johnson: 'Webern and the Transformation of Nature', p.87. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
External links
- Passacaglia: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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