Filippa, Marcia funebre
Giuseppe Filippa
Marcia funebre per il trasporto delle ceneri dell’immortale Maestro Gioachino Rossini da Parigi nel Tempio di S. Croce in Firenze.
Funeral march for the return of the remains of Rossini from Paris to Florence.
Modern edition by David Whitwell
This original band composition was composed for the return of the remains of Rossini to Florence. He died in 1868 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. In 1887 his remains were transported to the Basilica di Santa Corce in Florence, Italy, in a ceremony which attracted 6,000 people.
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This live performance was given 8 March 1991 by the California State University Wind Ensemble, David Whitwell, Conductor.
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Dr. Whitwell’s publications include more than 127 articles on wind literature including publications in Music and Letters (London), the London Musical Times, the Mozart-Jahrbuch (Salzburg), and 39 books, among which is his 13-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble and an 8-volume series on Aesthetics in Music. In addition to numerous modern editions of early wind band music his original compositions include 5 symphonies.
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