Description
Sinfonia Pastorale
Manlio Bavagnoli
Modern edition by David Whitwell (1937–)
Date: 1888
Instrumentation: Wind Ensemble (Fl, Ob 1.2, Cl 1.2, Bsn 1.2, Hn 1.2, Cbsn)
Duration:
Level: 4
Manlio Bavagnoli, Sinfonia Pastorale (1888), for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon in three movements:
Andante
Scherzo
Allegro
Nothing is known of this composer whose 1888 symphony for winds is found in manuscript in Florence, Italy. A later conductor by the same name, perhaps his son, Manlio Bavagnoli (1879–1933), was an opera conductor in Genova and Parma.
David Whitwell
Austin, 2015