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Der Buerger als Edelmann Suite, Op. 60-IIIa/ TrV 228c (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme): Full Orchestra, Conductor Score & Parts

Der Buerger als Edelmann Suite, Op. 60-IIIa/ TrV 228c (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme): Full Orchestra, Conductor Score & Parts

By Richard Strauss

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The development of the music that Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote for the orchestral suite, Op. 60, tells a complicated history. Originally, he and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal collaborated on a one-act opera based on Moliére's play Le bourgeois gentilhomme, the initial version of Ariadne auf Naxos. Following an unsuccessful production in Stuttgart on October 25, 1912, they realized that the opera was too long and financially impractical. After the better-received appearance of the 1916 version, in which they had decided to cut the incidental music to the Moliere play, Hofmannsthal urged Strauss to rework it into the musical comedy DER BÜRGER ALS EDELMANN. This wartime production suffered a lukewarm reception when it premiered in Stuttgart in 1918. Two years later, Strauss gathered several extracts of music from the opera into a suite for orchestra which found a warm reception when he himself conducted the Vienna premiere on January 31, 1920. Instrumentation: 2(d.Picc).2(2nd d.EH).2.2(2nd d.CBsn): 2.1.1.0: Timp.Perc(5): Hp.Pno: Str (4-4.4-4.2-2-2.2-2-2.5).

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Series: Kalmus Orchestra Library
Publisher: Keiser Productions, Inc.
UPC: 659859326092
SKU: 36-A792302
Instrumentation: 2(d.Picc).2(2nd d.EH).2.2(2nd d.CBsn): 2.1.1.0: Timp.Perc(5): Hp.Pno: Str (4-4.4-4.2-2-2.2-2-2.5)

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About the Composer: Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) stands among the most prolific and technically inventive orchestrators in the concert repertoire. A conductor, composer, and opera master whose career spanned from the late Romantic era into the twentieth century, Strauss wrote with absolute command of the orchestra's color and architecture. His symphonic poems, operas, and suites demonstrate an insatiable appetite for musical storytelling and instrumental innovation.

Strauss's partnership with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal produced some of his most enduring stage works, including Der Rosenkavalier and Arabella. The Bourgeois Gentleman suite emerged from this collaboration as a masterwork of orchestral reduction and adaptation, capturing the wit and theatrical energy of Molière's play through purely instrumental means.

Why we love this

Strauss's orchestration in this suite remains a lesson in itself: how to distill theatrical comedy into symphonic form without losing momentum or character. The instrumentation and scoring choices reward careful study from conductors building their craft. Programming this work signals sophistication and gives orchestras the chance to demonstrate real control across a full range of instrumental families.

What to expect

This is Strauss at his most theatrical and refined: charming without sentiment, energetic without heaviness, and brilliant in its harmonic language. The suite sparkles with wit and courtly elegance while remaining completely idiomatic to the orchestra. Moments of genuine tenderness emerge alongside passages of comic bustle, and the whole work moves with the assured grace of a master storyteller.

Who it's for

Advanced orchestras with sufficient personnel to cover the full instrumentation, including two flutists (one doubling piccolo), English horn, two bassoonists (one on contrabassoon), and dedicated percussion. Conductors seeking substantial Strauss for concert programming and training in sophisticated early twentieth-century orchestration will find this suite both musically rewarding and pedagogically rich.

How to get the most out of it

  • Balance the woodwind doublings (piccolo, English horn, contrabassoon) as color rather than weight; these instruments should dance over the texture, not overwhelm it.
  • Shape the piece's theatrical energy through phrase architecture rather than tempo rushing. Strauss's comedy lives in elegance, not in frantic pacing.
  • Coordinate the five percussionists carefully in rehearsal; their entries often punctuate transitions and require precision to land the wit.
  • Give the harp and piano special rehearsal attention, as their contributions to harmonic and rhythmic clarity are essential to the suite's sparkle.

How to use it

Program this as a centerpiece work for a concert celebrating orchestral color and twentieth-century adaptations of classical material. It pairs naturally with other Strauss orchestral works or as a lighter companion to longer symphonic pieces. The suite's theatrical ancestry makes it especially valuable when your concert theme involves music derived from stage works or collaborations between composers and playwrights.

Skills your students will build

  • Balancing independent woodwind doublings (piccolo, English horn, contrabassoon) within the harmonic texture
  • Coordinating five separate percussionists across diverse instrumental families
  • Shaping extended phrases with dramatic tension and comedic timing
  • Reading and conducting complex orchestration with harp, piano, and full string sections in varying divisi

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