Franz Danzi (1763 – 1826) was a cellist, composer and
conductor. He spent his life in several residential
cities in Southern Germany. When in about 1800 he
served in Munich in the court orchestra as vice
conductor, he made a series of 24 arrangements of
pieces from operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In an
old print these arrangements appeared under the title
‘Vingt quatre petits duos pour deux violoncelles :
tirés des divers Opéra de Mozart. Danzi, Franz. -
Zuric: Naigueli, 1800‘. The co...(+)
Franz Danzi (1763 – 1826) was a cellist, composer and
conductor. He spent his life in several residential
cities in Southern Germany. When in about 1800 he
served in Munich in the court orchestra as vice
conductor, he made a series of 24 arrangements of
pieces from operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In an
old print these arrangements appeared under the title
‘Vingt quatre petits duos pour deux violoncelles :
tirés des divers Opéra de Mozart. Danzi, Franz. -
Zuric: Naigueli, 1800‘. The copy of this print is
digitally preserved in the ‚Badische Landesbibliothek
Karlsruhe‘. Here we present a new edition, containing
only minor improvements. The cello parts, especially
the first part, are technically demanding for the
cellists, however, it should be emphasized, that the
parts standing in treble clef should be played one
octave lower. In the old edition the origin of the
pieces is not indicated in detail. We have been able to
identify most of the pieces, stemming from the operas
‘Die Zauberflöte, La Clemenca di Tito, Don Giovanni,
Cosi fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro’.
