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 for 2
cellos. 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, 18...(+)
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 for 2
cellos. 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‘. The cello parts,
especially the first part, are technically very
demanding for the cellists, pointing at the virtuosity
of Franz Danzi. 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’. In order to make
the pieces accessible to other instrumentations, here
an arrangement for violin and cello is presented.
Demus, Dietrich (1935 - )
