Noack, K.: Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade op. 5 (Flibbertigibbets)


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Edition for piano trio, score and 2 parts (violin, cello), arranged by Wolfgang Birtel.
There will always be composers who will be remembered by posterity for just one work: Tekla Badarzewska for »The Maiden's Prayer«, Zden?k Fibich for his »Poème« or Enrico Toselli for his »Serenade«. Often little or nothing is known about the composers themselves, as is the case with Kurt Noack (1895-1945) who wrote a number of pieces of light music specially for »palm court« orchestras and was active in both Stettin and Berlin. Even in the weighty reference books of musicology there is no mention of his work. The only work still known today by Noack, »Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade« (Parade of the Brownies) Op. 5 was called a »character piece« by the composer himself, and this »marche en miniature« conveys wit and good humour from the beginning, you can immediately imagine a picture of the brownies tripping along! The second part of the trio offers an ironical and very effective ending with its enticing harmonies and surprising effects. Kurt Noack wrote other similar genre music such as a »Valse Scandinave« Op. 10 or the »Marionetten um Mitternacht« (Puppets at midnight) Op. 54, but only the delightful »Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade« has survived.
Publisher: Schott Music ED20106.