Harmoniemusik
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Harmoniemusik (German: literally, "harmony-music") is a musical term denoting a form of 18th Century chamber music similar to Tafelmusik, but almost exclusively for wind instruments. From 1780 until 1840 harmoniemusik flourished in the courts of Europe. Harmoniemusik would later evolve into the military band and our modern concert band.
Notable works of Harmoniemusik are exclusively for wind instruments, or wind instruments are prominently featured. Examples include Mozart's Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388, Elgar's Harmony Music for wind quintet, Haydn's Harmoniemesse (1802), and Mendelssohn’s Harmoniemusik op.24 (1824). Harmoniemusik often took the form of transcriptions of other works, most notably operas, symphonies and ballets. Wenzel Sedlak and Josef Triebensee were two of the most important harmonie transcribers.
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Roger Hellyer. "Harmoniemusik", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed June 1, 2005), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Janet Heukeshoven. "A Harmonie arrangement of "Barber of Seville" by Wenzel Sedlak," Doctoral Dissertation, 1994.
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