Three Bavarian Dances

Landscape of Garmisch

Three Bavarian Dances, Op 27 is an orchestral work by Edward Elgar.

It is an arrangement for orchestra of three of the set of six songs Elgar wrote titled From the Bavarian Highlands. The original song lyrics were written by the composer’s wife Alice, as a memento of a holiday the Elgars had enjoyed in Upper Bavaria, mostly at Garmisch, in the autumn of 1894.^[1] As well as the titles Alice Elgar gave the songs sub-titles in recollection of favourite places visited during the holiday.

The suite was first performed on 23 October 1897, conducted by Elgar^[2] in one of August Manns' concerts at Crystal Palace. The Times stated that Elgar conducted the Dances 'in first-rate style', and Manns the rest of the programme.^[3]

The three Dances are:

The Dance (Sonnenbichl)^[4] - Allegretto giocoso 3/8 G major

$\relative c' \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } { \key g \major \time 3/8 \acciaccatura <a' c>8 ^\markup (Vn) <g b>16-.\mf[ <fis a>-.] <g b>8.-> <a c>16 <b d>-.[ <g b>-.] <c e>8-- <b d>-- \acciaccatura <b d> <a c>16-.[ <gis b>-.] <a c>8.-> <b d>16 <c e>-.[ <a c>-.] <d fis>8-- <c e>-- }$

Lullaby (In Hammersbach) - Moderato 3/4 D major

$\relative c' \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } { \key d \major \time 3/4 d2^\markup { \italic espress } ^\markup (Hr) \<( cis4 b2\> cis4) d2\<( cis4 b2\> cis4) d2\<( fis4 a2\! bes4) b!2( a4) g2. }$

The Marksmen (Bei Murnau) - Allegro vivace 3/4 G major

$\relative c' \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } { \key g \major \time 3/4 g''4-|\ff ^\markup (Fl) fis8-. g-. a-. fis-. g-. fis-. e-. fis-. d4 e-|\sf d8 e fis d e d c d b4 }$

All three Dances are characteristic of the composer. The first is bright and robust, the second is Elgar in his gentle pastoral vein, with a wistful melody for the horn, and the third – the longest (about four and a half minutes) – is an Elgar finale in miniature, lively at first, then broadening and finally quickening to end in a blaze of orchestral colour.

References

↑ Percy M. Young, Elgar O.M., p. 71
↑ Percy M. Young, Elgar O.M., p. 77
↑ The Times, Monday 25 October 1897
↑ Sonnenbichl is a district in Garmisch

Sources

The Elgar Society website (consulted January 2007)
Percy Young: sleeve note to EMI recording ASD 2356 (1968)
Young, Percy M. (1973). Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician. London: Collins. OCLC 869820.
Score, Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances, Joseph Williams, London, 1901

External links

Three Bavarian Dances: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Three Bavarian Dances at AllMusic

Edward Elgar

Incidental music and ballet	Diarmuid and Grania (1901) The Crown of India (1911–12) The Starlight Express (1915–16) The Sanguine Fan (1917)

Orchestral	The Wand of Youth (1869–1907) Powick Asylum Music (1879–1884) Sevillana (1884) Froissart (1890) Sursum corda (1894) Serenade for Strings (1894) Three Bavarian Dances (1898) Enigma Variations (1899) Cockaigne Ouverture (1900–01) Pomp and Circumstance Marches (1901–30) Dream Children (1902) Introduction and Allegro (1904–05) In the South (Alassio) (1904–05) Symphony No. 1 (1907–08) Symphony No. 2 (1909–11) Falstaff (1913) Sospiri (1914) Carillon (1914) Polonia (1915) Une voix dans le désert (1915) Le drapeau belge (1917) Nursery Suite (1930) The Severn Suite (1930) Symphony No. 3 (1932–34)

Concertante	Violin Concerto (1901–10) Romance (1910) Cello Concerto (1918–19)

Chamber/Instrumental	Duett for trombone and double bass (1887) Idylle (1883) Salut d'Amour (1888) Chanson de Nuit (1897) Chanson de Matin (1899) Organ Sonata (1898) Concert Allegro (1901) Violin Sonata (1918) String Quartet (1918) Piano Quintet (1918–19)

Vocal/Choral Orchestral	The Black Knight (1889–93) From the Bavarian Highlands (1895–96) The Dream of Gerontius (1899–1900) The Kingdom (1901–06) Coronation Ode (1902) The Apostles (1902–03) The Music Makers (1912) The Spirit of England (1915–17)

Vocal	"The Language of Flowers" (1872) "The Self Banished" (1875) "A War Song" (1884) Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar – "Like to the Damask Rose" (1892), "Queen Mary's Song" (1889), "A Song of Autumn" (1892), "The Poet's Life" (1892), "Through the Long Days" (1885), "Rondel" (1894), "The Shepherd's Song" (1892), "Is she not passing fair?" (1886) "As I laye a-thynkynge" (1888) "The Wind at Dawn" (1888) "The Shepherd's Song" (1892) "After" (1900) "A Song of Flight" (1900) Sea Pictures – "Sea Slumber Song", "In Haven", "Sabbath Morning at Sea", "Where Corals Lie" and "The Swimmer" (1897–99) "Dry those fair, those crystal eyes" (1899) "Always and Everywhere" (1901) "Come, Gentle Night!" (1901) "In the Dawn" (1901) "Speak, Music!" (1901) "There are seven that pull the thread" (1901) "In Moonlight" ((1904) "Follow the Colours" (1907) "Pleading" (1908) "A Child Asleep" (1909) "Oh, soft was the song" (1910) "Was it some Golden Star?" (1910) "Twilight" (1910) "The Chariots of the Lord" (1914) "Fight for Right" (1916) "Inside the Bar" (1917) "The Blue Mountains" (1924) "The Immortal Legions" (1924) Pageant of Empire (1924) "XTC" (1930)

Discography	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Violin Concerto Cello Concerto The Dream of Gerontius Enigma Variations

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Cultural depictions	Elgar (film)

Family	August Jaeger Caroline Alice Elgar

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