“mit dem Seitenstück zu den franzensbruner Walzer als Coda” (that might be “franzensbrunner” as there looks like there is a line over the n, maybe signifying it’s a double n. Believe it or not, I’m not an expert on early 19th century German printing.)

My transcription of a set of parts printed by Cappi und Diabelli in about 1818 and held in the Wien Bibliothek.

I knew this piece had been recorded and that at least one of the recordings was pretty good but as this was the earliest set of parts I had come across and I wanted to see how the orchestra was managed, I decided to transcribe it as a study with no intention of publishing it. However, none of the recordings I have listened to are complete according to this set of parts so I have released it anyway

I am assuming the orchestration is Pamer’s although it is not impossible that the publisher has had it made for printing. It would seem a little pointless if the original were available.

This is a sort of halfway house between the strings of speeded up minuets from the likes of Wilde to early Lanner and Strauss. The waltzes are still all in the same key but there are some more ambitious modulations. There are some cross rhythms and some of the waltzes have a proper (early) waltz feel to them. Waltz 6 is extended and there is some development in it. The coda is definitely ambitious but more symphonic than dance like.

I had trouble with balance. I originally did it with string sections for the 3 violin parts and double bass and it sounded muddy. When I changed to solo strings (3-2-2-1) it was better despite the relatively thin sound of Dorico/Noteperformer solo strings. That’s the version I have issued. It’s probably closer to what Pamer had. Maybe I should have trusted him in the first place.