Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)
  • Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)

Rossini - William Tell Overture (Urtext, cello/bass part)

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Because the William Overture is one of the "bread and butter" cello excerpts, I decided to produce an edition of the cello/bass part based on the Troupenas edition. I inserted the rehearsal letters from the Breitkopf edition so it could still be played with other parts from that set.

Some things are immediately noticeable in the French (Urtext)

Because the William Overture is one of the "bread and butter" cello excerpts, I decided to produce an edition of the cello/bass part based on the Troupenas edition. I inserted the rehearsal letters from the Breitkopf edition so it could still be played with other parts from that set.

Some things are immediately noticeable in the French (Urtext) version: in m. 8, the first note of cello 2 is an F#, not a D#. In the same measure, cello 5 plays A-G, not F#-E. These are not mistakes. The same notes are found in the vocal score published by Schott in the same year. The next difference is that the pizzicato is distributed between the tutti cellos and basses, not two solo basses. The cello 1 part does not have all of the editorial articulations and slurs; everything is kept simple. The final note of the cello 1 solo goes back to E5 in m. 48, instead of staying on E6. Overall, the dynamics are used sparingly in the introduction (mm. 1-47).

The last difference in the cello/bass part I would like to point out is the fortissimo in the bass part in m. 154, instead of the piano in the German version. The fortissimo makes sense as the final crash of thunder.

The download includes 2 files, one with a score for the introduction, and one with the solo parts broken up into parts on separate, facing pages.

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