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Festliches Vorspiel op. 50 Nr. 1

By Wilhelm Rettich

genre
Orchestra
instrumentation
Orchestra (fl fl/pic 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc hp str)
duration
8 minutes
status
published score
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Details

Festive prelude op. 50 Nr. 1

About Wilhelm Rettich

Wilhelm Rettich

Wilhelm Rettich belonged to that generation of those whose work and life was deeply affected by the First and Second World Wars. Captivity, persecution, hiding and losses scarred his life. In 1933, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he survived the war in hiding. Rettich worked a great deal for the radio, a young and progressive medium at that time. Although he became a Dutch citizen after the World War II, he returned to Germany in 1964.

by Diet Scholten