Academic Festival Overture Op. 80
by Johannes Brahms
Full Orchestra - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Full Orchestra
Genres
Romantic Period
Composers
Johannes Brahms
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LudwigMasters Publications
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Score and Parts
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Physical
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School and Community
Orchestra Full Orchestra

SKU: AP.36-M988390

Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by Carl Simpson. Full Orchestra; Performance Music Ensemble. Ludwig Masters. Masterwork Arrangement. Score and Part(s). 400 pages. LudwigMasters Publications #36-M988390. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-M988390).

ISBN 9781621561507. UPC: 660355098956. English.

Brahms composed this work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau for conferring on him an honorary doctorate of philosophy. Known for his love of irony, Brahms based this overture on a number of familiar melodies resulting in what he called a very boisterous potpourri of student songs. Included is Was kommt dort von der Höh (What Comes There from on Yonder?), sung by upperclassmen to chide first year students, a German patriotic song Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus (We have built this stately house), and a triumphant finale on Gaudeamus igitur (So Let Us Rejoice) that was commonly performed at many European high school and university graduation ceremonies.

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