Crispi, Pietro Maria

Preface

Crispi, Pietro Maria – The Periodical Overture in 8 parts No.5 (Edited by Barnaby Priest and Alyson McLamore / new print)

Crispi’s 1763 contribution to the Periodical Overtures seems to have had staying power in England,since it remained in the repertory of various organizations for over twenty years. Audiences at performances of the Edinburgh Musical Society heard Crispi’s symphony in 1769, 1770, 1781, 1785, and 1786.3 In 1785, when the music-loving Moravians established their Fairfield community near Manchester, England, they held a copy of Periodical Overture No. 5 in their music library, along with fifteen other items from Bremner’s series.4 Moreover, to accommodate the growing number of families with harpsichords or pianofortes at home, a keyboard reduction was published in London some twelve years after the orchestral version’s release. …

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