Stadtfeld: Trio in F Major
Publisher: Greenway Music Press
Trio in F Major for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano (1846)
Edited by Alex Widstrand
GMP017 Stadtfeld: Trio in F Major
979-0-58039-016-5
Score + Part(s) (2025)
8.5x11, Score: iii + 26 pp.; 2 parts
$36.00
In stock
SKU
GMP017
The German-born Belgian composer Alexander Stadtfeld (1826–53) produced around one hundred twenty works during his brief life, nearly all of which have remained unpublished. Among these compositions, the Trio in F Major for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano (1846) is the only work featuring woodwinds. Following in the footsteps of the French oboist Henri Brod, who pioneered the oboe-bassoon-piano trio genre in the early nineteenth century, Stadtfeld’s trio balances musical elegance and charm with virtuosic flair, capitalizing on each of its three instruments’ technical capabilities and characteristic sound. Preserved in manuscript at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles and previously thought to have been left incomplete, this work offers a tantalizing first glimpse into the musical language of this forgotten young composer.
I. Introduction, Theme, and Variations
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Finale
Alex Widstrand is a house editor with A-R Editions and lecturer of music in bassoon at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. An advocate for new and underrepresented music, his performances and research aim to broaden audiences’ appreciation of the bassoon and its diverse repertoire. He is the author of several recent articles for The Double Reed, the quarterly journal of the International Double Reed Society, on bassoon music from the former Soviet Union.