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L'Invitation à la valse

Arrangement: music by Weber

Dedication:

For: P. fl, Fl, Hb. I-II, Cl. I-II, Bns I-IV, Cors I-IV, Tromp. I-II, Cornets à pistons I-II, Tromb. I-III, Timb., Cordes.

Date of Composition: May-June 1841

First Performed 7 June 1841 with Weber's Freischütz at the Paris Opéra (Pantaléon Battu, conducting)

Published: Ad. Martin Schlesinger (Berlin, 1842) and Maurice Schlesinger (Paris, 1842).

Performance materials:

Duration: c. 12 minutes


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