Re: [ARSCLIST] Barber of Bagdad question

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct, but why does the label (on the English Columbia pressing..I haven't 
seen the Angel) call it "The Mottl Overture to The Barber of Bagdad"?

Aleikim Salaam!

dl

Steven Smolian wrote:
> There were two overtures to the opera, both by Cornelius.  One in B 
> minor came earlier than the one on the record.  Liszt gets into the 
> arrangement act also.  See the footnote to the entry in WERM.
>
> I find the whole work delighful with a fun ending.    Saalam alleikum!
>
> Steve Smolian
>
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> > Peter Cornelius: The Barber of Bagdad (Angel/Eng. Columbia, 1956) 
> > concludes with an overture that is listed on the jacket as "Overture 
> > in D Major" and credited to Cornelius, but on the label it's listed as 
> > "The Mottl Overture". So which is it?
> >
> > dl
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