Instrument codes

Coding for instrument ensembles and orchestras

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin

Number of performers

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Duration (in minutes)

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by Jean Sibelius

Suite for full orchestra

Breitkopf & Härtel

Revised versions of the music for the Days of the Press (movements All’overtura, Scèna and Quasi bolero, 1899)

Instrumentation

2222 4330 14 0, str

Category

Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble

Opus no.

op. 25

Premiere

Orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society, Jean Sibelius, cond, October 11, 1911. Helsinki

Movements

1. All'Overtura, 2. Scena, 3. Festivo

Title

Works