Instrumentation: brass ensemble: Eb Tpt., 2Bb Tpt., Flugelhorn, 4 Hn., 2 Tbn., B. Tbn., Euph, Tba.

For brass ensemble - score 14 p. & parts.

The album piece for piano, Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen, was written by Richard Wagner in Paris in 1861. It was dedicated to Anna, Countess of Pourtalès, wife of the Prussian consul in Paris, in remembrance of the warm hospitality the composer received at the embassy after the disastrous Paris performances of Tannhäuser. The title refers to the ...