This page is to discuss compositions by Kelar-Bela called "Lustspiel Ouvertuere" (Comedy Overture) and including "Ungarische Lustspiel Ouvertuere" (Hungarian Comedy Overture).

Christofer Nöring's published manuscripts all bear the title "Lustspiel-Ouvertuere, Opus 73".  Therefore the other work, heard played by the 38er Voigt organ, is possibly "Ungarishe Lustspiel-Ouvertuere, Opus 108".

See also Unknown Overture heard on 38er Voigt Concert Organ -- by William Griswold Jr. (031002 MMDigest)

MP3 audio files:

1.  38er Voight Concert Organ, courtesy William Griswold Jr. (031002 MMDigest)
1.0  griswold_38voigt0.mp3  (8,349 kb) plays 8:54 complete song
1.1  griswold_38voigt1.mp3     (834 kb) plays 2:22 moderato theme mf & ff, finale galop
1.2  griswold_38voigt2.mp3     (150 kb) plays 0:25 moderato theme mf
1.3  griswold_38voigt3.mp3     (  70 kb) plays 0:11 galop extract

2. 48-key organ arrangement by Melvyn Wright (031009 MMDigest)
2.0  mwright_comedy.mp3 (1,802 kb) plays 5:07

3. organ arrangement by Johan Liljencrants, adapted from piano 4-hands version
3.0 johan_keler956.mp3 (2,187 kb) plays 5:19

MIDI sequencer files:

3.  Piano 4-hands arrangement, sequenced by Christofer Nöring (031009 MMDigest)
3.0  cnoering_Lustspiel_Op73.mid (52 kb) plays 5:46
3.1 johan_kelerb3a.mid (44 kb) plays 5:15 adaptation by Johan Liljencrants

#2 and #3 are the same tune, #1 is a different tune.

Sun, 2 Nov 2003 23:23:54 +0100

Dear Robbie,  After some research I found:

The Hungarian composer Keler Bela, (with original hungarian accents: "Kéler Béla") was born in 1820.II.13 in Bártfa (Nord Hungary, today Slowakia)
died in 1882.XI.20. in Wiesbaden (Germany).  He was a violinist at the Theater an der Wien 1845-1854, 1855-1860, military conductor, 1861-1863 he lived in Pest, then until 1866 in Wiesbaden. After 1872 he was an independent conductor, and gave concerts (only his own works!) in London (1874), Manchester, Berlin, Munich (1875), Zürich and Luzern.

His ouverture compositions:

- Lustspiel-Ouverture op. 73 (published in Lepizig, Rühle No. 7824)
- Ungarische Lustspiel-Ouverture op. 108, A-dur ; orig. Klavier 2, later 4 haenden (publ. in Lepizig, C.F.W. Siegel)

- Französische Lustspiel-Ouverture, op. 111
- Italianische Lustspiel-Ouverture op. 131
- Ungarische Konzertouverture op. 136
- Csokonai Ouverture op. 139
  (all 4 publ. in Leipzig, C.F.W. Siegel, No, 5068, 5128, 6230, 6772)

- Tempelweihe Festouverture op. 95.  (publ. Lepizig, Siegel 4830)
- Ouverture comique (no op. publ?)
- Ouverture romantique (no op. publ?)

These are separate pieces.  If you need the written music (scores) of them, I can photocopy them for you.  These original printed scores are preserved in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Music.  I don't know about manuscripts of Kéler Béla, that needs more research.

Best  wishes, üdvözlettel, e-musically

Janos Macsai
Mácsai János <macsaijanos@axelero.hu>

Janos is a musicologist and a professional piano restaurateur.  He works for the
Institute of Musical Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary.