page_title: Lucia di Lammermoor
section_title: Instrumentation
hierarchical_section_title: Lucia di Lammermoor / Instrumentation
caption_attribution_description: English: Lammermuir Hills, east Lothian, Scotland
context_page_description: Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
  Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835, a time when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premiere of Lucia leaving Donizetti as "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera". Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti's success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued 19th century readers and audiences. Sir Walter Scott dramatized these elements in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia.
  The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland in the 17th century.
context_section_description: The instrumentation is:
  Woodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons
  Brass: 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba
  Percussion: timpani, triangle, bass drum, cymbals and campana (tubular bells)
  Strings: harp, first violins, second violins, violas, violoncellos and double basses.
  Additionally an off-stage wind band is used; Donizetti did not provide instrumentation. 
  Also, occasionally the glass harmonica is substituted for solo flute in Lucia's mad scene, per Donizetti's original score.
caption: Lammermuir Hills, Scotland
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