{"id":2474,"date":"2014-03-24T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/?page_id=2474"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:12:54","slug":"mont-blanc-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/windmusic\/works\/mont-blanc-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mont-Blanc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"top-box\">\r\n<p>Year: 2006 | Grade:\u00a04<\/p>\r\n<p>Demo<br \/> \t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"\/sounds\/windmusic\/mont_blanc_demo.mp3\"     controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"instrumentation\">Concert Band<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandmusicshop.com\/mont-blanc-1339--06--010%20m\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color:#fff; color: #000\" class=\"button tiny radius sc\">Concert Band<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stretta-music.de\/en\/schwarz-mont-blanc-nr-1340957.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color:#fff; color: #000\" class=\"button tiny radius sc\">Fanfare<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"logo\"><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h4>Comment<\/h4>\r\n<p>With its height of 4,808 meters, Mont-Blanc is called \u2018the roof of Europe\u2019. The highest mountans on our planet have been insurmountable for a long time. Only in the past 250 years have thos giants been scaled. Crystal-hunter Jacques Balmant and Michel-Gabriel paccard, a doctor, were the first to climb Mont-Blanc, in 1786. Many paths lead to Mont-Blanc\u00b4s peak: the regular ascent goes through the magnificent \u2018voie royale of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains\u2019, which was opened in August 1855 by the englishmen Hudson, Kenney, and Smythe. Today\u00b4s most common ascent route, starting from Saint Gervais via Aguille du Go\u00fbter (3,853m), D\u00f4me du Go\u00fbter (4,304m), and Ar\u00eate des Bosses (4,547m), was first used in 1861.<\/p>\r\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<!--BEGIN .toggle -->\n\t\t<div class=\"toggle closed sc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"trigger\">read on\u2026<span><i class=\"icon-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"toggle-pane\"><div class=\"inner-pane\"><\/p>\r\n<p>Otto M. Schwarz composed this work inspired by \u2018the roof of Europe\u2019 with its luminous and huge glaciers. Early in the morning, mountain-climbers set off to the peak; they witness the sunrise, and experience the hazards that the journey up to the summit brings along. A snowstorm and falling rocks at Ar\u00eate des Bosses aggravate their journey. A sudden change of weather, however, enables them to reach the top after a strenuous ascent. This piece invites you to an imaginary journey from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains via the &#8220;voie royale&#8221; to the top of Mont-Blanc.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<!--END .toggle -->\r\n<div class=\"row sc\"> <div class=\"six columns content-col sc\"><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_yCRZhPuKaWA\"><div id=\"lyte_yCRZhPuKaWA\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yCRZhPuKaWA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yCRZhPuKaWA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yCRZhPuKaWA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yCRZhPuKaWA\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n<p><\/div><div class=\"six columns content-col sc\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year: 2006 | Grade:\u00a04 Demo Concert Band Comment With its height of 4,808 meters, Mont-Blanc is called \u2018the roof of Europe\u2019. The highest mountans on our planet have been insurmountable for a long time. Only in the past 250 years have thos giants been scaled. Crystal-hunter Jacques Balmant and Michel-Gabriel paccard, a doctor, were the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2387,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5964,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474\/revisions\/5964"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottomschwarz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}