Ballade-OB/ORGAN

Ballade 
for oboe and organ
by Paul Müller-Zürich (1898-1993)- Swiss composer

Written in 1980 in the summer at the demand of Professor Dr. Michael Schneider in Cologne and his son, Christian Schneider, now principal oboist of the Dusseldorf Symphony. Originally titled "Fantasy", it was premiered in August, 1980. In November 1988, the composer revised the work and added a version with piano to the organ version. It was retitled, "Ballade".