Instrumentations + Editions of Note Flashcards
(47 cards)
Eine Alpensinfonie (Alpine Symphony)
4[1.2.3/pic2.4/pic1] 4[1.2.3/Eh.heckl] 4[1.2.3/bcl.Ebcl] 4[1.2.3.4/cbn] — 20[hn5-8/Wag tb] 6 6 2 — 2tmp+3 — 2hp — cel, org — str[18.16.12.10.8]
perc: glock, tri, sd, wnd mach, cym, thunder, bd, tamtam, sus cym, herdbells
*Instruments of note: Hecklephone/Bass Oboe, Wagner Tuba, 2 Timpani, Wind Machine, Banda/Extra Brass
*The above instrumentation includes an offstage banda:
brass 12 2 2 0
Banda parts are cued in the onstage brass. If these cues are played onstage, only brass 8 4 4 2 is required. If onstage players leave the stage to play the banda parts, and all doublings are eliminated, then brass 8 4 5 2 is necessary.
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
4[1.2.3.pic] 4[1.2.3.4/Eh] 4[1.2.Ebcl.bcl] 4[1.2.3.cbn] — 8 5 3 1 — tenor tuba — tmp+4 — 2hp — str
perc: sd, cym, tri, tamtam, bd, td, sus cym
*ION: Tenor tuba (euphonium), extra brass, extended concertmaster solo
Salome, Salome’s Dance/Dance of the Seven Veils
Original: ION: Hecklephone, 2 timpani
*Kalmus (Schott reprint) and Boosey Reductions are neither identical nor interchangeable!! (Similar instrumentations (no Heckle), and same timing)
Also Sprach Zarathustra
4[1.2.3/pic2.pic1] 4[1.2.3.Eh] 4[1.2.Ebcl.bcl] 4[1.2.3.cbn] — 6 4 3 2 — tmp+3 — 2hp — org — str[16.16.12.12.8]
perc: glock, tri, cym, bd, sus cym, chimes (E)
*Specific string count necessary for Strauss’ intended divisi
*Requires a separate concertmaster part to be made for the first desk for ease/pg turns in extensive solos
Firebird
A) Full Ballet: 4444-4331-offstage brass: 3tp, 4wagt(2t,2b)-tmp+4-3hp-cel,pf-str; 22 numbers
B) 1911 Suite: Similar inst. to full ballet (no Banda); 5 numbers
C) 1919 Suite: 2222-4231-tmp+3-hp-pf/opt cel- str; 6 numbers (often played, PD)
D) 1945 Suite: Reorchestration of 1919 suite+new mvts. 222-4231-tmp+3-hp-pf-str; 11 numbers
Instrumentations of Original+1911 and 1919+1945; All have different numbers, though some are similar. Not interchangeable!
Petrushka
Original, 1911: Quadruple winds
Revised, 1947: Triple winds, keyboard/harp reductions
The Rite of Spring
5[1.2.3/pic2.pic1.afl] 5[1.2.3.4/Eh2.Eh1] 5[1.2.3/bcl2.Ebcl.bcl1] 5[1.2.3.4/cbn2.cbn1] — 8[7-8/Wag tb] 5[pic tp.1.2.3.4/btp] 3 2 — 2tmp+4 — str
perc: bd, tamtam, tri, tambn, güiro, cym, crot[notated A♭5,B♭5]
*Alto flute, Wagner tuben, bass trumpet, 2 timp
The Planets
*Alto flute, wordless hidden female chorus (last met), bass oboe, tenor tuba (Euphonium), 2 timp, organ
Quad winds: but can be played with triple winds by playing included cues *BUT YOU GOTTA CHECK THE CUES! Some are not inserted into the parts correctly
Sinfonie Fantastique
*2 timpani (mvt. 3), offstage oboe (ob. 1) in mvt. 3, offstage low bells in mvt. 5, 4 hp (doubling 2 parts) - only used in mvt. 2 (ball), mvt. 2 optional cornet solo (“cornet obbligato”), 2 ophicleides called (2 tuba)
Pictures at an Exhibition
*Many different arrangements/orchestrations but Ravel is most popular
*alto sax solo in mvt 2, The Old Castle, only
*High tuba solo in Bydlo that may be played on euphonium by tuba or trombone player
*Hp 2 in last mvt (10) only
Mahler Symphony 3
-alto solo
-womens/boys chorus only in mvt. 5
-offstage post-horn solo
Mahler Symphony 8
-Double chorus, boys chorus, solos SSSAATBB
-mandolin (pref. doubled)
-5-6x winds/brass
-harmonium/organ
-2 deep bells
-reduced version available from publisher (but if you’re doing Mahler 8 why would you reduce!)
Mahler Symphony 1
-Offstage trumpets in mvt. 1
-2 timp
-Extra brass and ww
doublings, some not entirely necessary (ie 5th tpt, 4th tbn)
-Blumine mvt. is removed in later revisions, but included in the Breikopf edition
Mahler Symphony 4
-soprano solo in mvt. 4 only
-scordatura solo violin in mvt. 2
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
-Original Ballet + 3 suites: Suites, all different movements and slightly different instrumentations
-Copyright is heavily controversial right now, especially with current practices of conductors creating their own suite from cobbled movements
-Full Ballet: Tenor sax, viola d’amore/viola, 2 mandolins, organ; an onstage banda (6hrn, 6tpt, 2tba+perc) can be cues into pit parts
-Suite 1: Tenor sax
-Suite 2: Tenor sax, opt. viola d’amore
-Suite 3: NO sax!
Mahler 6
-Hammer: 2 vs 3 strikes in mvt. 4
-Mvt. 2 and 3 order can be changed
Mahler 7
-Tenorhorn in mvt. 1 only
-Guitar and mandolin in mvt. 4 only
-Kalmus and Bote editions are not interchangeable
-Tpt 1 double on pic tot for brief passages in mvt. 5
Lt. Kije
-opt baritone voice (mvt. 2/4)
-tenor sax (opt if voice is used)
-Originally a film score
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Trombone part listed in the score, but no part exists
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
-Alto sax solo in mvt. 1
-Piano in mvt. 1/2
-Bcl parts mostly in bass clef
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Earlier version does not use clarinets, can play with or without depending on set used
Mozart Requiem
-Basset horns, though clarinet parts can be used instead
-Several different editions exist with different reconstructions and endings (Sussmeyer/Barenreiter is popular)
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Two versions exist, a revised (1851) and non-revised (1841), non interchangeable
Bolero
-Soprano and tenor sax: third sopranino sax is called, but is normally covered by the sop sax
-Oboe d’amore
-Sometimes played with cuts to shorten and reduce instrumentation
