LEVEL: |
Medium; Grade 3 |
SAMPLES: |
Sample page (.pdf):
Sound files:
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COST: |
$13 U.S. for PDF of full score, parts, and site-license. |
PERFORMANCE TIME: |
About 2 minutes, 30 seconds. |
FEATURES: |
Can be used for Solo & Ensemble festival
Impressive for opening a concert (consider an antiphonal performance)
Lowest two (four) voices simply drone whole notes (can use less-mature players; see score sample above)
Use of percussion part is optional
Conductor score contains historical performance information and a complete synopsis of the opera |
CHALLENGES: |
Rhythmically-rich parts for top three voices
First trumpets tend to rush the dotted-eighth/sixteenth figure (listen to sample recording!) |
KEY and RANGES: |
B-flat major.
Trumpet 1 frequently to G at top of staff; plays one A above that. All other parts are within easy range demands |
INSTRUMENTATION: |
Originally set for five like-instruments (similar to today's trumpets), this setting is for 2 Trumpets and 1 Horn or Trombone and 2 low brass instruments playing the open 5th "drone" (which can be two trombones/euphoniums/horns or can be expanded with tubas. All parts can be doubled. See score sample above. |
