|
Please DONATE to help with maintenance and upkeep of the Wind Repertory Project!
|
Christmas Overture (arr. Derharke)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (arr. Joe Derharke)
General Info
Year: 1911-1925 / 2022
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Keiser Southern Music Company, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp (or Keyboard)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes/Glockenspiel
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Vibraphone/Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Christmas Overture was originally conceived as incidental music for a 'charming poetical fairy drama' by Alfred Noyes, The Forest of Wild Thyme. It is a nicely put-together piece, being more than just a potpourri of Christmas tunes, but cleverly integrating some famous carols like Hark the Herald Angels Sing and God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen into a pleasantly coherent work.
- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
The Forest of Wild Thyme was incidental music to a play by Alfred Noyes. The play was never staged with Coleridge-Taylor's music. The composer may not have reached the point of orchestrating the music. Four of the movements were issued as piano scores, and The Christmas Overture was issued in an orchestration by Sydney Baynes in 1925.
- Program Note from IMSLP
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- American River College (Sacramento, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Anthony Marvelli, conductor) - 11 December 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Danse Negre (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
All Wind Works
- Ballade (tr. Patterson) (1898/)
- Christmas Overture (tr. Bodin) (1911-1925/2019)
- Christmas Overture (arr. Derharke) (1911-1925/2022)
- Danse Negre (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
- Danse Negre (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bukin) (1898/2020)
- Lift Up Your Heads (tr. Williams) (1892/2022)
- O Ye That Love the Lord (tr. Williams) (1892/2022)
- Othello Suite (arr. Winterbottom) (1909/1922)
- Children's Intermezzo (arr. Winterbottom) (1909/1922)
- Othello Suite (arr. Winterbottom; ed. Asendorf) (1909/1922/2019[?])
- Petite Suite de Concert (tr. Winterbottom) (1911/1917)
Resources
- "The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op.74 (Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel)." IMSLP. Web. Accessed 28 November 2021
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor." Accessed 28 November 2021
- Perusal score