Creme de la Creme
Subtitle: Fantasia
This work bears the designation Opus 419.
General Info
Year: 1902
Duration:
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of Print
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe/C Clarinet)
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III-IV
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This "fantasia" is a medley of themes familiar at the turn of the 20th century: The Prophet, Aida, Schubert's Serenade, Hungarian Dance, Hearts and Flowers, Coppélia, Fackeltanz, Pagliacci, Moszkowski's Serenade, Walther's Traumlied, and William Tell.
- Program Note from score
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Around the Christmas Tree (arr. Laurendeau) (1911)
- The British Grenadiers (as arranger)
- Crême de la Crême (1902)
- Der Freischütz Overture (as arranger)
- Egmont Overture (as arranger)
- Haunting Eyes (1886)
- Hearts and Flowers (arr. Lake)
- Italian Nights (arr. Laurendeau) (1895)
- Jupiter (as arranger)
- Light Cavalry Overture (as arranger)
- Moonlight on the Hudson (1892)
- Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (as arranger) (1844/1896)
- My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger)
- Oberon Overture (as arranger)
- Peer Gynt Suite no 1 (as arranger)
- Pique Dame Overture (as arranger)
- Ruy Blas Overture (as arranger)
- Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (as arranger)
- Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (as arranger)
- Symphony No. 100 (as transcriber)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Theodore Moses Tobani." Accessed 7 July 2017
- Tobani, T. (1902). Crême de la Crême [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.