Der Lehrmeister

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

This work bears the designation Opus 197.

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $78.00; (digital) - $78.00   |   Score Only (print) - $11.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The translated title of this engaging composition is “The Master Teacher.” Commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association in memory of Jack Crew, the work offers an introduction to the musical style of Richard Strauss, one of Crew’s favorite composers. This passionate and energetic piece’s structure focuses on the musical devices Strauss typically used in his creations, including rhythmic repetition, tempo changes, harmonic progressions flavored with chromatic counterpoint, dramatic contrasts of dynamics, and motivic development, which in the case of this composition includes a heroic and playful “Jack’s Theme” that appears throughout the piece.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Der Lehrermeister translates from German to ”The Master Teacher.” Dedicated to the memory of the composer’s mentor, inspiration, teaching role model, and friend Andrew ”Jack” Crew, it evokes the musical style of Richard Strauss -- rich harmonic language, motivic development, rhythmic repetition, numerous tempo changes, solos for various instruments, and a deep sense of passion and energy. Written in modified rondo form, Sheldon also draws upon several landmark Strauss works as inspiration, including Alpensinfonie, Don Juan, and Stadt Wien. The main theme is heroic and playful, a unifying element which honors Jack’s musicianship, professionalism, and outstanding teaching.

- Program Note by Rich Pauch for the Wheaton Municipal Band concert program, 21 December 2017

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Charles Torian, conductor) - 22 April 2018
• Pomona (Calif.) Concert Band (Linda W. Taylor, conductor) – 9 March 2018
• Wheaton (Ill.) Municipal Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
• Musikverein "Echo" Ubstadt (Oliver Grote, conductor) – 6 May 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)

All Wind Works

• An American Hymntune (as arranger) (2004)
• Appalachian Legacy (1995)
• Appalachian Morning (2008)
• Armenian Anthem
• Art in the Park (2008)
• As a Wind from the North (2006)
• As Twilight Falls (2011)
• An Australian Sea Ballad (2011)
• Awakened Like the Morn
• Barrier Reef
• Bayside Portrait, A
• Bellefonte Overture
• Bermuda Triangle, The
• Beyond the Higher Skies (1999)
• Beyond the Riverbend (2013)
• Big Brass on Patrol
• Black Is the Color... (2009)
• Blaze of Glory
• Blessed Legacy (as arranger) (2019)
• The Blue Ridge (as arranger) (2017)
• Bounty Hunter from "Advent Rising"
• Bright Auroral Skies
• Bright Lights! (2015)
• Bristol Bay Legend
• Brule River Celebration
• Cape Fear Chronicles
• Cataclysm (2018)
• Carol of Two Mangers, A
• Celebration and Song (2009)
• Cellular Symphony
• Century Point
• Chanteys (2000)
• Charleston Harbor Celebration
• Chiaroscuro (2002)
• Child's Lullaby, A (2016)
• Chimney Rock Celebration (2017)
• Choreography (2009)
• Christmas Couplet, A
• Christmastimes Three
• Coldwater Creek
• Commemoration
• Conundrum
• Corsairs Landing, The
• Crazy for Cartoons (2011)
• Crest of Nobility
• Crossings, The
• Danse Celestiale (1989)
• Danzas Cubanas (2010)
• Daydreams (Sheldon) (2013)
• Der Lehrmeister (2017)
• Divertimento
• Dorian Dreamscape
• Eagle Mountain Overture
• Edifice (2014)
• El Rey de Fransia (2003)
• El Taco Picante (2017)
• Falcon Lake Overture
• Fall River Overture
• Fanfare and Intermezzo (1998)
• Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune
• Final Voyage, The
• Fires of Bandai, The (2014)
• Flight of the Piasa (2008)
• Four Winds
• Garden of the Black Rose
• Gently I Wander (2017)
• Gently Touch the Sky
• Ghost Fleet (2001)
• Golden Panther March
• "Halo Suite" from Video Games Live
• Harbinger (2015)
• Hill Country Holiday
• Holiday Sleigh Ride
• Iberian Escapades (2009)
• Images (Sheldon)
• Infinite Horizons
• In the Center Ring (2003)
• In the Shining of the Stars (1996)
• In This Quiet Place
• Integrity
• Intrada for Winds
• Intrepid Journey (2015)
• Irish Air, An
• Irish Ballade, An
• Joyful Journey, A
• Korobochka
• A Lantern in the Window (1998)
• Legend of Starved Rock
• Let Evening Come
• Lindbergh Variations
• Lion's Gate (2019)
• A Longford Legend (1999)
• Lords of Greenwich, The
• Lost Colony
• Lost in Mammoth Cave
• Lydian Lullaby (2006)
• Manatee Lyric Overture
• Maqamat
• March Ceremonial
• March of the Majestics
• March Mixolydian
• Mark of Triumph
• Melody Park (2014)
• The Message on the Rock (2004)
• Metroplex (2006)
• The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
• Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
• Morning Mist (2012)
• Most Wonderful Christmas, A (1934/2006)
• Mystery of Duffy's Cut, The
• Mystic Journey
• Noel Francais
• Northwest Rising
• Ocean Ridge Rhapsody
• Of Kindred Spirit
• On Placid Seas (2015)
• Once the Man
• One Thousand Cranes
• Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
• Overdrive (2015)
• Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
• Palimpsest
• Paragon
• Patriotic Salute
• Patriotic Snippets
• Pevensey Castle (1993)
• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• Phantom of Dark Hollow, The (2006)
• Phrygian Phantasy
• Pioneer's Passage, The
• The Pioneers
• Pop Culture (2007)
• Praeludium and Dance
• A Prairie Portrait (2006)
• Prairiescape
• Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
• Prevail! (2016)
• Pride of the Grenadiers
• Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
• Quixotic Episode
• Red Covered Bridge, The (2014)
• Red Rock Canyon
• Requiem to a Land Forgotten
• Resurgences (2013)
• Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
• Ritmico!
• River Trail Expedition
• Riverside Overture (2019)
• Rock Island Trail
• Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
• Sandcastle Sketches
• Savannah River Rhapsody
• Scandinavian Folk Tale, A
• Scottish Ballade, A
• Shenandoah (arr. Sheldon) (2003)
• Siege of Harlech Castle, The
• Silver Spring Soliloquy
• Simple Celebration, A (2001)
• Skydance (2018)
• Sound Innovations Fanfare (2010)
• Southwest Saga
• Spirit Lake Overture
• The Spirit of Killian Hill (2007)
• Spirit of Thanksgiving, The (2014)
• Star Bright (2018)
• The Stormchasers (2012)
• Storybrook Mountain
• Sugar Creek Overture
• The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
• Symphonic Narrative, A
• Synergies
• Tales of Dundee
• There Will Come Soft Rains
• Three Carols for a Celebration
• Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
• Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion
• Timberline Overture
• To Conquer the Skies
• Travelin' Music (2016)
• Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
• Variants on a Union Hymn
• Velocity
• Visions of Flight
• Voices from the Battlefield
• Wallaby Walkabout
• Welsh Ayres and Dances
• West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
• Willow Grove
• Winds of Morocco
• Windward Overture (2016)
• With Every Sunrise (2016)

Resources

• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. August 2017, 41. Print.
• Perusal score
• Robert Sheldon website Accessed 7 September 2017