Die Meistersinger Themes
Richard Wagner (arr. Larry Daehn)
General Info
Year: 1868 / 2009
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
All the sweep and grandeur of Wagner’s music encapsulated in a symphonic miniature for young band. Two of his noblest themes are joined in a concert piece that will inspire, yet not fatigue, young players.
- Program Note from publisher
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg) is an opera (later called a "music drama") written by Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
Wagner finished composing Die Meistersinger in 1865 while living at Villa Triebschen on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, 22 years after he had made the first sketches. It was first performed June 21, 1868, in Munich, under the direction of the famous conductor, Hans von Bülow.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: II
- Texas: II. Complete
- West Virginia: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lindblom Math and Science Academy (Chicago, Il.) Advanced Band (Patrick Wall, conductor) – 22 December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Awake (arr. Houseknecht) (1868/1957)
- Chor der Junger from "Das Liebesmahl der Apostel" (arr. Pohler)
- Die Meistersinger (arr. Milford) (1868/1998)
- Die Meistersinger, Excerpts from the Opera (arr. Eric Osterling)
- Die Meistersinger Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1868/197-?)
- Die Meistersinger, Prelude (arr. Moses-Tobani/H.R. Kent) (1904/1948)
- Die Meistersinger Themes (arr. Daehn) (18684/2009)
- Die Meistersinger von Nurnbürg (tr. Hindsley) (1868/196-?)
- Die Walkure, Act 2, Scene 4 (arr. King)
- Elsa's feierlicher Zug zum Münster (tr. Nefs) (1848/2017)
- Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin" (tr. Bourgeois) (1848/1997)
- Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin" (tr. Cailliet) (1848/1938)
- Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (arr. Cherry) (1848/1999/2019)
- Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral. See also: Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Patterson)
- Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. Godfrey) (1869/1906)
- Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. O'Neill) (1869/1930)
- Evening Star (arr. Barnard) (1845/1927)
- Festmusik (arr. Seifert-Kressbronn) (1843-1982)
- Fest Marsch from "Tannhäuser" (tr. Rumbelow) (1845/1997)
- The Flying Dutchman (tr. Hindsley) (1843/197-?)
- The Flying Dutchman Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1843/1955)
- Funeral Music from "The Dusk of the Gods" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1919)
- Gathering of the Armies (arr. Friedman) (1850/1995)
- Homage March (ed. Bourgeois)
- Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Reed) (1864/2002)
- Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Schaefer) (1864/1971)
- Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Whitwell) (1864/2015)
- Italian Polka (arr. Leidzen) (1941)
- Kaisermarsch (tr. Godfrey) (1871/1912)
- King Heinrich’s Call (tr. Bourgeois) (1850/1983)
- Invocation of Alberich from "Rheingold" (arr. Cailliet) (1869/1940)
- Liebestod (arr. Shishikura) (1856/2014)
- Liebestod (arr. Bainum) (1856/1964)
- Lohengrin (arr. Patterson) (1850/2016)
- Lohengrin (arr. Tamanini) (1850/2005)
- Lohengrin: Introduction to Act III (arr. Drumm) (1850/1937)
- March from "Tannhäuser" (arr. Lake) (1926)
- March on, America
- Nibelungen March (arr. Stretton) (c.1874/1909)
- Overture to Rienzi (arr. Grabel) (1842/1933)
- Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Geese) (1845/2009)
- Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser) (1845/)
- Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser; ed. Rapp) (1845/2009)
- Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Reed) (1845/1991)
- Prelude to Act I of "Die Meistersinger" (trans. Kreines) (1862/2012)
- Prelude to Act III from "Lohengren" (tr. Hindsley) (1850)
- Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (tr. Brand) (1850/2001)
- Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (arr. McAlister and Reed) (1850/2006)
- Prelude to Parsifal (tr. Bourgeois) (1882/2016)
- Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail from "Parsifal" (arr. Houseknecht) (1964)
- Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1846-48/1997)
- Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Patterson)
- Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Laurendeau) (1870/1908)
- Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Longwood) (1870/2000)
- Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Hernandez) (1870)
- Rienzi Overture (arr. Meyrelles) (1842/1892)
- The Ring (arr. Higgins) (1848-1874/2020)
- Selections from Act III of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnbürg" (arr. Hanna) (1868/2015)
- Seigfried Fantasie (arr. Seidel) (1876/1893)
- Siegfried Idyll (1870)
- Siegfried's Funeral March (tr. Tanick) (1876/)
- Siegfried's Funeral March from "Gotterdammerung" (tr. Bourgeois)
- Siegfried's Funeral Music (arr. Whear) (1876/1966)
- Tannhäuser (arr. Lake) (1845/1926)
- Tannhäuser Grand March (tr. McAlister) (1845/2005)
- Tannhäuser March (arr. E. Fall) (1845)
- Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Fall) (1845/1936)
- Tannhäuser Overture (tr. Safranek) (1845/1913)
- Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Sousa) (1845/)
- Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1845/1903)
- Tannhäuser Selection (arr. Lake) (1926)
- Trauersinfonie (ed. Votta/Boyd) (1844/1924/1994)
- Trauersinfonie (tr. Leidzen) (1844/1924/1949)
- Tristan und Isolde (tr. Janssen) (1862/2015)
- Vorspiel und Liebestod (arr. Godfrey) (1865/1909)
- Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from "Die Walküre" (arr. Lake) (1874/1937)