Funeral March of a Marionette (arr Marlatt)
Charles Gounod (arr. David Marlattt)
General Info
Year: 1872 / 2008
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Clarinet
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Clarinet
Part 3
- B-flat Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 4
- B-flat Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Charles Gounod intended to compose a multi-movement work for solo piano called Suite Burlesque, and one of the its movement was to be Funeral March of a Marionette. This was the only movement completed. He later orchestrated it and it has become his most popular work..
It has been suggested that Gounod wrote this piece as a portrait of Henry Chorley, a music critic from London. Chorley has "a thin, sour, high-pitched, soprano-ish voice" and moved like "a stuff red-haired monkey." He played this work for a friend who added the program to go with the music It has long been known as the theme song for Alfred Hitchcock's television shows.
The story is as follows: The marionette died in a duel; the music describes the funeral procession: the solemnity is relieved with a happy sprightly section in which the mourners stop at an inn for refreshments'; the funeral march is resumed and it sends on a somber note.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Woodwind Quintet (Phillip A. Ostrander, conductor) - 1 April 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Funeral March of a Marionette (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1872/2008)
All Wind Works
- Ah! Je Veux Vivre from "Romeo and Juliet" (tr. Odom) (1867)
- Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (arr. Lovrien) (1853/2004)
- Ballet Music from "Faust" (arr. Godfrey) (1859/1918)
- Festive Dance from "Faust" (arr. Glover) (1859/2003)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (arr. Squires) (1872/2001)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (transposed Brackett) (1872/2004)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (arr. Lake) (1872/1927)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1872/2008)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1872/1879/2016)
- La Reine de Saba (1862)
- Petite Symphonie (1885)
- Petite Symphonie (arr. Fennell) (1885/1985)
- Petite Symphonie (arr. Xin Su) (1885/2021)
- Trois Rag-Caprices (arr. De Meij) (1922/1994)
Resources
- Gounod, C.; Marlatt, D. (2008). Funeral March of a Marionette [score]. Eighth Note Publications: [Markham, Ont.
- Perusal score