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Gollum (Smeagol)
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This work is the third movement of the composer's Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1987
Duration: 9:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amstel Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $165.00 | Score Only (print) - $39.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboes I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III (Solo div. a2)
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
F Horn I-II-III-IV
B-flat or C Trumpet I-II-III-IV (I doubling B-flat Flugelhorn)
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
Errata and suggestions from Johan de Meij posted with permission 4/8/2013
- 6 Xylophone wrong in part – score correct
- 9 Vibraphone wrong in part – score correct
- 13 Quasi fermata on 1st note [lunga]
- 90/91 Piano play as in 92
- 110 no 4/4 in percussion
- 138 Trumpet II last note B, not A
- 289 Eb Clar. & Sopr. Sax bells up! [ad lib.]
!! All five movements: C-Tuba part should sound an octave LOWER as written [8va bassa sempre]
Program Notes
The third movement describes the monstrous creature Gollum, a slimy, shy being represented by the soprano saxophone. It mumbles and talks to itself, hisses and lisps, whines and snickers, is alternately pitiful and malicious, is continually fleeing and looking for his cherished treasure, the ring.
- Program Note by Johan de Meij
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- Minnesota: Category I
Performances
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- Ohio University (Athens) Symphonic Band (Richard Suk, conductor) – 5 December 2019
- Nazareth College (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Symphony (Jared Chase, conductor) – 19 November 2019
- Cleveland State University (Ohio) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Birch Browning, conductor) – 17 November 2019
- Hope College (Holland, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Gabe Southard, conductor) – 31 October 2019
- Texas Christian University Symphonic Band (Fort Worth) (Donald Hale, conductor) - 3 October 2019
- Medalist Concert Band (Bloomington, Minn.) (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) – 19 May 2019
- Philadelphia (Penn.) Wind Symphony (Virginia Allen, conductor) – 18 May 2019
- Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hippensteel, conductor)– 11 May 2019
- University of Tasmania (Australia) Wind Ensemble (Sean Priest, conductor) – 10 May 2019
- Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Gary Gilroy, conductor) – 5 May 2019
- Angelo State University (San Angelo, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan D. Alvis, conductor) – 3 May 2019
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (J. Benjamin Jones, conductor) – 1 May 2019
- Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W.Va.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hippensteel, conductor) – 27 April 2019
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Heath Nails, conductor) – 24 April 2019
- The Ohio State University (Columbus) Wind Symphony (Russell C. Mikkelson, conductor) – 19 April 2019
- Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Christine Keenan, conductor) – 31 March 2019
- St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Matthew Mireles, conductor) - 28 March 2019
- Colby College (Waterville, Maine) Wind Ensemble (Eric Thomas, conductor) – 16 March 2018
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Lexington, Mass). (Louis J. Buckley, conductor) – 3 March 2019
- Duke University (Durham, N.C.) Wind Symphony (Johan de Meij, conductor) – 2 March 2019
- United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Johan de Meij, conductor) – 25 February 2018
Works for Winds by this Composer
- African Harmony (2017)
- Aladdin Suite (as arranger)
- Aquarium (1991)
- At Kitty O'Shea's (2011)
- Beatles Collection (as arranger) (1982)
- Canticles (2007)
- Casanova
- Celtic Classics (2016)
- Ceremonial Fanfare
- Clair de lune (as arranger) (1890/1905/2017)
- Cloud Factory (2011)
- Continental Overture
- Copacabana (as arranger)
- Echoes of San Marco (2016)
- Edgar (as arranger) (1889/2008)
- Extreme Make-over (2004)
- Extreme Beethoven
- Fellini (2015)
- Festive Hymn (2007)
- Fifty Shades of E (2016)
- Highlights from "Riverdance" (as arranger) (1994/2014)
- Highlights from the Seville Suite (as arranger) (1992/2011)
- Honky Tonk Ragtime (as arranger) (1985)
- Jazz Suite No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- March (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Lyric Waltz (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance I (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance II (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Waltz No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Finale (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
- Joropo (as arranger)
- Jupiter Hymn (as arranger)
- Klezmer Classics
- La Fanciulla del West (as arranger) (1910/2008)
- La Quintessenza
- Les Papillons (as editor)
- Loch Ness (1988)
- Madurodam
- March to Mars (as arranger) (1987)
- Musical Highlights from "Chess" (as arranger) (1993)
- The Painted Bird (2021)
- Pavane pour une infante défunte (as arranger) (1899/1991)
- Phantom of the Opera (as arranger)
- Polish Christmas Music, Part I
- Romeo and Juliet (as arranger) (1935/1990)
- Songs from the Catskills (2012)
- Spring (2010)
- Star Wars Saga (as arranger) (1987)
- Suite for Variety Orchestra (as arranger) (post 1956/1994)
- Summer (2013)
- Symphony No. 1, "Lord of the Rings"
- Symphony No. 2, "The Big Apple"
- Symphony No. 3, "Planet Earth" (2007)
- Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonie der Lieder"
- Symphony No. 5, "Return to Middle Earth" (2019)
- UFO Concerto (2012)
- T-Bone Concerto (1996)
- Te Deum (as transcriber) (1900/2010)
- Two-Bone Concerto (2016)
- Teddy Trombone (as arranger)
- The Venetian Collection
- Via Claudia (2012)
- Wind in the Willows
- Windy City Overture
- Witches' Sabbath, The (as arranger)
- The Woman in White (as arranger) (2006)
