Miraculous Mandarin, The

From Wind Repertory Project
Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók (arr. Kazuhiro Morita)


Subtitle: Concert Version


General Info

Year: 1924 / 2017
Duration: c. 19:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo (doubling 3rd Flute)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II (II doubling Contrabassoon)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III (div.)
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (div.)
Tuba (div.)
String Bass
Celesta
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion (6 players), including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbal
  • Glockenspiel
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Tenor Drum
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The Miraculous Mandarin is a one-act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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