Morgenmusik

Paul Hindemith

Subtitle: Plöner Musiktag

General Info

Year: 1932
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $10.95

Movements

1. Massig bewegt - 2:15
2. Langsame Viertel - 3:10
3. Bewegt - 1:15

Instrumentation

B-flat Trumpet I-II
Trombone I-II
Tuba (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

"To be played from the top of a tower": this is Paul Hindemith's indication about the Morgenmusik, the "morning music". He conceived it as a tribute to the medieval tradition of greeting the sun with the clear blare of trumpets. On June 20th 1932, at dawn, it was performed for the first time, from the top of Plön Castle's tower.

- Program Note from Collegium Musicum Almae Matris concert program, 23 June 2013

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Brasstime Quartet - 2001

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (unconducted) - 3 March 2021
Los Angeles (Calif.) Philharmonic Brass – 10 May 2016
Collegium Musicum Almae Matris (Bologna, Italy) - 23 June 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Concert Music, op. 50 (tr. Duker) (1930/1978)
Der Schwanendreher (1935)
Geschwindmarsch by Beethoven (1946)
Geschwindmarsch (arr. Mas Quiles) (1946/1975)
Kammermusik Nr. 5 (1927/1955)
Kammermusik Nr. 7 (1927/1956)
Kleine Kammermusik (1922/1949)
Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Opus 41 (1926)
Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen, Opus 49 (1930)
Mathis der Maler (tr. Duker) (1934/1973)
Morgenmusik (1932)
Neues vom Tage Overture (arr. Rogers) (1929/)
Nobilissima Visione (tr. Sweet) (1938/)
Ragtime (tr. De Cinque) (1921/2016)
Septet (1948/1949)
Sonata (arr. Spede) (1938/2006)
Sonata for Four Horns (1952)
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (tr. Wilson) (1943/1972)
- March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" (tr. Wilson) (1943/1972)
- Marsch from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" (tr. Ross) (1943/2012)
Symphony in B-flat (1951)
Symphony in E-flat (arr. Rogers) (1940/)

Resources

Hindemith, P. [1932]. Plöner Musiktag: Morgenmusik [score]. B. Schott Söhne: Mainz.