Romeo and Juliet (Holcombe)

Peter I Tchaikovsky

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (trans. Bill Holcombe)

Full title: A Symphonic Synopsis of Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

General Info

Year: 1870 / 1981
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Bill Holcombe's Musicians Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Glockenspiel
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39, is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an overture-fantasy, and is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and wrote works based on The Tempest and Hamlet as well.

Although styled an "Overture-Fantasy" by the composer, the overall design is a symphonic poem in sonata form with an introduction and an epilogue. The work is based on three main strands of the Shakespeare story, introducing Friar Laurence, the warring Capulets and Montagues, and the love theme.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 12 April 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)

All Wind Works

• The 3-Minute Nutcracker (arr. Conley) (1891/2010)
• 1812 (arr. Brown) (1880/1938)
• 1812 Overture. See also: Overture 1812
• 1812 Overture (arr. Lake) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Kimura) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Mol) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Laurendeau; ed. Schissel) (1880/1904/2010)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Whitcomb) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Williams) (1880/1997)
• 1812 Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880)
• Album for the Young (Op. 39) (arr. Curnow) (1878/2007)
• Andante Cantabile (arr. Safranek) (/1913)
• Capriccio Italien (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1984)
• Chanson Triste (arr. Reed) (1878/1989)
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAllster and Reed)
• Coronation March (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1883/2013)
• Cossak Dance (tr. Bourgeois) (2008)
• Dance of the Jesters (arr. Cramer) (1873/1997)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Cook) (1892/1990)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Schwalbe) (1892/2015?)
• Dances from The Oprichnik (tr. Bourgeois) (1872/2008)
• Dances des mirlitons (arr. Buitenhuis) (1892/)
• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Echoes from a Russian Cathedral (arr. Singleton) (1878-1883/2005)
• Entry March from "Swan Lake" (tr. Billis) (1877/1996)
• Faeries (arr. Davis; adapt. Longfield) (1891/)
• Fantasy on "March Slav" (arr. Bobrowitz) (1876/2019)
• Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem (arr. Godfrey) (1908)
• Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876) (arr. Lienhart) (1876/2012)
• Finale from "Concerto for Violin" (arr. Howey) (1878/2008)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Balent). See: Finale from Symphony No. 4
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Brooks) (1878/)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (tr. Hindsley) (1878/197-?)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr. Safranek; ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Sato) (1878/2014)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Singleton) (1878/1912/2003)
• Finale from Symphony No. 2 (arr. Williams) (1872/1880/2002)
• Finale from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Balent) (1878/2005)
• Gems of Tchaikovsky (arr. Clark) (1917)
• Highlights from "1812 Overture" (arr. Hanna) (1880/1997)
• Jurisprudence (arr. Godfrey) (1885/1909)
• Le Lac des Cygnes: Act I, Scene 1 (arr. Nefs) (1876/)
• Mad Russian's Christmas, A (arr. Phillips and Megaw) (1891/1996/2015)
• March from "The Sleeping Beauty" (arr. Bourgeois) (1890/2018)
• March Slav (tr. Daehn) (1876/1994)
• March Slav (tr. Hindsley) (1876/197-?)
• March Slav (orch. Simpson) (1876/2000)
• Marche Slav (arr. Laurendeau) (1876/1906)
• Marche Slave (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1917)
• Miniature Overture from "Suite from 'The Nutcracker'" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1892/2001)
• None but the Lonely Heart (arr. Kimura) (1869/2007)
• Nutcracker Fantasia (arr. Giroux) (1891/2012)
• The Nutcracker Fantasy (arr. Yo Goto) (1891/)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lake) (1891/1924)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Curnow) (1891/1987)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lavender) (1891/1999)
• Nutcracker Sweets (arr. Corwell) (1891/2010)
• The Nutty Nutcracker (arr. Hannickel) (1891/2006)
• Overture 1812. See also: 1812 Overture
• Overture 1812 (arr. Story and Smith) (1882/2012)
• Overture from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Ballenger III) (1891/)
• Petite Suite (arr. Cray) (1878/1946)
• Polonaise from "Third Suite" (arr. Godfrey) (1884/1916)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Hindsley) (1870/?)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Holcombe) (1870/1981)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Story) (1884/2010)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Hartman) (1884/2013)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Longfield) (1884/1992)
• Sleeping Beauty, The (arr. Bennett) (1960)
• Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (arr. Eilhardt) (1889)
• Sugar Plum Reggae (arr. Fraley) (1891/2012)
• Suite from "Swan Lake" (tr. Yodo) (1876/)
• Suite from the Ballet "The Swan Lake" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1911)
• Suite No. 3 in G Major (tr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
• Symphony No. 4 Finale (arr. Fyffe) (1878/2000)
• Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (arr. Daehn) (1893/2007)
• Symphony No. 6 (arr. Hindsley)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- First Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- Third Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
• Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite (arr. Bourgeois) (2012)
• Tchaikovsky Highlights (arr. Van der Beek) (2019)
• Tchaikovsky Suite (scored Barnes) (1878/2004)
• Tchaikovskyana (arr. Daehn) (1979/2015)
• Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits (arr. Moss) (2003)
• Theme and Variations from "Suite in G Major" (arr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Huckeby) (1891/2010/2013)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Johnson) (1891/1952)
• Three Chorales for Band (with Handel and Pasquini; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
• Three Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" (tr. Bourgeois) (1879/2007)
• Three Onegin Dances (arr. Van der Beek)
• Two Excerpts from "The Pathetic Symphony" (arr. Fletcher) (1893/1912)
• Violin Concerto in D Major (trans. Lane) (1878/2020)
• Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (tr. Lake) (1889/1937)
• Waltz of the Flowers (tr. Lake) (1892/1919)
• Winter from "The Four Seasons" (as arranger)

Resources

• Romeo and Juliet (Thaikovsky), Wikipedia Accessed 15 February 2018