Scaff!

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz (arr. Wheeler)

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TradeWinds
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

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

• Drum Set
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Scaff! is an adaptation of the famous fourth movement of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz in swing style. The story of the ‘March to the Scaffold’ is a tragic one where the subject, in a depressive state over a love interest, overdoses on opium. He dreams that he has killed his beloved and after his procession to the scaffold is now witnessing his own death. This arrangement doesn’t really reflect those tragic circumstances but instead re-dresses this great tune into a toe-tapping ‘big band’ number.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

• Apothéose from "Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale" (tr. McMahan) (1840/2014)
• Benvenut Cellini (arr. Henning) (1937)
• Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" (trans. Henning) (1862/1937)
• Damnation of Faust (arr. Smith) (1957)
• Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (trans. Patterson) (1830)
• Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
• Le Corsaire (tr. Schuller) (1856/1971)
• Les Francs-juges, Opus 3 (arr. T. Knox)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (1840)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (ed. Dondeyne) (1840)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (trans. Inkster) (1840/2015)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (arr. Whitwell) (1840/1973)
• March to the Scaffold (arr. Foulds and Brown) (1830/1937)
• March to the Scaffold (tr. Leidzén) (1830/1937)
• March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Patterson) (1830/2005)
• March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
• Marche Hongroise (arr. Goto) (1986)
• Marche Hongroise (arr. Smith) (1820/1846/1961)
• Ouverture du Carnaval Romain (tr. Nefs) (1844/2013)
• Scaff! (arr. Wheeler) (2016)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Story) (1830/2016)
• Symphonie Fantastique (ar. Yodo) (1830)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1844/1962)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Singleton) (1844/2000)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Safranek) (1844/1962)
• Roman Carnival Overture. See also: Ouverture du Carnaval Romain
• Royal Hunt and Storm (arr. Boyd) (1966)
• Trojan March (arr. Erickson) (1971)

Resources

None discovered thus far.