Talk:Gold Bug, The
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General Info
Year: 1896
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-II-III
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet Solo-I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion
(percussion detail needed)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Herbert’s operetta The Gold Bug opened at the Casino in New York City in September of 1896 and closed one week later It was ill-fated from the beginning. Its early demise was attributed to inadequate preparation and a less-than-exciting plot that included the following characters; Penn Holder, the private secretary, Doolittle Work, a social highwayman, and Constant Steele, a politician. Two songs and The Gold Bug March are all that remain from the operetta, which was never published. At the time, Herbert was busy with preparing another operetta, along with preparing another full season with his 22nd Regiment Band. As a result, he was not really concerned with the show’s failure.
The Gold Bug March, with its catchy melodies and a whistling chorus in the trio, proved to be one of his most popular concert band works.
- Program Note from March Music Notes
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 11 October 2017
Works for Winds by this Composer
- American Fantasie (arr. Langey) (1893/1898)
- American Fantasie (arr. Langey; ed. Winkelman) (1893/1898/2015)
- Badinage
- Canzonetta
- Festival March (arr. Summers) (1901/2018)
- Fleurette
- The Fortune Teller (arr. Campbell-Watson) (1898/1941)
- The Gold Bug (1896)
- Italian Street Song (arr. Barrow) (1910/1987)
- March of the Toy Soldiers (arr. Kinyon) (1903/1993)
- March of the Toys (arr. Clarke; ed. Rogers) (1903/1999)
- March of the Toys (arr. Cray) (1903/1950)
- March of the Toys/Toyland (arr. Wallace) (1903/1995)
- Pan Americana
- Romany Life (arr. Daehn) (1898/2009)
- Twenty-Second Regiment March
- Under the Elms
- Victor Herbert Favorites (arr. Lake) (1926)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Victor Herbert." Accessed 12 October 2017
- Smith, Norman E. (1986). March Music Notes. Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, pp. 192.