Te Deum

Giacomo Puccini

General Info

Year: 1900 / 2010
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amstel Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $25.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
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
Harp
Church Organ
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Cannon Shot (on synthesizer)
Church Bells
Crash Cymbals
Tubular Bells

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Te Deum is from the finale of Act 1 of Puccini's opera Tosca. Usually, a church is a place for silence, prayer, and meditation. In Tosca, Puccini turns the Roman Basilica of St. Andrea della Valle into a playground for hiding rebels, jealous lovers, sanctimonious fresco painters, and invading police officers. Church bells are tolling. Intermittently, from the Ccastle St. Angelo comes the boom of cannons. The choirboys and acolytes falsely believe that Napoleon has been defeated. They are there to sing a thankful Te Deum, when Baron Scarpia, the infamous chief of the Roman secret police, arrives with some of his men in search of Angelotti, an escaped prisoner. The painter Cavaradossi, Tosca’s lover, has helped the prisoner hide in the chapel. Scarpia exults in his power to send Cavaradossi to execution, while he will bring Tosca into his own arms. For her, he exclaims, he would renounce the hopes of heaven. He then kneels and fervently joins in the Te Deum.

-Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

Audio: Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

San Francisco Wind Ensemble (San Mateo, Calif.) (Johan de Meij, conductor) – 20 January 2018
Grand Street (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Community Band (Brian Worsdale, conductor) - 7 December 2014
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Symphony Band (Evan Feldman, conductor) - 5 December 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Angelo del Cielo (arr. de Meij) (1917/2007)
Ch'ella Mi Creda (arr. de Meij) (1910/2008)
Christmas Scene from "La Bohème" (arr. Morita) (1896/2002)
Corazzata Sicilia (ed. Creux) (1897/2017)
Donde Lieta from "La Bohème" (arr. Kreines) (1896/)
Edgar (arr. de Meij) (1889/2008)
Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Goto) (1904/2000)
Gianni Schicchi (arr. Suzuki) (1918/2015)
Highlights from Act 1, "Tosca" (arr. Goto) (1900/2014)
Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut" (arr. McBeth) (1893/1984)
Kyrie from Messa di Gloria (tr. Paxton) (1980/2015)
La Bohème (arr. Stebbing) (1896/1948)
La Bohème (arr. Dawson) (1896/1992)
La Fanciulla del West (arr. de Meij) (1910/2008)
La Tregenda (arr. Beck) (1883/2012)
La Tregenda (arr. Foster) (1883/1996)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Bocook) (1926/2003)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Beringen) (1926/1991)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Cray)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Hattendorf) (1926/2007)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Rossi) (1926/2008)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Turrin) (1926/2010)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Vinson) (1926/2009)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Williams) (1926/2000)
Nessun Dorma (tr. Patterson) (1926/)
Nessun Dorma from "Turandot" (arr. Rickard) (1926/1993)
O Mio Babbino Caro (arr. Balmages) (1918/2000)
O Mio Babbino Caro (arr. Vinson) (1918/2011)
O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kondo) (1918/2010)
O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kreines) (1918/)
Puccini's Arias Fantasy (arr. Yamazato) (2012)
Quando me’n vo (arr. McLain) (1896/2011)
Scenes from "La Bohème" (arr. Hanna) (1896/)
Scossa Elettrica (arr. King) (1896/2019)
Scossa Elettrica (arr. Yates) (1896/2001)
Te Deum (tr. de Meij) (1900/2010)
Tosca Fantasy (arr. Gee) (1900)
Tosca Fantasy (arr. Hermann) (1900/1972)
Turandot (arr. Goto) (1926/2007)
Two Scenes from "Tosca" (arr. Hanna) (1900/)
Un Bel Di (arr. Spaniola) (1904/1997)
Vogliatemi Bene from "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Odom) (1904/)
Witches' Sabbath, The (arr. de Meij) (1892/2010)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Giacomo Puccini." Accessed 2 December 2014