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Three Angels Were Singing a Sweet Song
Gustav Mahler (trans. Joshua Roach)
Subtitle: from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
General Info
Year: 1896 / 2008
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV (I doubles Piccolo Trumpet)
Flugelhorn (optional)
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion (optional), including:
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Voice (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Gustav Mahler cast his setting of Es Sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang as the fifth movement of his Third Symphony during his summer retreats at his “Häuschen” in Steinbach am Attersee in 1895 and 1896. I have always loved this symphony, and this movement in particular because of its use of two choirs and the colors that the composer creates with them and the orchestra.
In this setting for brass, I have tried to capture the changes in character and timbre.
The text of this lied comes from the third volume of Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim’s famous collection of folksongs entitled Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–8).
- Program Note by transcriber
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble (Timothy A. Paul, conductor) - 14 November 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagietto (arr. Hautvast) (1902/2002)
- Adagietto from "Symphony No 5" (arr. Shishikura) (1902/2015)
- Blumine (tr. Dohmen) (1884/2020)
- Chorale, March and Coda from "Symphony No 2" (1894/)
- Der Tamboursg’sell (1901)
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 (arr. Mertens) (1888/1996)
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D "Titan" (arr. Schneider) (1888/2015)
- Finale from the 3rd Symphony (arr. Mertens) (1894-1896/1985)
- Finale to "Symphony No 3" (arr. Saucedo) (1894-1896/2002)
- Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Bowlin) (1884/1892/1896/)
- Rückert-Lieder (tr. Andrew J. Putnam) (1901-1902/)
- Movement Four from "Symphony No 4" (arr. Hiller) (1901/2013?)
- Musings on Mahler (arr. Bough) (2018)
- Resurrection Chorale (tr. Austin) (1894/2021)
- Rondo Burleske (arr. Gorb) (1909-1910/2011)
- Sinfonie Nr 7 Rondo Finale (arr. Ishizuya) (1904-1905/2007)
- Symphony No. 1 Finale. See: Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D "Titan"
- Symphony No. 3 (arr. Shaefer, Patterson, Reynolds) (1894-1896/1906/)
- Symphony No 3 Finale (Excerpts) (arr. Reynolds) (1894-96/1971)
- Three Angels Were Singing a Sweet Song (arr. Roach) (1896/2008)
- Um Mitternacht (1901)
- Urlicht (arr. Vertommen) (1894/2008)
- Urlicht (arr. Hanna) (1894/2002)
Resources
- Joshua Roach website Accessed 15 November 2020
- Perusal score