Awake

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner (arr. Bruce Houseknecht)

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Subtitle: Chorale from Act III of Die Meistersinger

Printed with Pavel Tschenokov's Salvation is Created

General Info

Year: 1868 / 1957
Duration: c.
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.00

For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo & Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Choir (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This beautiful chorale from the third act of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (composed by Wagner in rebuttal of his contemporary critics) is thought by many to be Wagner's own Hymn of Thanksgiving for his God-given talent.

Wagner uses the words "Langsam und feierlich" for the orchestral package preceding the chorale. "Feierlich," appearing on the score of so many of Wagner's operas, may be variously translated as "solemn, holy, reverent, soulfully," etc. The word "reverent" seems best to fit the mood of the music n this instance. Wagner further indicates that the chorale is to be performed "very broad with each note uniformly and equally sustained throughout."

The phrasings and slurrings of the original core have been retained to give this sustained effort desired by the composer.

- Program Note by arranger

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class BB
• Arkansas: II
• Iowa: III
• Kansas: IV
• Louisiana: IV
• Maryland: IV
• Massachusetts: IV
• Mississippi: V-A
• North Carolina: IV
• Oklahoma: III-A
• South Carolina: IV
• Texas: IV. Complete
• West Virginia: III

Performances

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• State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 26 September 2019

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Awake (arr. Houseknecht) (1868/1957)
• Chor der Junger from "Das Liebesmahl der Apostel" (arr. Pohler)
• Die Meistersingers, Excerpts from the Opera (arr. Eric Osterling)
• Die Meistersinger Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1868/197-?)
• Die Meistersinger, Prelude (arr. Moses-Tobani/H.R. Kent) (1904/1948)
• Die Meistersinger von Nurnbürg (tr. Hindsley) (1868/196-?)
• Elsa's feierlicher Zug zum Münster (tr. Nefs) (1848/2017)
• Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin" (tr. Bourgeois)
• Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin" (tr. Cailliet)
• Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. Godfrey) (1869/1906)
• Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. O'Neill) (1869/1930)
• Evening Star (arr. Barnard) (1845/1927)
• Festmusik (arr. Seifert-Kressbronn) (1843-1982)
• Fest Marsch from "Tannhäuser" (tr. Rumbelow) (1845/1997)
• The Flying Dutchman (tr. Hindsley) (1843/197-?)
• Flying Dutchman Overture, The (arr. Godfrey) (1843/1955)
• Gathering of the Armies (arr. Friedman) (1850/1995)
• Homage March (ed. Bourgeois)
• Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Reed) (1864/2002)
• Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Schaefer) (1864/1971)
• Italian Polka (arr Leidzen) (arr. Leidzen) (1941)
• Kaisermarsch (tr. Godfrey) (1871/1912)
• King Heinrich’s Call (tr. Bourgeois) (1850/1983)
• Invocation of Alberich from "Rheingold" (arr. Cailliet) (1869/1940)
• Liebestod (arr. Shishikura) (1856/2014)
• Liebestod (arr. Bainum) (1856/1964)
• Lohengrin (arr. Tamanini) (1850/2005)
• Lohengren: Introduction to Act III (arr. Drumm) (1850/1937)
• March from "Tannhäuser" (arr. Lake) (1926)
• March on, America
• Nibelungen March (arr. Stretton) (c.1874/1909)
• Overture to Rienzi (arr. Grabel) (1842/1933)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Geese) (1845/2009)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser) (1845/)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser; ed. Rapp) (1845/2009)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Reed) (1845/1991)
• Prelude to Act I of "Die Meistersinger" (trans. Kreines) (1862/2012)
• Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (tr. Hindsley) (1850)
• Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (tr. Brand) (1850/2001)
• Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail from "Parsifal" (arr. Houseknecht) (1964)
• Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Patterson)
• Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Laurendeau) (1870/1908)
• Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Longwood) (1870/2000)
• Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Hernandez) (1870)
• Rienzi Overture (arr. Meyrelles) (1842/1892)
• Selections from Act III of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnbürg" (arr. Hanna) (1868/2015)
• Seigfried Fantasie (arr. Seidel) (1876/1893)
• Siegfried Idyll (1870)
• Siegfried's Funeral March (tr. Tanick) (1876/)
• Siegfried's Funeral Music (arr. Paul Whear)
• Siegfried's Funeral March from "Gotterdammerung" (tr. Bourgeois)
• Tannhäuser (arr. Lake) (1845/1926)
• Tannhäuser Grand March (tr. McAlister) (1845/2005)
• Tannhäuser March (arr. E. Fall) (1845)
• Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Fall) (1845/1936)
• Tannhäuser Overture (tr. Safranek) (1845/1913)
• Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Sousa) (1845/)
• Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1845/1903)
• Tannhäuser Selection (arr. Lake) (1926)
• Trauersinfonie (ed. Votta/Boyd) (1844/1924/1994)
• Trauersinfonie (tr. Leidzen) (1844/1924/1949)
• Tristan und Isolde (tr. Janssen) (1862/2015)
• Vorspiel und Liebestod (arr. Godfrey) (1865/1909)
• Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from "Die Walküre" (arr. Lake) (1874/1937)

Resources

• Perusal score