Dance of the Buffoons

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (trans. Sartorius)

Also known as Dance of the Tumblers

General Info

Year: 1882 / 1935
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: M. Witmark
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
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 Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Orchestra Chimes
• Snare Drum
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Snow Maiden (subtitle: A Spring Fairy Tale) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky (which had premiered in 1873 with incidental music by Tchaikovsky).

The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 29 January 1882 conducted by Eduard Nápravník. By 1898 it was revised in the edition known today. It remained the composer's own favorite work.

Dance of the Buffoons (also called Dance of the Skomorokhi, Dance of the Tumblers and Danse of the Clowns) appears is Act III of the opera.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

• Audio: United States Air Force Concert Band

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 19 November 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Bolero for Band
• Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Courtain) (1887/1959)
• Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Hindsley) (1887)
• Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Williams) (1887/1993)
• Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Winterbottom) (1887/1923)
• Capriccio Espagnole (arr. Nefs) (1887/2015)
• Concerto for B-flat Clarinet and Wind Orchestra (ed. Seely) (1878/2000)
• Concerto for Trombone and American Band (arr. Nallin) (1877/1952-1953)
• Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. Makarov) (1877/1950)
• Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. McAlister) (1877/1981)
• Concertstück in Eb for Clarinet and Military Band (adapt. Piket) (1878/1981)
• Cortege from "Mlada" (1890)
• Dance of the Buffoons (tr. Sartorius) (1882/1935)
• Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Balent) (1882/2000)
• Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Curnow) (1882/2012)
• Dance of the Tumbers (arr. Vosbein) (1882/1991)
• Dubinuska (tr. Schreurs) (1906/2018)
• Fanfare, Canto and Fandango (arr. Custer) (1887/1996)
• Festival at Baghdad (arr. Winterbottom) (1888/1912)
• Festival at Baghdad. See also: Scheherazade
• Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Davis) (1900/1978)
• Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Murtha) (1900/)
• The Golden Cockerel (arr. Lake) (1922)
• Mlada Suite (arr. Glocke) (1890)
• Notturno (ed. King) (1888/1957/2001)
• Polonaise (arr. McLain) (1895/2017)
• Polonaise (arr. Duthoit) (1895/1937)
• Polonaise from "Pan Voyevoda" (arr. Bourgeois) (1903/2013)
• Procession of the Nobles (arr. Bocook)
• Procession of the Nobles (arr. Leidzen)
• Quintet in B-flat major (1876)
• Quintet in B-flat major (ed. Kirkor) (1876/1951)
• Russian Easter Overture (tr. Johnson) (1888/2013)
• Russian Easter Overture (arr. Bocook) (1888/2000)
• Russian Easter Overture (arr. Erickson) (1888/1994)
• Russian Easter Overture (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2005)
• Russian Easter Overture (arr. Kasama) (1888/)
• Scheherazade (tr. Bocook) (1888/2006)
• Scheherazade (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
  • Scheherazade I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
  • Scheherazade II The Story of the Kalandar Prince (tr. Hindsley) (1888/1986)
  • Scheherazade III The Young Prince and Princess (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
  • Scheherazade IV Festival at Baghdad (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
• Scheherazade (arr. Mortimer) (1888/2000)
• Scheherazade (tr. Patterson) (1888/)
• Scheherazade Selections (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2009)
• A Song of India (arr. Lake) (1896/1920)
• Song of India (arr. van der Beek) (1896/2008)
• Song of India (arr. Hautvast) (1896/2017)
• Suite from "Le Coq D'or" (arr. Hanna)
• Symphony No. 2 (tr. Southard) (1868/2015)
• The Tsar's Bride Overture (tr. Harding) (1899/1954)
• The Tsar's Farewell (arr. Reed) (2001)
• Variations on a Theme of Glinka (ed. McAlister) (1878/1987)
• Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel (tr. Harding) (1957)

Resources

• Rimsky-Korsakov, N.; Sartorius, H. (1935). Dance of the Tumblers [score]. M. Witmark: New York.
• The Snow Maiden, Wikipedia Accessed 11 January 2018