Italian Polka (arr Lucas)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Lucas)

General Info

Year: 1938 / 2007
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00; (digital) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This engaging little work was originally written for two pianos. While in Italy, Rachmaninoff heard the tune played on an old-fashioned street organ, drawn through the streets by a donkey. Liking the tune, he immediately wrote it down. Later in Russia, it was arranged for the Imperial Marine Guard Band, and was performed with great success.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) Symphonic Band (Robert Birch, conductor) – 21 October 2017
• Magee Wind Ensemble (Vancouver, B.C.) (Christopher Haas, conductor) – 5 November 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Morceaux de fantaisie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1892/2020)

All Wind Works

• Andante Cantabile (arr. Custer) (1934/1995)
• Bogoroditse Devo (arr. Genervo) (1915/2009)
• Bogoroditse Devo (arr. Salzman). See: Three Vespers from "All-Night Vigil"
• Morceaux de fantaisie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1892/2020)
• Chimes of Moscow
• Concerto for Piano No. 2, Theme 3rd Mvt. (arr. Lang)
• Evocation of the Spirit (tr. Singleton) (2017)
• Glory and Honor (arr. Houseknecht)
• Hymn (arr. Grauer) (1915/2005)
• Italian Polka (arr. Leidzen) (1941)
• Italian Polka (arr. Lucas) (1938/2006)
• Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor (tr. Oaks) (1901/2007)
• Piano Concerto No. 2, Themes from (arr. Williams)
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (tr. Patterson)
• Prelude in C minor
• Prelude in G minor (arr. Lake) (1901/1922)
• Prelude, Opus 3, No. 2 (arr. Longfield)
• Rachmaninoff Prelude (arr. Cichy)
• Rachmaninoff Prelude (arr. McGinty)
• Russian Liturgy (arr. Singleton) (1910/1999)
• Russian Polka
• Suite from “All-Night Vigil” (Vespers) (arr. Juchniewicz) (1915)
• Symphonic Dance Op 45 No 3 (arr. Satoh) (1940/1984)
• Symphonic Dances, Op 45, No. 3 (arr. Lavender) (1940/2015)
• Symphony No. 1 - Finale (arr. Hanna)
• Symphony No. 2: Adagio (arr. Hanna) (1907/2013)
• Theme from "Piano Concerto No 2" (arr. Bennett) (1901/1947)
• Three Vespers from "All-Night Vigil" (arr. Salzman) (1915/2008)
  • Bogoroditse Devo (arr. Salzman) (1915/2005)
• Vespers, Opus 37, for Symphonic Winds (arr. Johnson) (1915/2011)
  • Svete Tokhyi (arr. Johnson)
  • Blazhen Muzh (arr. Johnson)
  • Blagoslovi, Dushe Moya (arr. Johnson)
• Vocalise (arr. Wheeler) (1909/2019)
• Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (arr. Hunsberger) (1909/2004)
• Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (arr. Roszell) (1909/)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Rachmaninoff, S.; Lucas, E. (2007). Italian Polka [score]. Alfred Publishing: [s.l.].
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 490.