March-Scherzo

Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Ted R. Marcus)

Subtitle: From Symphony No. 1

General Info

Year: 1853 / 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ted R. Marcus
Cost: Score and Parts - $45.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Flute 1A and 1B (two solo players)
C Flute 2
Oboe 1-2
Bb Clarinet 1A and 1B (two solo players)
Bb Clarinet 2-3
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet (optional alternate for String Bass)
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional alternate for String Bass)
Bassoon 1-2
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet 1-2-3
Horn in F 1-2-3-4
Trombone 1-2-3
Euphonium (Bass Clef)
Baritone (Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Vibraphone
Marimba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Camille Saint-Saëns wrote his first published symphony in 1853. He was 17 years old, but he had already written a symphony two years earlier that was never published in his lifetime. A symphony at that time would normally include a scherzo, a fast-paced movement with three beats to the measure like a fast waltz, with a specific structure derived from the 18th century minuet.

Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 1 doesn't have a scherzo. Instead, the second movement is titled (perhaps by the publisher) "March-Scherzo." It has two beats to the measure like a march, but it doesn’t have the structure of a march. Starting with an elegant melody, it surveys a range of emotions before dissolving into a quiet ending. It's really neither a march nor a scherzo, but something all its own.

I dedicate this band arrangement to the memory of my friend, Dr. Sean Davis. Sean was a brilliant, eccentric, and exuberant individual who, like the March-Scherzo, defies categorization. He died, at the age of 41, as I was just starting to work on this piece.

- Program note by Ted R. Marcus

Media

• Peninsula Symphonic Winds, Richard Babcock

State Ratings

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Performances

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• Peninsula Symphonic Winds (Richard Babcock, conductor) - 21 May 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Le Carnaval des Animaux (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1886/2018)

All Wind Works

• Aquarium (arr. Moore) (1886/2011)
• Bacchanale (arr. Balent) (1877/2002)
• Bacchanale (arr. Egner) (1877/1926)
• Bacchanale (arr. Hubbell) (1877/1991)
• Bacchanale from "Samson and Delila" (arr. Hanna) (1877/)
• Carnival of the Animals (arr. Brand)
• The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Bocook) (1886/2006)
• The Carnival of the Animals (arr. Curnow) (1886/2008)
• Carnival of the Animals, The (arr. Goto). See Le Carnaval des Animaux
• Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (arr. Giroux) (2015)
• Danse Bacchanale (arr. Steiger) (1877/1985)
• Danse Bacchanale (arr. Bocook) (1877/2004)
• Danse Bacchanale (arr. Singleton) (1877/)
• Danse Macabre (arr. Bender)
• Danse Macabre (tr Hindsley) (tr. Hindsley) (1874/197-?)
• Danse Macabre (arr. Laurendeau) (1874/1903)
• Danse Macabre (arr. Brian Sheldon) (1874/)
• Danse Macabre (arr. Slawson) (1874/2013)
• Part One, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3 (tr. Hindsley) (1886/197-?)
• Finale, Symphony No 3 in C (arr. Slocum) (1886/1974)
• Finale to "Hail! California" (ed. Martin) (1915/2015)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 3" (arr. VanDoren) (1886/2022)
• First Movement, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3) (tr. Hindsley) (1886/197-?)
• Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (arr. Kessler)
• La Princesse Jaune (arr. Odom) (1872/1980)
• La Princesse Jaune (arr. Lake) (1872/1929)
• La Princesse Jaune (arr. Schyns) (1872/2002)
• Le Carnaval des Animaux (arr. Goto) (1886/2000/2012)
• Le Carnaval des Animaux (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Onodera) (1886/2018)
• March-Scherzo (arr. Marcus) (1853/2015)
• Marche Dédiée aux Étudiants d'Alger (orch. Bouchel) (1921/1925)
• Marche Heroïque (arr. Winterbottom) (1871/1906)
• Marche Interalliée (orch. Balay) (1918/2014)
• Marche Militaire Francaise (tr. Hindsley) (1908/1958)
• Marche Militaire Francaise (arr. Lake) (1908/1913)
• Mon Coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (tr. Niese) (1877/2012)
• Morceau de Concert (arr. Respresas Carrera) (1887/2013)
• Morceau de Concert (tr. Nelson) (1887/1979)
• Orient et Occident (ed. Whitwell) (1869)
• Orient et Occident (arr. Hauswirth) (1869)
• Orient et Occident (ed. Reynish) (1869/1995)
• Orient et Occident (arr. Schissel) (1869/2005)
• Pas Redoublé (arr. Frackenpohl) (1887/1972)
• Prelude and Processional (arr. Elkus) (1883/1957)
• Second Movement, "Organ Symphony" (no. 3) (tr. Hindsley) (1886/200-?)
• Sur les bords du Nil (ed. Hauswirth) (1908/2019)
• Theme from "Samson and Delilah" (arr. Davis) (1877/1964)
• Vers la Victoire (orch. Dondeyne) (1918/2014)

Resources

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