March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioacchino Rossini (ed. Townsend)

This work may also be known as A March for the Sultan and Marcia per Sultano.

General Info

Year: 1851 / 1967
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mercury Music Corp.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of Print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Giuseppe Donizetti, brother of the composer Gaetano Donizetti, served as bandmaster for the Sultan Abdul Medjid and his father from 1832 to 1856. He wrote a march for them, and commissioned his brother Gaetano and Rossini to write marches to honor them as well. Rossini wrote his march in 1851. Originally titled Marcia Militare, the score was discovered by American musicologist Douglas Townsend who edited it for today’s band instrumentation.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. U.S. Marine Band (John R. Bourgeois, conductor) - 1992

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Northern Colorado (Greeley) Wind Ensemble (Wesley J. Broadnax, conductor) – 13 February 2020
• Philadelphia (Penn.) Wind Symphony (Wesley Broadnax, conductor) – 18 March 2019
• Philadelphia (Penn.) Wind Symphony (Paul Bryan, conductor) – 20 March 2017

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)

All Wind Works

• Barber of Seville (arr. Meyrelles) (1816/1899)
• Barber of Seville, The (arr. Williams) (1816/2005)
• Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Lake) (1816/1927)
• Barber of Seville Overture, The (arr. Duthoit) (1816/1940)
• The Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Singleton) (1816/2002)
• Figaro in Stereo (adapt. Yoder) (1970)
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Cesarini) (1816/2011)
• Inflammatis from "Stabat Mater" (arr. Laurendeau and Meyrelles) (1842/1911)
• Introduction, Theme and Variations (arr. Tamanini) (1819/2017)
• Italian en Argel
• Italian in Algiers (arr. Cailliet) (1952)
• La Boutique Fantasque (arr. Respighi; tr. Mahaffey) (2009)
• La Boutique Fantasque (adapt. Respighi; arr. Godfrey) (1922)
• La Cenerentola (arr. Daehn) (1817/2007)
• La Danza (arr. Erickson) (1835/1967)
• La Gazza Ladra (tr. Cailliet) (1817/1954)
• L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Sedlak; ed. Lonoce) (1813/1992)
• L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Van der Beek) (1813/2008)
• March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid (arr. Townsend) (1851/1967)
• Overture from the Opera "La Gazza Ladra" (arr. Oliver) (1817)
• Overture to "The Barber of Seville" (arr. Sedlak) (1816/1983)
• Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (arr. Cailliet) (1813/1952)
• Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (tr Moses-Tobani) (tr. Mose-Tobani) (1813/1898)
• Passo a sei (tr. Dunnigan)
• Scherzo for Band (scored by Schaefer) (1864/1977)
• Semiramide (arr. Safranek; ed. Robertson) (1823/1939)
• Soirées musicales (arr. Britten and Brown) (1830-1835/1946)
• Tancredi Overture (tr. Falcone) (1813/1975)
• Three Marches for the Marriage of the Duke of Orléans (ed. Townsend) (1827/1972)
• Una Voce Poco Fa from "Barber of Seville" (arr. Barrow) (1816/1973)
• William Tell Overture (tr. Sousa and Schissel) (1829/2014)
• William Tell Overture (arr. Elkus) (1829/1988)
• William Tell Overture (arr. Leidzen) (1829/1938)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)

Resources

• Donizetti, G.; Rossini, G.; Townsend, D. (1967). Two Marches for the Sultan Abdul Medjid [score]. Mercury Music Corp.: New York.
• Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble: Volume 2 L-Z. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 258. Print.
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Giacchino Rossini." Accessed 10 August 2017