Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (arr Erickson)

Sergei Prokofiev

General Info

Year: 1921 / 1992
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $68.00; (digital) - $68.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Although the opera Love for Three Oranges is rarely performed, the Marche from it has become quite popular and was used as theme music from the radio serial The FBI in Peace and War.

The story of the opera involves a crown prince who is seriously ill, and the only cure the doctors can suggest is laughter. The comical efforts of a sorceress to invade the palace is the source of laughter that cures the prince. Through her powers, the sorceress succeeds in having the prince fall in love with three oranges. The prince goes in search of his loves. In two of the oranges lie dead princesses, but in the third, the princess is alive but unconscious. She is revived at the end of the opera when cold water is poured upon her.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Minnesota: II
Virginia: IV

Performances

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Encore Concert Band (Mokena, Ill.) (Bill Schuetter, conductor) – 1 March 2020
University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Symphonic Band (Anthony Falcone, conductor) – 6 December 2018
Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 20 October 2018
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) – 1 November 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Athletic Festival March (arr. Goldman) (1936/1980)
Concerto No. 3 in C for Piano (tr. Hunsberger) (1921/)
Dance of the Knights (trans. Jones) (1935/2019)
The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits (arr. Van der Beek) (1916/1996)
Finale to "Symphony No 1" (tr. Johnson) (1917/2016)
Gavotte (arr. Gordon)
Lieutenant Kije Symphonic Suite (arr. Schyns) (1934/1936/2004)
- Midnight Sleighride (arr. Wallace) (1934/2002)
- Troika (arr. Bullock) (1934/2012)
- Troika (arr. Watson) (1934/)
- Troika (arr. Walters) (1934/)
March from "The Love of Three Oranges" (arr. Cray) (1921/1943)
Marche from the Opera "Love for Three Oranges" (arr. Erickson) (1921/1992)
Marche from "The Love of Three Oranges," Opus 33 (arr Johnson) (arr. Johnson) (1921/1947)
March, Opus 69. See also: Athletic Festival March
March, Opus 69 (arr. Gingery) (1937/1985)
March, Opus 99 (arr. Meredith) (1943-44/2017)
March, Opus 99 (arr. Mindeman) (1943-44)
March, Opus 99 (arr. Yoder; ed. Berz) (1943-44)
Masquerade Variations on a Theme of Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Gryc) (1917/1997/2004)
Music for Children (arr. Ahronheim) (1935/1978)
Ode to the End of the War (1945/1969/1979)
Overture in B-flat (arr. Feldman) (1926/2007)
Peter and the Wolf (arr. Daniels) (1936/)
Peter and the Wolf (arr. Curnow) (1936/1986)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (arr. Hunsberger) (1921/)
Suite from the Ballet "Romeo & Juliet" (arr. de Meij) (1935/1990)
Suite from the Ballet "Romeo & Juliet", Part II (arr. de Meij) (1935/2021)
Suite from the Ballet "Romeo & Juliet", Part III (arr. de Meij) (1935/2021)
Suite from "Romeo and Juliet" (arr. Kreines) (1935/199-?)
Symphony V in B-flat Major (tr. Rogers) (1944/2019)
Symphony V: Scherzo (arr. Moore) (1947/2014)
Triumphal March (arr. Goldman) (1936/1941)
Two Pieces from Lt. Kije (arr. Tull) (1934/1971)
Visions fugitives (orch. Missal) (1917/2017)

Resources

Prokofiev, S.; Erickson, F. (1992). Marche : from "The Love of Three Oranges" [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.