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Morceaux de fantaisie
Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Ian Deterling)
Subtitle: The Bells of Moscow (Prelude in C# Minor)
General Info
Year:1892 / 2020
Duration: c. 4:10
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Deterling Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00; (digital) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 2
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Cello
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam (or Gong)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer's most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces titled Morceaux de fantaisie, it is a 62-bar prelude in ternary (ABA) form. It is also known as The Bells of Moscow since the introduction seems to reproduce the Kremlin's most solemn carillon chimes.
Its first performance was by the composer on 26 September 1892, at a festival called the Moscow Electrical Exhibition. After this première, a review of the concert singled out the Prelude, noting that it had “aroused enthusiasm”. From this point on, its popularity grew. Rachmaninoff later published 23 more preludes to complete a set of 24 preludes covering all the major and minor keys, to emulate earlier sets by Bach, Chopin, Alkan, Scriabin and others.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
One of Rachmaninoff's best-known works, Prelude in C# Minor (also known as The Bells of Moscow) is one in a set of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie. This adaptation is arranged into five parts plus percussion (up to nine percussionists).
Although this is the C# Minor Prelude, it has been transposed to the key of D Minor to make it easier on the musicians.
- Program Note by arranger
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee University Concert Band (Matthew Dutczak, conductor) - 3 May 2021
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/)