Nessun Dorma (tr Patterson)
Giacomo Puccini (trans. Merlin Patterson)
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Subtitle: From Turandot
General Info
Year: 1926 / 1993
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Merlin Patterson
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $160.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Nessun Dorma is an aria from the final act of Puccini’s frequently performed opera Turandot and is one of the best-known tenor arias. It is sung by Calaf, the unknown prince, who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles, and if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess.
Although Nessun Dorma has long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularized the work beyond the opera world in the 1990s. Both Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo released singles of the aria in the United Kingdom, and it appeared on the best selling classical album of all time, The Three Tenors in Concert. Since that time, many crossover artists have performed and recorded it. It has also frequently appeared in movies and on television. Unusually for a classical piece, it has become a part of our popular culture.
- Program Note from Appalachian Wind Ensemble concert program, 20 February 2016
This transcription for winds was written at the request of Eddie Green, who conducted its premiere with the University of Houston Wind Ensemble at the 1993 convention of the Texas Music Educators Association.
- Program Note by Merlin Patterson
Media
State Ratings
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
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- University of Texas (Austin) Concert Band (Mike Lebrias, conductor) – 19 February 2023
- West Texas A&M University (Canyon) Symphonic Band (Donald Lefevre, conductor) - 13 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Claudia Taylor Johnson High School (San Antonio, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jarrett Lipman, conductor) - 19 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- University of Florida (Gainesville) Concert Band (Archie G. Birkner IV, conductor) – 26 February 2018
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Grey Richardson, conductor) – 20 February 2016
- Carrollton Wind Symphony – 23 October 2012
- Farragut High School (Knoxville, Tenn.) Symphonic Band (Ron Rogers, conductor) – 24 February 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Southern Division Conference, Oxford, Miss.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Angelo del Cielo (arr. de Meij) (1917/2007)
- Ch'ella Mi Creda (arr. de Meij) (1910/2008)
- Christmas Scene from "La Bohème" (arr. Morita) (1896/2002)
- Corazzata Sicilia (ed. Creux) (1897/2017)
- Donde Lieta from "La Bohème" (arr. Kreines) (1896/)
- Edgar (arr. de Meij) (1889/2008)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Goto) (1904/2000)
- Gianni Schicchi (arr. Suzuki) (1918/2015)
- Highlights from Act 1, "Tosca" (arr. Goto) (1900/2014)
- Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut" (arr. McBeth) (1893/1984)
- Kyrie from Messa di Gloria (tr. Paxton) (1980/2015)
- La Bohème (arr. Stebbing) (1896/1948)
- La Bohème (arr. Dawson) (1896/1992)
- La Fanciulla del West (arr. de Meij) (1910/2008)
- La Tregenda (arr. Beck) (1883/2012)
- La Tregenda (arr. Foster) (1883/1996)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Bocook) (1926/2003)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Beringen) (1926/1991)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Cray)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Hattendorf) (1926/2007)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Rossi) (1926/2008)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Turrin) (1926/2010)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Vinson) (1926/2009)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Williams) (1926/2000)
- Nessun Dorma (tr. Patterson) (1926/)
- Nessun Dorma from "Turandot" (arr. Rickard) (1926/1993)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (arr. Balmages) (1918/2000)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (arr. Vinson) (1918/2011)
- O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kondo) (1918/2010)
- O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kreines) (1918/)
- Puccini's Arias Fantasy (arr. Yamazato) (2012)
- Quando me’n vo (arr. McLain) (1896/2011)
- Scenes from "La Bohème" (arr. Hanna) (1896/)
- Scossa Elettrica (arr. King) (1896/2019)
- Scossa Elettrica (arr. Yates) (1896/2001)
- Te Deum (tr. de Meij) (1900/2010)
- Tosca Fantasy (arr. Gee) (1900)
- Tosca Fantasy (arr. Hermann) (1900/1972)
- Turandot (arr. Goto) (1926/2007)
- Two Scenes from "Tosca" (arr. Hanna) (1900/)
- Un Bel Di (arr. Spaniola) (1904/1997)
- Vogliatemi Bene from "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Odom) (1904/)
- Witches' Sabbath, The (arr. de Meij) (1892/2010)
Resources
- Rossini, G.; Patterson, M. [199-?]. Nessun Dorma: From Turandot [score]. [s.n.]:[s.l.]