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Prologue, Prayer and Dream Pantomime
Engelbert Humperdinck (arr. Frank Erickson)
From the opera Hansel and Gretel
General Info
Year: 1893 / 1995
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mary Erickson
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $9.00
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet/ Eb Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet/B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This arrangement is derived from the music in Act II with Hansel and Gretel lost and lying down to sleep in the woods. The Prologue begins with the sandman sprinkling sand on to the children's eyes. Hansel and Gretel respond by singing their Evening Prayer. In the Dream Pantomime a ladder reaches down from heaven and 14 angels are seen to surround the sleeping children.
- Program Note from publisher
Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most famous being the Abendsegen ("Evening Benediction") from act 2.
The idea for the opera was proposed to Humperdinck by his sister, who approached him about writing music for songs that she had written for her children for Christmas based on Hansel and Gretel. After several revisions, the musical sketches and the songs were turned into a full-scale opera.
Humperdinck composed Hansel and Gretel in Frankfurt in 1891 and 1892. The opera was first performed in Hoftheater in Weimar on 23 December 1893, conducted by Richard Strauss. It has been associated with Christmas since its earliest performances, and today it is still most often performed at Christmas time.
- Program Notes from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Michigan: Senior High A
- Virginia: IV
Performances
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- Danville (Calif.) Community Band (Bob Calonico, conductor) - 14 December 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1893/2005)
All Wind Works
- Abendsegen (arr. Klemke) (1893/2014)
- Abendsegen (arr. Wagner) (1893/1997)
- Evening Prayer (arr. Beringen) (1893/1999)
- Evening Prayer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1893/2005)
- Folk Tune from "Hansel and Gretel" (1893)
- Hansel and Gretel Overture (arr. Erickson) (1892/1960)
- Overture from "Hansel and Gretel" (arr. Cailliet) (1893/1952)
- Prologue, Prayer and Dream Pantomime (arr. Erickson) (1893/1995)
- Selections from "Hansel and Gretel" (1893)
Resources
- Hansel and Gretel, Wikipedia
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Engelbert Humperdinck." Accessed 15 December 2014.
- Humperdinck, E.; Erickson, F. (1995). Prologue, Prayer and Dream Pantomime : From the Opera, "Hansel and Gretel" [score]. Frank Erickson: [s.l.]