Romany Life
Victor Herbert (arr. Larry Daehn)
Subtitle: From The Fortune Teller
General Info
Year: 1898 / 2009
Duration: c. 1:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Fortune Teller is an operetta in three acts written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith. It premiered on Broadway on September 26, 1898, at Wallack's Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
The story is set in Hungary and involves Irma, an heiress from Budapest, who is studying for the ballet. Irma is in love with a young Hussar captain but is being forced to marry the silly Count Barezowski. When a gypsy fortune teller, Musette, arrives, she is mistaken for Irma, a case of mistaken identity that fosters many complications.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) Concert Band (Jeff Gershman, conductor) - 11 February 2017 (2017 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Association of Texas Small School Bands Concert Band (Philip Clements, conductor) - 13 February 2015 (2016 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Central Winds (Syracuse, N.Y.): A Music Educators' Wind Ensemble (Andrew Perry, conductor) – 19 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Fantasie
- Badinage
- Canzonetta
- Festival March (arr. Summers) (1901/2018)
- Fleurette
- The Fortune Teller (arr. Campbell-Watson) (1898/1941)
- The Gold Bug (1896)
- Italian Street Song (arr. Barrow) (1910/1987)
- March of the Toy Soldiers (arr. Kinyon) (1903/1993)
- March of the Toys (arr. Clarke; ed. Rogers) (1903/1999)
- March of the Toys (arr. Cray) (1903/1950)
- March of the Toys/Toyland (arr. Wallace) (1903/1995)
- Pan Americana
- Romany Life (arr. Daehn) (1898/2009)
- Twenty-Second Regiment March
- Under the Elms
- Victor Herbert Favorites (arr. Lake) (1926)
Resources
- The Fortune Teller (operetta), Wikipedia Accessed 19 January 2016