Scaff!
Hector Berlioz (arr. Alastair Wheeler)
General Info
Year: 1830 / 2016
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:
- Drumset
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Scaff! is an adaptation of the famous fourth movement of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz in swing style. The story of the ‘March to the Scaffold’ is a tragic one where the subject, in a depressive state over a love interest, overdoses on opium. He dreams that he has killed his beloved and after his procession to the scaffold is now witnessing his own death. This arrangement doesn’t really reflect those tragic circumstances but instead re-dresses this great tune into a toe-tapping ‘big band’ number.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Prairie Wind Ensemble (East Peoria, Ill.) (Jim Tallman, conductor) - 17 March 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Apothéose from "Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale" (tr. McMahan) (1840/2014)
- A Ball. See: Un Bal
- Béatrice et Bénédict. See: Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict"
- Benvenut Cellini (arr. Henning) (1937)
- Damnation of Faust (arr. Smith) (1957)
- Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (tr. Patterson) (1830)
- Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
- Le Carnaval Romain (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1844/?)
- Le Carnaval Romain (arr. Van Mever) (1844/1961)
- Le Corsaire (tr. Schuller) (1856/1971)
- Le Corsaire Overture (tr. Beeler) (1856/)
- Les Francs-juges, Opus 3 (arr. Knox)
- Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (1840)
- Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (ed. Dondeyne) (1840)
- Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (ed. Elkus) (1840)
- Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (tr. Inkster) (1840/2015)
- Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (arr. Whitwell) (1840/1973)
- March to the Scaffold (arr. Brown and Foulds) (1830/1937)
- March to the Scaffold (arr. Custer) (1830/1996)
- March to the Scaffold (tr. Gardner) (1830/1963)
- March to the Scaffold (tr. Leidzén) (1830/1937)
- March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Patterson) (1830/2005)
- March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
- Marche Hongroise (arr. Goto) (1820/1846/1986)
- Marche Hongroise (arr. Smith) (1820/1846/1961)
- Ouverture du Carnaval Romain (tr. Nefs) (1838/1844/2013)
- Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" (trans. Henning) (1862/1937)
- Rakoczy March. See: Marche Hongroise
- Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1838/1844/1962)
- Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Kreines) (1838/1844/)
- Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Van Grevenbroek). See: Le Carnaval Romain
- Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Van Mever). See: Le Carnaval Romain
- Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Nefs). See: Ouverture du Carnaval Romain
- Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1838/1844/)
- Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Safranek) (1838/1844/1962)
- Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Singleton) (1838/1844/2000)
- Royal Hunt and Storm (arr. Boyd) (1966)
- Scaff! (arr. Wheeler) (2016)
- Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Story) (1830/2016)
- Symphonie Fantastique (arr. Foulds) (1830/1937)
- Symphonie Fantastique (tr. Parès) (1830/)
- Symphonie Fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold (tr. VanDoren) (1830/2021)
- Symphonie Fantastique (arr. Yodo) (1830)
- Trojan March (arr. Erickson) (1971)
- Un Bal (arr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
Resources
None discovered thus far.