Scheherazade (arr Mortimer)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. John Glenesk Mortimer)
General Info
Year: 1888 / 2000
Duration: c. 5:05
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Editions Marc Reift
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF155.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet/Trumpet (optional)
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Contra-Bass (optional)
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Scheherazade Op. 35, is a symphonic poem composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights, this orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
The original suite contains four orchestral movements; in this transcription for wind band, multiple musical themes from the movements are woven together into one shorter rendition of the classic work.
- Program Note by Hugh MacDonald
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- West Valley College (Saratoga, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Troy Davis, conductor) - 13 May 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bolero for Band
- Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Courtain) (1887/1959)
- Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Hindsley) (1887)
- Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Williams) (1887/1993)
- Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Winterbottom) (1887/1923)
- Capriccio Espagnole (arr. Nefs) (1887/2015)
- Concerto for B-flat Clarinet and Wind Orchestra (ed. Seely) (1878/2000)
- Concerto for Trombone and American Band (arr. Nallin) (1877/1952-1953)
- Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. Makarov) (1877/1950)
- Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. McAlister) (1877/1981)
- Concertstück in Eb for Clarinet and Military Band (adapt. Piket) (1878/1981)
- Cortege from "Mlada" (1890)
- Dance of the Buffoons (tr. Sartorius) (1882/1935)
- Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Balent) (1882/2000)
- Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Curnow) (1882/2012)
- Dance of the Tumbers (arr. Vosbein) (1882/1991)
- Dubinuska (tr. Schreurs) (1906/2018)
- Fanfare, Canto and Fandango (arr. Custer) (1887/1996)
- Festival at Baghdad (arr. Winterbottom) (1888/1912)
- Festival at Baghdad. See also: Scheherazade
- Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Davis) (1900/1978)
- Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Murtha) (1900/)
- The Golden Cockerel (arr. Lake) (1922)
- Mlada Suite (arr. Glocke) (1890)
- Notturno (ed. King) (1888/1957/2001)
- Polonaise (arr. McLain) (1895/2017)
- Polonaise (arr. Duthoit) (1895/1937)
- Polonaise from "Pan Voyevoda" (arr. Bourgeois) (1903/2013)
- Procession of the Nobles (arr. Bocook) (1870/1992/2006)
- Procession of the Nobles (arr. Leidzen) (1870/1938/1999)
- Quintet in B-flat major (1876)
- Quintet in B-flat major (ed. Kirkor) (1876/1951)
- Russian Easter Overture (tr. Johnson) (1888/2013)
- Russian Easter Overture (arr. Bocook) (1888/2000)
- Russian Easter Overture (arr. Erickson) (1888/1994)
- Russian Easter Overture (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2005)
- Russian Easter Overture (arr. Kasama) (1888/)
- Scheherazade (tr. Bocook) (1888/2006)
- Scheherazade (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade II The Story of the Kalandar Prince (tr. Hindsley) (1888/1986)
- Scheherazade III The Young Prince and Princess (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade IV Festival at Baghdad (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade (arr. Mortimer) (1888/2000)
- Scheherazade (tr. Patterson) (1888/)
- Scheherazade Selections (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2009)
- A Song of India (arr. Lake) (1896/1920)
- Song of India (arr. van der Beek) (1896/2008)
- Song of India (arr. Hautvast) (1896/2017)
- Suite from "Le Coq D'or" (arr. Hanna)
- Symphony No. 2 (tr. Southard) (1868/2015)
- The Tsar's Bride Overture (tr. Harding) (1899/1954)
- The Tsar's Farewell (arr. Reed) (2001)
- Variations on a Theme of Glinka (ed. McAlister) (1878/1987)
- Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel (tr. Harding) (1957)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Scheherazade. Wikipedia. Accessed 6 August 2023