Scherzo (Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (arr. Robert J. Ambrose)
Subtitle: From String Symphony No. 11. Based on a Swiss folksong
General Info
Year: 1823 / 2021
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $15.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00; (digital) - $15.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 2
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Violin
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Horn in F
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Cello
Timpani (optional)
Percussion (optional), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Felix Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 11 was written during the summer of 1823 when the composer was a mere 14 years old. Graceful and charming, the work shows the influence of composers such as Haydn and C.P.E. Bach. It also illustrates the remarkable compositional prowess of the teenage Mendelssohn.
The second movement is a lively scherzo based on a Swiss folksong that Mendelssohn heard during a family vacation in that country's Bernese Oberland region.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Washington State University (Pullman) Symphonic Band (Troy Bennefield, conductor) - 17 November 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Scherzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (1823/2021)
All Wind Works
- Concertpiece No 1 (tr. Mooren). See: Konzertstück nr. 1
- Concertpiece No 2 (arr. Gee) (1831 / 1964)
- Elegy (arr. Erickson) (1961)
- Fingal's Cave (tr. Mahaffey) (1832/2013)
- Fingal's Cave Overture (tr. Winterbottom) (1832/1910)
- Fingal's Cave Overture (tr. Seredy) (1832/1946)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Holcombe) (1840/1997)
- Notturno (arr. Hautvast) (1842/2005)
- Konzertstück Nr. 1 (tr. Mooren) (1833/1998)
- Konzertstück No. 1 in F minor (tr. Knox) (1833/)
- Konzertstück Nr. 1 (arr. Goldhammer) (1833/2007)
- March, Opus 108 (arr. Stalter) (1841/2011)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (ed. Laurendeau) (1826/1904/1909)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (arr. De Meij) (1826/2022)
- Nottorno. See: Ouvertüre in C für Harmoniemusik
- Ouvertüre in C für Harmoniemusik (ed. Hogwood) (1824/1838/2005)
- Overture for Band (ed. Garofalo) (1824/1838/1998)
- Overture for Band (adapt. Greissle) (1839/1948)
- Overture for Band, Opus 24 (tr. Fred) (1824/1981)
- Overture for Winds (adapt. Boyd) (1824/1981)
- Overture for Winds (ed. Patterson) (1824/2008)
- Piano Concerto in G minor: First Movement (tr. Dahnert) (1831/1954)
- Ruy Blas Overture (tr. Moses-Tobani) (1839/1900)
- Scherzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (1823/2021)
- Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (arr. Blair) (1842)
- Selections from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (arr. Tarkmann) (1842/1997)
- Spring Song (arr. Laurendeau) (1844/1898)
- Symphony No. 2
- Choral (tr. Aubin) (1840/2011?)
- Trauermarsch (ed. Leidzen) (1836/1954)
- War March of the Priests (1845/2013) (arr. Balfoort)
- War March of the Priests (1845/2013) (ar. Stalter)
- Wedding March (arr. Van der Beek) (1842/1997)
Resources
- Perusal score
- String Symphonies (Mendelssohn), Wikipedia. Accessed 9 February 2021