Sonatina I

Richard Strauss

Subtitle: Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden

General Info

Year: 1943
Duration: c. 31:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $79.00

Movements

1. Allegro Moderato - 10:39
2. Romanza und Menuetto - 8:07
3. Finale: Molto allegro - 12:12

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Basset Horn
Horn in F I-II-III-IV

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This chamber work for winds was composed more than sixty years after Serenade, opus 7. During the summer of 1943 when he was recuperating from illness, Strauss began the work and gave it the humorous subtitle "Out of an invalid's workshop." He wrote for 16 instruments -- the 13 used in the Serenade Opus 7 plus a third clarinet, a basset horn, and a bass clarinet. The first movement, allegro moderato, begins on a solemn Wagnarian note, but the mood is soon superseded by passages of elfin grace and Straussian wit. A contrasting middle section provides opportunities for instruments to alternately intone expressive solo passages. A long drawn-out restatement ends in a melancholic coda. The second movement, Romanza, is similar to the first movement in structure but with a graceful dance-like section presented in the middle section. The last movement, Molto allegro, displays a scherzo-like character.

-Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Mediay

Audio CD: Royal Academy of Music - 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Royal College of Music (London, England) Wind Ensemble (Simon Channing, conductor) – 30 November 2022
Royal College of Music (London, England) Wind Ensemble (Simon Channing, conductor) – 1 November 2019
Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Edo de Waart, conductor) - 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Acht Lieder (trans. Iijima) (1885/2017)
Allerseelen (arr. Davis, ed. Fennell) (1885/1955/1987)
Allerseelen (trans. Heger) (1885/1933)
Also Sprach Zarathustra: Fanfare (arr. Longfield) (1896/2001)
Also Sprach Zarathustra: Introduction (arr. Rogers) (1896/1999)
An die Nacht (arr. Blair) (1918/)
At the Summit from "Eine Alpensinfonie" (arr. Miller)
Auf Stillem Waldespfad (arr. Davis) (2010)
Beim Schlafengehn Im Abendrot (arr. Vesbein) (1949/)
Concerto No 1 for Horn and Symphonic Band (tr. Anderson)
Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome" (arr. Morita) (1907/2011)
Don Juan (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
Don Juan (tr. Patterson) (1888/)
Don Juan (arr. Schyns) (1889/2019)
Fanfare fur die Wiener Philharmoniker (1924)
Fanfare zur Eröffnung der Musikwoche der Stadt Wien im September 1924
Feierlicher Einzug (arr. Johnson) (1909/2022)
Feierlicher Einzug (ed. Villanueva) (1909)
Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniter-Ordens (1909)
Festmusik der Stadt Wien (1942-3)
Festmusik der Stadt Wien (arr Banks) (arr. Banks) (1942-3/1979)
Finale from "Death and Transfiguration" (arr. Harding) (1950)
Hero's Courtship, A (tr. Harding) (1956)
Hero's Life, Synthesis for Concert Band, A (tr. Hindsley)
Introduction to "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (tr. Schmalz) (1896/1986)
Königsmarsch (arr. Barrett) (1906/1941)
Königsmarsch (tr. Borodach) (1906/2021)
Olympische Hymne
Parade March (arr. Longfield) (1905/2016)
Presentation of the Silver Rose (arr. Reed) (1910/1988)
Rondo from Concerto No. 1, Opus 11 (arr. Glover) (1883/2009)
Salome's Dance (tr. Hindsley) (1907/ [196-?]
Selections from "Der Rosenkavalier" (arr. Odom)
Serenade (arr. Fennell) (1881/1986)
Sonatina I (1943)
Sonatina No. 2, Fröhliche Werkstatt (1944-5)
A Strauss Fanfare (arr. Friedman) (2006)
Suite in B-flat , Opus 4
Symphony for Wind. See: Sonatina No. 2, Fröhliche Werkstatt
Three Songs (arr. Kreines) (1885-1894)
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (tr. Hindsley) (1865/197-?)
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (tr. Weber) (1865/)
Trio from "Der Rosenkavalier" (arr. Reynolds) (1911/1994)
Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (arr. Hobbs) (1924/2015)
Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (arr. Linklater) (1924)
Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier" (arr. Cailliet) (1911/1946)
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (1924)
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (1924/1960)
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (arr. Dunnigan) (1924/2020?)
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (arr. Nefs) (1924)
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (arr. Rumbelow) (1924/2013?)

Resources

Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 570.
Strauss, R. Sonatina No. 1 in F = Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden [score]. Boosey & Hawkes Musikverlag: Berlin.