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Sorcerer's Apprentice, The
Paul Dukas (trans. Hindsley)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1897 / 197-?
Duration: c. 10:46
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hindsley Transcriptions
Cost: Score and Parts - $113.00 | Score Only - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II-III
Bb Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The basis of this "scherzo" (a term used deprecatingly by Dukas to describe this work) was a ballad by Goethe, based in turn on a tale by the Greek poet Lucian (A.D. 120-180). The ballad concerns a magician's apprentice who experiments with his master's magic formula and transforms a broomstick into a "robot" which begins drawing water from the well and filling all the pitchers in the house. Unfortunately, the broom overdoes it; the room is flooded and the apprentice forgets the stopping formula. In desperation he splits the broom in two, but now both parts begin carrying water and the flooding increases. The apprentice screams for help, the sorcerer returns, speaks the magic word, and the calamity is averted.
Although Dukas was anything but enthusiastic about this work, he played the manuscript for some of his musical friends on a piano in Brussels, and they were so impressed by the pictorial quality and animation of the music that they persuaded the composer to orchestrate it for performance. The Sorcerer's Apprentice was premiered by the Société Nationale in Paris in 1897. Its popularity has continued to increase ever since on concert programs, records and even films; Disney's classic Fantasia and his cartoon with Mickey Mouse in the title role have made his "scherzo" one of the most widely known of all symphonic classics.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: U.S. Army Band (Thomas H. Palmatier, conductor) - 2012
Audio Links
State Ratings
- Alabama: Class AA
- Arkansas: V
- Florida: VI
- Georgia: VI
- Louisiana: V
- Oklahoma: V-A
- South Carolina: VI
- Tennessee: VI
- Texas: V. Complete
- Virginia: VI
Performances
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- Stagg High School (Palos Hills, Ill.) Bands (Bob Mecozzi, conductor) 17 May 2018
- Ohlone Wind Orchestra (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 26 March 2017
- United States Army Field Band (Ft. Meade, Md.) (Jim R. Keene, conductor) - 17 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
- Grand Street Concert Band (Brooklyn N.Y.) (Brian Worsdale, conductor) – 1 November 2015
- United States Army Band (Ft. Myer, Va.) (Timothy J. Holton, conductor) – 30 October 2015
- University of Texas Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 25 October 2015
- Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Raymond Handfield, conductor) - 26 October 2014
- Carrollton (Texas) Wind Symphony (Jim McDaniel, conductor) - 7 March 2014
Works for Winds by this Composer
- La Péri Fanfare (arr. Longfield) (1912/2006)
- Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri" (1927)
- Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri" (arr. Schuetter) (1927/2012)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (arr. Cailliet) (1897/1958)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (arr. Curnow) (1897)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (tr. Hindsley) )1897/197-?)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (arr. Winterbottom) (1897/1923)
- Villanelle (orch. Miller) (1906/1997)
- Zauberlehrling
References
- Dukas, P.; Hindsley, M. [s.d.] The Sorcerer's Apprentice [score]. Mark H. Hindsley: Urbana, Il.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 182.
