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Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner
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General Info
Year: 1882 / 1988
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $195.00 | Score Only - $30.00 (for the full symphony)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute III
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
Eb Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II
Bb Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
American composer and conductor Alfred Reed composed over 250 works for band, orchestra and chorus. Reed wrote numerous works based on original melodies but many of his most outstanding and popular pieces are masterful arrangements and orchestrations of borrowed tunes. This movement is the second of his Symphony No. 3.
The Porazzi theme was one of the last melodic fragments that Richard Wagner composed and was given as a gift to his wife Cosima. At the time, Wagner was staying in Palermo, Italy, in the palace of Prince Gangi - Piazza dei Porazzi. A sketch of the opening eight measures of the theme can be found in the sketchbook for his opera Tristan and Isolde; however it was not until 1882 that Cosima recalls Richard Wagner playing the entire melody at the piano, stating that he had “at last found the proper shape.” The violet ink that was used to compose the entire theme is identical to the ink Wagner was using for the score of Parsifal.
Cosima Wagner eventually gave the sketchbook, which contains the Porazzi theme, to Arturo Toscanini. Upon Toscanini’s death the sketchbook was returned to Wagner’s beloved Bayreuth. Alfred Reed sets the Porazzi theme in the original Wagner key and creates a distinctive set of variations.
- Program Note by University of Texas Wind Symphony concert program, 31 March 2011
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: College of New Jersy Wind Ensemble (William H. Silvester, conductor) - 2007.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Arkansas Tech University (Russellville) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Daniel A. Belongia, conductor) – 29 September 2019
- University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) – 22 February 2019
- University of Texas (Austin) Wind Symphony (Matthew Sedatole, conductor) – 20 February 2019
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Brian Britt, conductor) – 23 April 2018
- Sherwood (Ore.) High School Wind Ensemble (Brant Stai, conductor) – 9 March 2018
- Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John E. Williamson, conductor) – 27 February 2018
- Texas All-State Concert Band (Gary Green, conductor) - 17 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 4 October 2017
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Shawn Vondran, conductor) – 29 April 2017
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Stephen W. Pratt, conductor) – 28 March 2017
- Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Robblee, conductor) - 4 March 2017
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor) – 1 December 2016
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Wind Symphony II (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 17 November 2016
- University of Michigan Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 7 October 2015
- University of Texas Symphony Band (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 22 February 2015
- Royal Wind Orchestra of Horst (The Netherlands) (Steven Walker, conductor) - 20 November 2011
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (as transcriber; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
- Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)
All Wind Works
- Acclamation!
- Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)
- Arioso (as arranger) (1729/1998)
- Armenian Dances (1972-1978)
- Armenian Dances, Part One (1972)
- Armenian Dances, Part Two (1978)
- Autumn Leaves (as arranger) (1947/2017)
- Ballade (1956/1999)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Suite (as arranger) (1965)
- Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (as editor; arr. McAlister) (1910/2005)
- Canto e Camdombe
- Carmen (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1875/2000)
- A Celebration Fanfare (1989)
- Ceremony of Flourishes (1964)
- Chanson Triste (1989)
- Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (as editor with McAlister; tr. Rogan) (1892/2001)
- A Christmas Suite (1974)
- Chorale Prelude in E minor (1953/1966)
- A Christmas Celebration (1987)
- A Christmas Intrada (1980)
- Clear Track Polka (2000)
- Come, Sweet Death (as arranger) (1736/1976)
- Come, Sweet Death (as transcriber; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
- Concertino for Marimba and Winds (1993)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (1995/1997)
- Curtain Up! (1991)
- Dance of the Hours (as editor; tr. Kennedy) (1876/)
- Danza Caribe (1986)
- Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (as arranger) (1653/1724/1990)
- Divertimento for Flute and Concert Band (1998)
- Double Wind Quintet (1975)
- El Camino Real (1985)
- El Camino Real (arr. Longfield) (1985/2013)
- The Enchanted Island (1980)
- The Entertainer (as arranger) (1902/1974)
- Evolutions (1993)
- Fanfare and Processional (2005)
- The Fantasticks (as arranger) (1966)
- Fantasy on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (as arranger) (1973)
- A Festival Prelude (1962)
- A Festive Overture (1963)
- Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
- Fifth Symphony (1995)
- Finlandia (as editor) (1900/2004)
- First Suite for Band (1975)
- Five Dances for Five Clarinets and Band
- Forget Me Not, O Lord (as arranger) (c. 1736/1985)
- Fourth Suite for Band (1994)
- Fourth Symphony (1992)
- Funiculi Funicula (as arranger) (1880/1994)
- Giligia (2000)
- Golden Eagle March. See: March Golden Eagle
- The Golden Year (1997)
- Greensleeves (1993/2011)
- Gypsy Dance (as arranger) (1872/1997)
- Huldigungsmarsch (as editor) (1864/2002)
- Highlights from "Exodus" (as arranger) (1960/1962)
- Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/1965)
- The Hounds of Spring (1981)
- Hymn Variants (1992)
- I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as transcriber; ed. Rogers) (1954/1963)
- Imperatrix (1972)
- In Dulci Jubilo (as arranger) (1970)
- Intrada Drammatica (1968/1992)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1723/1981)
- Jidai (2001)
- Joyeux Noël (Brass Ensemble) (1998)
- Joyeux Noël (Wind Ensemble) (1998/2001/2002)
- A Jubilant Overture (1970)
- A Jubilant Overture (arr. Conaway) (1970/2011)
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is (1995)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (as editor, with McAlister) (1872/2002)
- Light Cavalry Overture (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1866/2003)
- A Little Concert Suite (1984)
- Mancini! (as arranger) (1965)
- March Golden Eagle (1989/1995)
- March Grandioso (as arranger) (1901/1969)
- Mary Poppins (as arranger) (1964/2006)
- Millennium III (1999)
- Mr. Music (1990)
- Music for Hamlet (1973/2018)
- The Music-Makers (1968)
- The Music Man: Highlights (as arranger) (1957/1959)
- My Heart Is Filled With Longing (as arranger) (c. 1710/1986)
- Nimrod (as arranger) (1899/1965)
- Nocturne (as arranger) (1886/1953/1975)
- A Northern Legend (1972)
- Ode for Trumpet (1956)
- Othello (1977)
- Our Father Who Art in Heaven (as arranger) (1710/1988)
- Pavane for a Dead Princess (as orchestrator; ed. McAlister) (1899/1988)
- Piccolo Concerto in C major (as arranger) (1728-29/1962/1969)
- Pilgrim's Chorus (as arranger) (1845/1991)
- The Pledge of Allegiance (1970)
- Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
- Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 2 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
- Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 3 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
- Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4 (as editor; tr. Retford) (1907/2000)
- Praise Jerusalem! (1986)
- Prelude (as arranger)
- Prelude IV (as arranger) (1722/1983)
- Prelude and Capriccio (1978)
- Presentation of the Silver Rose (as arranger) (1910/1988)
- Pro Texana (1984)
- Punchinello (1974)
- Radetzky March (as arranger) (1993)
- Rahoon (1965)
- The Ramparts of Courage (1995)
- Rosalind in the Forest of Arden (2005)
- Rushmore (1981)
- Russian Christmas Music (1944)
- Russian Christmas Music (arr. Curnow) (1944/1990)
- Seascape: A Dramatic Intermezzo (1962)
- Second Century (1986)
- Second Suite for Band (1980)
- Second Symphony (1979)
- Serenade (1966)
- Seventh Suite for Band (2002)
- The Severn Suite (as arranger) (1973)
- Siciliana Notturno (1977)
- Silver Shadow
- Sine Nomine (as arranger) (1906/1976)
- Sixth Suite for Band
- Slavonic Folk Suite (1953)
- Song of Threnos (1964)
- A Springtime Celebration (1991)
- The Strenuous Life (as arranger) (1902/1974)
- Sumus Futuro (1999)
- Symphonic Prelude (1963)
- Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1952/1967)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
- Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
- Symphony No. 3 (1988)
- Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner (1882/1988)
- Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
- Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
- Tannhäuser Grand March (as editor; tr. McAlister) (1847/2005)
- Tarantella (1996)
- Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as arranger) (1963)
- Third Suite For Band (1982)
- Third Symphony. See: Symphony No. 3
- Three Chorales (as arranger; ed. McAlister) (?/2013)
- Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (1984)
- Thunder and Lightning (1999)
- The Tsar's Farewell (as arranger) (2001)
- Twelfth Night (2003)
- Two Bagatelles (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1983/1997/2010)
- Two Bagatelles (1983/1995)
- Two Bagatelles for Concert Band (1983/1997)
- Two Bagatelles for Four Trombones (1983)
- Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner. See: Symphony No. 3
- Victory! (2005)
- Vilia (as arranger) (1905/1990)
- Viva Musica! (1984)
- With Trumpets And Drums (1992)
References
- Reed, A. (1988). Symphony No 3 [score]. Composers' Editions: New Berlin, Wisc.