Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare (1960)
N.B. This work may appear under its title in German, Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker
General Info
Year: 1924 / 1960
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts – Rental.
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-VI
Horn in F I-VIII
Trombone I-VI
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Richard Strauss is best known for his work in two major genres: the tone poem and opera. Strauss ably carried both the Wagnerian opera tradition and the Romantic Lisztian tone poem into the twentieth century.Tod und Verkiarung, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Also sprach Zarathustra, Salome and Elektra rank among his most notable compositions and brought Strauss lasting fame during his lifetime and afterward.
Written in 1924, Strauss penned Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker for the Vienna Philharmonic’s first benefit ball, which raised money for the musicians’ pension fund. The piece was originally performed while honored guests arrived at the event, and the work has subsequently been performed every year since at the Philharmonic’s annual ball.
- Program notes by David Balandrin and Ricky Parrell
Media
- Audio CD: Indiana University Wind Ensemble (Ray E. Cramer, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Homestead High School (Cupertino, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (John Burn, conductor) – 2 February 2024 (2024 CASMEC Conference, Sacramento)
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Ray E. Cramer, conductor) – 18 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
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) (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)
- Horn Concerto No. 1 (arr. Laughlin) (1883/2017)
- Introduction to "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (tr. Schmalz) (1896/1986)
- Königsmarsch (arr. Barrett) (1906/1941)
- Königsmarsch (tr. Borodach) (1906/2021)
- Olympische Hymne (1934)
- 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 (arr. Laughlin) (1865/2021)
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (tr. Weber) (1865/?)
- Trio from "Der Rosenkavalier" (arr. Reynolds) (1911/1994)
- Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (arr. Hickman) (1924/1960/2007)
- 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
- Strauss, R. (1960). Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare [score]. Hawkes: London.
- Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare. Wikipedia. Accessed 1 February 2024