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Witches' Sabbath, The
Giacomo Puccini (arr. Johan de Meij)
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Subtitle: La Tregenda from 'Le Villi'
Contents
General Info
Year: 1892 / 2010
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amstel Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $105.00 | Score Only - $33.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Puccini wrote two movements for a symphonic intermezzo between the two acts of his first opera, Le Villi – L'Abbandono (The Desertion) and La Tregenda (The Witches' Sabbath).
- Program Note by publisher
Originally written as a one-act opera, Puccini was asked by the publisher Ricordi to expand it to a full opera. It premiered in Hamburg in 1892 with Gustav Mahler on the podium.
Poet Heinrich Heine wrote this description of the fairy figures called La Villi (The Willis):
“Willis are betrothed maidens who died before their weddings. These poor creatures cannot find rest in their graves. In their dead hearts, in their dead feet, the passion for dancing lives on. A passion that they could not satisfy in their lifetime. A midnight they appear in groups along country lanes. Woe betide the young man that encounters them! He will be forced to dance with them, and he must dance until he drops dead!”
- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
Commercial Discography
Audio Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Genesee Valley Wind Ensemble (Oakfield, N.Y.) (Martin Allen, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- State University of New York, Fredonia, Wind Symphony (Donna Dolson, conductor) – 14 November 2019
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Wind Ensemble (Johan de Meij, conductor) - 5 March 2014 (ABA 2014 Annual Convention (Montgomery, Alabama))
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Angelo del Cielo (arr. de Meij)
- Ch'ella Mi Creda
- Donde Lieta from "La Bohème (arr. Kreines) (1896)
- Edgar (arr. de Meij) (1889/2008)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Goto) (1904/2000)
- Gianni Schicchi (arr. Suzuki) (1918/)
- Highlights from Act 1, "Tosca" (arr. Goto) (1900/2014)
- La Bohème (arr. Stebbing) (1896/1948)
- La Bohème (arr. Dawson) (1896/1992)
- La Fanciulla del West (arr. de Meij) (1910/2008)
- La Tregenda (arr. Beck) (1883/2012)
- La Tregenda (arr. Foster)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Bocook) (1926/2003)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Cray)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Rossi) (1926/2008)
- Nessum Dorma (arr. Turrin) (1926/2010)
- Nessun Dorma (arr Vinson) (arr. Vinson) (1926)
- Nessun Dorma (arr. Williams) (1926/2000)
- Nessun Dorma (tr. Patterson) (1926)
- Nessun Dorma from "Turandot" (arr. Rickard) (1926)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (arr Vinson)
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Balmages)
- O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kondo) (1918/2010)
- O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schicchi" (arr. Kreines) (1918)
- Puccini's Arias Fantasy (arr. Yamizato) (2012)
- Quando me’n vo (arr. McLain) (1896/2011)
- Scossa Elettrica (arr. Yates) (2001)
- Te Deum (tr. de Meij) (1900/2010)
- Tosca Fantasy (arr. Gee) (1900)
- Tosca Fantasy (arr. Hermann) (1900/1972)
- Turandot (arr. Goto) (2007)
- Vogliatemi Bene from "Madama Butterfly" (arr. Odom) (1904)
- Witches' Sabbath, The (arr. de Meij) (1892/2010)
References
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Giacomo Puccini." Accessed 26 April 2015
- Johan de Meij website Accessed 13 November 2019
