Wagner – March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet)

Wagner - March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet)
Wagner - March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet)

£9.95

This arrangement by Robin Benton uses just two of the numerous themes from Richard Wagner's overture to his 1868 opera The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The opening theme represents the Mastersingers themselves. This dignified melody is stated and then developed contrapuntally, leading to the second theme – this theme is used in the opera for the entry of the Mastersingers. The music builds to a climax that introduces a short reprise of the majestic Mastersingers theme, and triumphant fanfares bring the piece to a rousing finish.

SKU: B&D13801 Category:
Piece Description

This arrangement by Robin Benton uses just two of the numerous themes from Richard Wagner's overture to his 1868 opera The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The opening theme represents the Mastersingers themselves. This dignified melody is stated and then developed contrapuntally, leading to the second theme – this theme is used in the opera for the entry of the Mastersingers. The music builds to a climax that introduces a short reprise of the majestic Mastersingers theme, and triumphant fanfares bring the piece to a rousing finish.

Additional information
Media

Composer

Arranger

Instrumentation

Difficulty

Series

Biography

Biography

Benton, Robin

Robin was born in Nottingham and studied music at London University and Bath Spa University. He has an ARCM diploma in Military Bandmastership. He learned the G Bass Trombone as a teenager, later switching to Tenor Trombone and playing in orchestras, theatre bands and big bands. As a schoolteacher he ran a children's Wind Band, which won a McDonald's Child of Achievement Award for their performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Robin's march The Music Makers was premiered by the Royal Doulton Band after it won the Owen Owen Composing Competition. In 2006 he enjoyed conducting his prize-winning March of the Heroes (scored for Handbells and Brass) at the 12th International Handbell Symposium in Brisbane, and conducting his march Olympic Gold (also scored for Handbells and Brass) at the 2012 Symposium in Liverpool. In 2008 he was a winner in the British Trombone Society's Composing Competition and his Dance Suite for Junior Trombone Quartet was premiered by trombone players from the Black Dyke Band. Robin's music for instruments and voices is published in both the UK and the USA. Now retired, as well as composing and arranging, Robin enjoys playing Trombone in the Bath Community Big Band and is an active member of the Bath Archery Club. His compositions include three works for orchestra and a number of pieces for small ensembles.

Related products

Morley
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Morley, Byrd, Greaves, Wilby & Weelkes – An Elizabethan Celebration, Five Madrigals (Brass Quintet)

£11.95

This is a charming collection of madrigals arranged effectively for brass quintet by Ian Lawrence.

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson
Handel - The Celestial Concert from Samson (Brass Quintet)
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Handel – The Celestial Concert from Samson (Brass Quintet)

£10.95

These ingenious arrangements by Ian Lawrence combine the original instrumental and choral lines to create full and varied textures for brass.

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson
Alan Danson - Intrada (Brass Quintet)
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Alan Danson – Intrada (Brass Quintet)

£7.95

This short piece was composed for the 15th anniversary celebrations of the Mainstreet Brass quintet in the U.S.A. It is an ideal opener for a variety of occasions. The work is tonal with some note clusters, providing a contemporary edge to its character, while its style alludes to the French school of writers. Following an expectant and anticipatory opening it builds to the main Allegro middle section of the piece. The work closes with echoing references, over a dominant pedal, to the main theme.

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson
Alan Danson - Passages of Time (Brass Quintet)
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Alan Danson – Passages of Time (Brass Quintet)

£21.95

This attractive and well laid out piece, by Essex composer Alan Danson, is generally tonal and contains interesting rhythmic interplay and changes of time to keep performers (and listeners!) on their toes.

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson
Bach - Two Fugues (Brass Quintet)
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Bach – Two Fugues (Brass Quintet)

£10.95

Two Bach fugues arranged effectively for brass quintet by Ian Lawrence. For schools, studios and professionals.

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson
Holst - The Planets Suite in Miniature (Brass Quintet)
Quick View

Brass Quintet

Holst – The Planets Suite in Miniature (Brass Quintet)

£11.95

The Planets Suite in Miniature is an attempt to take the listener through Gustav Holst's orchestral masterpiece in less than ten minutes using only five brass instruments. Only five of the seven most famous and recognisable melodies from the original are used, beginning, like the prototype, with Mars. The different movements appear in the same order as Holst wrote, although the rhythmic pattern of Mars reappears on occasion. The piece ends with a clash of interest as the two most well known movements, Mars and Jupiter, compete for the right to finish. The harsh sounds of Mars are heard first before the hymnal Jupiter theme is heard over the driving rhythm of Mars. Jupiter finally triumphs with the piece ending with one final verse of the tune used for the hymn I Vow To Thee My Country. This instantly recognisable arrangement by Thomas Chinery is both challenging and playable, and of a length that will not tire the players too much while at the same time maintaining the essence and power of the original music to ensure interest for both audience and players alike. A recording by the Argento Brass Quintet can be heard on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGg1-pcHzrs

Buy Hard Copy from Emerson