Nbassoon solo sorcerer's apprentice books

The sorcerers apprenticecontrabassoon solomsomichael. Orchestral excerpts for bassoon a collection of authentic parts in the public domain of audition excerpts for bassoon compiled into a book. This collection of classic pieces, scored for solo bassoon with piano. For woodwind quintet flute, oboe, bb clarinet, horn in f, and bassoon. Download and print the sorcerers apprentice bassoon sheet music for woodwind ensemble by james christensen from sheet music direct. Youtube the contrabassoon in the orchestra duration. Dukas the sorcerers apprentice extract sheet music for. Lapprenti sorcier the sorcerers apprentice, widely recognized as used in the movie fantasia. Carmina burana 12th movement olim lacus colueram opens with a high bassoon solo. Very good selection of songs, and ranges in difficulty from easy to very hard. Very good book for any bassoon student, and good solos for and performance.

Clear examples of its sound can be heard in paul dukas sorcerers apprentice and gunther schullers concerto for the instrument. These slide combine instruments of the orchestra with basic keyboard skills. Shop and buy the sorcerer s apprentice sheet music. The sorcerers apprentice sheet works with the disney film, you. Flute 1, 3 before 22 to 6th of 25 by paul dukas sorcerer s apprentice excerpt 2. The idea of an apprentice wizard who tries to command powerful magic without the skill and experience to do so, is an ageless theme. Composers have often used the contrabassoon to comical or sinister effect by taking advantage of its clumsiness and its sepulchral rattle, respectively. The fun thing about this piece is it that it really shows the humorous characteristics of the bassoon.

Dukas began work on the sorcerers apprentice shortly after the premiere of his c major symphony in january 1897eight years after his departure from the conservatoire. Instruments of the orchestra lessons teaching resources. Clear examples of its sound can be heard in paul dukas sorcerer s apprentice and gunther schuller s concerto for the instrument. Contrabassoon shostakovich 5repeat solo with more life. Nov 03, 2011 these slide combine instruments of the orchestra with basic keyboard skills.

View the sheetmusic and listen to recordings of the excerpt. Another famous solo for bassoon is in the sorcerers apprentice. Which means, of course, move around a little while you play. The contrabassoon reed is similar to an average bassoon s in that scraping the reed affects both the intonation and response of the instrument. Solos for the bassoon player music minus one bassoon hal. Even the great orchestrator strauss had doubts to the solo as he marks in the score that if the contrabassoonist cant play the passage perfectly, then the bassoon should play the solo an octave lower than notated.

The two excerpts from the sorcerers apprentice are probably the most wellknown bassoon passages to nonmusicians. Flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon sheet music. Taming the beast advanced orchestration for contrabassoon. The bassoon is the grandfather because of the dark, mellow sound that the bassoon has in the low register. The sorcerers apprentice is an ancient story that has appeared recently in modern literature and music. Dukas the sorcerers apprentice extract sheet music. The sorcerers apprentice tema vibraphone or marimba or xylophone the sorcerers apprentice tema trombone or tuba or euphonium the sorcerers apprentice tema cello solo. The sorcerers apprentice sheet works with the disney film, you will see the pictures on the worksheet appear on the screen. Andantino le nouveau papillon no 5 by matteo carcassi.

Me playing with the mesquite symphony orchestra mso principal bassoon. Dukas the sorcerers apprentice easy easy version sheet. When all of the cleaning things come to life, the melody at that part is played by a bassoon. The sorcerers apprentice bassoon sheet music james. I recommend a tempo of about 114118, which seems pretty standard fare in fact, the berliner philharmoniker recording is the only included example that takes a tempo significantly faster. Bassoon and contrabassoon paperback january 1, 1966 by lyndesay g. The fingering of the contrabassoon is different from that of the bassoon, most evident at the register change omitting the left first finger, where one would halfhole on bassoon and in the high range. This is a worksheet with a focus on vocabulary related to animals which appear in the film, and vocabulary related to magic powers. Lapprenti sorcier the sorcerer s apprentice, widely recognized as used in the movie fantasia.

Initially very pleased with himself, the apprentice quickly loses control of the situation as the broom continues to carry in so much water that the house actually starts to flood. The sorcerers apprentice tema clarinet in bb solo the sorcerers apprentice. The following list is by no means definitive and is admittedly a little dated, but should provide a reasonably accurate ranking of these excerpts by the frequency they appear on orchestral auditions. This is the audition excerpt that is often requested at orchestral bassoon auditions. The contrabassoon is a very deepsounding woodwind instrument that plays in the same subbass register as the tuba and the contrabass versions of the clarinet and saxophone. The works later use in the 1940 disney film fantasia cemented its position as one of the most.

Flute 1, 3 before 22 to 6th of 25 by paul dukas sorcerers apprentice excerpt 2. The sorcerers apprentice was only dukass third original composition after leaving the paris conservatoire in 1889. The solo contrabassoon is the rarest sound in the orchestra. Jan 08, 2009 the conductor asked for more life in the second half of our soli section. The conductor asked for more life in the second half of our soli section. You can point to great solos for every single instrument that are lyrical and beautiful, but its nearly impossible to find for the contra. Nov 23, 2015 the first true solo comes from strauss salome at the end of the 3 rd act.