The instrumentations listed here are for the original version that was heard in 1844 in Dresden and the two most readily available modern editions. Wagner’s original title was Trauermusik, and the Ludwig edition reflects that. Many of the other editions are titled Trauersinfonie.
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1844
Difficulty:
Grade 4
Duration:
6 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Wind Ensemble (Wagner original): 5.7.20.10-14.6.9.4btb.0-6drums(muffled)
Band (ed. Leidzen): 1.2.3.ecl.acl.bcl.2-2ax.tx.bx.bsx-4.3.3.euph.1-timp.perc[sd.cym.tam]-db
Wind Ensemble/Band (ed. Boyd/Votta): 1.2.4.bcl.cbcl.2-sx.ax.tx.bx-4.2.2.btb.euph.1-muted drum
Movements:
One Movement
Publication Information:
SW Wagner, Schott, Associated (1949, arr. Leidzen), Breitkopf & Haertel (1926), Fischer (1912, arr. Safranek), Halter (1978, arr. Dietersen), Ludwig (arr. Boyd/Votta), Robert Martin (arr. Dondeyne), Obrasso Verlag (arr. Frei), Edizioni Wicky (arr. Milone)
Premiered:
Carl Maria von Weber’s reburial procession, Dresden, December 1844.
Availability:
Available for Purchase
Recordings:
Resources:
- The Wind Repertory Project
- Battisti Winds of Change
- Presto Classical
- Wind Band Literature
- Rundel
- Pieters Article
- Gillaspie Wind Ensemble Catalog
- Reynolds Literature
- Wallace-Corporon Repertoire
- Whitwell Nineteenth Century
- Whitwell Performance Practice
- Cipolla & Hunsberger Repertoire
- Smith Program Notes
- Goldman Wind Band
- Suppan Neue Lexikon