A Wild Night Ride
(Based on Robert Schumann's "Wild Reiter")
Robert Schumann /arr. Wild Reiter - Joshua Shoemaker
A Wild Night Ride
Publisher Desc.
Feverishly entertaining and enjoyable, "A Wild Night Ride" will
be sure to thrill your band in this hauntingly beautiful rendition of Robert
Schumann's "Wild Rider." For the first time ever, Schumann's
popular piano score has been arranged for a concert band. Robert Schumann
composed his Opus 68, "Album for the Young" in 1848, for his three
young daughters for their personal entertainment. However, since then it has
been one of the more popular piano pieces from his collection. Schumann's
simple eight measure melody depicts a lone horsehide galloping, through
twists and turns in this highly contoured melody. The tune begins with a
lone, muted, trumpet solo, stationed in the audience of all places, but
quickly transfers the same melody over to a solo clarinet, all to have it
retransferred to a single French Horn in the audience. With each passing
solo, the band accompaniment grows, until finally the whole band participates
in the same melody. Soon the sounds shift to a contrasting major section,
however, as quickly as the major section has started, it gives way to the
original melody, leading to a final fanfare.
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