Homage March

Richard Wagner (trans. John R Bourgeois)

Richard Wagner

Subtitle: Huldigungsmarsch

General Info

Year:1864 / 2004
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano 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
B-flat Cornets Solo-I-II-III
Flugelhorn I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Wagner wrote this march of homage for the nineteen-year-old king Ludwig II, who ascended to the Bavarian throne early in 1864. He became Wagner's most loyal patron, spending a fortune on his gifted friend. The work was composed for military band, and in that form it was premiered as a serenade to the king in October 1864 at the royal castle at Hohenschwangau. For the occasion, three infantry bands from Munich were combined and conducted by Johann Siebenkäs, the bandmaster of the First Infantry (the King's Own) Regiment. A transcription for orchestra was begun later by Wagner; it was completed by Joseph Raff in 1869. On Wagner's 57th birthday in May 1870, the Military Band of Lucerne granted a request by Cosima von Bülow to honor the composer with an early morning performance of this march. It was played again by a military band at the laying of the cornerstone of the Wager Theater in Bayreuth in 1872.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Florida: VI

Performances

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Wayne State College (Wayne, Neb.) Wind Ensemble (David Bohnert, conductor) - 23 February 2021
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Mallory Thompson, conductor) – 23 October 2015
University of Oklahoma Symphony Band (Michael Hancock, conductor) – 5 October 2015
Indiana University Symphonic Band (Eric M. Smedley, conductor) - 18 November 2014
Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Chapman, conductor) – 15 March 2012 (CBDNA 2012 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
Texas Tech (Lubbock) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Duane Hill, conductor) - Spring 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Album Leaf (arr. Johnson) (1959)
Awake (arr. Houseknecht) (1868/1957)
Chor der Junger from "Das Liebesmahl der Apostel" (arr. Pohler) (1843/)
Die Meistersinger (arr. Milford) (1868/1998)
Die Meistersinger (arr. Osterling) (1868/1959)
Die Meistersinger Overture (tr. Hindsley). See: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger, Prelude (arr. Moses-Tobani/H.R. Kent) (1868/1904/1948)
Die Meistersinger Themes (arr. Daehn) (1868/2009)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (tr. Hindsley) (1868/196-?)
Die Walkure, Act 2, Scene 4 (arr. King) (1870/)
Elsa Entering the Cathedral (arr. Brooks) (1848/1905)
Elsa's feierlicher Zug zum Münster (tr. Nefs) (1848/2017)
Elsa's March Firmly to the Cathedral (arr. Takahashi) (1848/2021)
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Bocook) (1848/1997)
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Bourgeois) (1848/1997)
Elsa'a Procession to the Catheral (arr. Brooks). See: Elsa Entering the Cathedral
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Cailliet) (1848/1938)
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (arr. Cherry) (1848/1999/2019)
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (arr. Goldhammer). See: Elsas Zug zum Münster
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Nefs). See: Elsa's feierlicher Zug zum Münster
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Patterson). See: Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Patterson)
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Votta) (1848/1994)
Elsas Zug zum Münster (arr. Goldhammer) (1849/2010)
Enchantement du vendredi saint (arr. Cayrol). See: Parsifal: Enchantement du vendredi saint
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. Godfrey) (1869/1906)
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. O'Neill) (1869/1930)
Evening Star (arr. Barnard) (1845/1927)
Excerpts Act One from "Lohengrin" (tr. Cailliet) (1850/1940)
Festgesang zur Enthüllung des Friedrich August-Monuments (1843)
Festmusik (arr. Seifert-Kressbronn) (1843/1982)
Fest Marsch from "Tannhäuser" (tr. Rumbelow) (1845/1997)
The Flying Dutchman (tr. Hindsley) (1843/197-?)
The Flying Dutchman Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1843/1955)
Funeral Music from "The Dusk of the Gods" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1919)
Gathering of the Armies (arr. Friedman) (1850/1995)
Grand Fantasie from "Die Walkure" (arr. Seidel) (1870/19--?)
Grosse Fantasie aus Richard Wagner's Walküre. See: Grand Fantasie from "Die Walkure"
Gruß seiner Treuen an Friedrich August (1844)
Homage March (ed. Bourgeois) (1864/2004)
Huldigungsmarsch (arr. Goldhammer) (1864/2009)
Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Reed) (1864/2002)
Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Schaefer) (1864/1971)
Huldigungsmarsch (ed. Whitwell) (1864/2015)
Invocation of Alberich (arr. Cailliet) (1869/1940)
Kaisermarsch (tr. Godfrey) (1871/1912)
King Heinrich’s Call (tr. Bourgeois) (1850/1983)
Liebestod (arr. Shishikura) (1856/2014)
Liebestod (arr. Bainum) (1856/1964)
Lohengrin (arr. Patterson) (1850/2016)
Lohengrin (arr. Tamanini) (1850/2005)
Lohengrin: Introduction to Act III (arr. Drumm) (1850/1937)
March from "Tannhäuser" (arr. Lake) (1845/1926)
Nibelungen March (arr. Stretton) (c.1874/1909)
Overture to Rienzi (arr. Grabel) (1842/1933)
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" (arr. Laurendeau) (1843/1912)
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" (arr. McInturf) (1843/)
Parsifal: Enchantement du vendredi saint (arr. Cayrol) (1857-82/2010)
Pilgrim Chorus (arr. Lake) (1845/1924)
Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Geese) (1845/2009)
Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser) (1845/)
Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Musser; ed. Rapp) (1845/2009)
Pilgrim's Chorus (arr. Reed) (1845/1991)
Prelude to Act I of "Die Meistersinger" (trans. Kreines) (1862/2012)
Prelude to Act III, Dance and Finale from "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (arr. Thompson) (1868/1985)
Prelude to Act III from "Lohengren" (tr. Hindsley) (1850/)
Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (tr. Brand) (1850/2001)
Prelude to Act III from "Lohengrin" (arr. McAlister and Reed) (1850/2006)
Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin" (arr. Erickson) (1977)
Prelude to Parsifal (tr. Bourgeois) (1882/2016)
Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail from "Parsifal" (arr. Houseknecht) (1882/1964)
Procession to the Cathedral (tr. Patterson) (1846-48/1997)
Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Hernandez) (1870/)
Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Laurendeau) (1870/1908)
Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Longwood) (1870/2000)
Ride of the Valkyries (tr. Patterson) (1870/)
Rienzi (tr. Hindsley) (1842/1963)
Rienzi Overture (arr. Meyrelles) (1842/1892)
The Ring (arr. Higgins) (1848-1874/2020)
Sei uns gegrüßt (arr. Goldhammer) (1844/2013)
Seigfried Fantasie (arr. Seidel) (1876/1893)
Selections from Act III of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnbürg" (arr. Hanna) (1868/2015)
Siegfried Fantasy (arr. Seidel) (1871/1893)
Siegfried Idyll (1870)
Siegfried's Death (arr. Safranek) (1876/)
Siegfried's Funeral March (tr. Tanick) (1876/)
Siegfried's Funeral March from "Gotterdammerung" (tr. Bourgeois) (1876/)
Siegfried's Funeral Music (arr. Whear) (1876/1966)
Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine from "Die Götterdämmerung" (arr. Cailliet) (1876/1937)
Suite from "Die Meistersinger" (tr. Schaefer; ed. Doty) (1868/)
Tannhäuser (arr. Lake) (1845/1926)
Tannhäuser Grand March (tr. McAlister) (1845/2005)
Tannhäuser March (arr. E. Fall) (1845/)
Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Fall) (1845/1936)
Tannhäuser Overture (tr. Safranek) (1845/1913)
Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Sousa) (1845/)
Tannhäuser Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1845/1903)
Tannhäuser Selection (arr. Lake) (1845/1926)
Trauersinfonie (ed. Votta/Boyd) (1844/1924/1994)
Trauersinfonie (tr. Leidzen) (1844/1924/1949)
Tristan und Isolde (tr. Janssen) (1862/2015)
Vorspiel und Liebestod (arr. Godfrey) (1865/1909)
Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from "Die Walküre" (arr. Lake) (1874/1937)

Resources

Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 619.
Wagner, R.; Bourgeois, J. (2004). Homage March: For Concert Band [score]. Wingert-Jones: Kansas City.

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