Legends

Antonin Dvorak, trans. Ray Thompson

Antonin Dvorak

Opus 59 Nos. 1 - 5 arr. Symphonic Wind/Bass

General Info

Year: 1881/2019
Duration: c. 20:00
Original Medium: Symphony Orchestra
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sheet Music Plus

Movements

1. Allegretto non troppo, quasi andantino (in D minor)
2. Molto moderato (in G major)
3. Allegro giusto (in G minor)
4. Molto maestoso (in C major)
5. Allegro giusto (in A♭ major)

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Horn in F I-II
Tuba
String Bass

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Legends, Op. 59, B. 122 (Czech: Legendy), is a cycle of ten small-scale pieces by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. The work was composed originally for piano duet, but later was arranged also for a reduced orchestra. In this set, I have arranged the first 5 legends for double wind quintet and bass (contrebass) (parts are also provided for contrabassoon and tuba). The double bass is based on the original orchestration - it differs slightly from the "contra bassoon/tuba" bass part.....either part will "work".

This set contains:
Allegretto non troppo, quasi andantino (in D minor)
Molto moderato (in G major)
Allegro giusto (in G minor)
Molto maestoso (in C major)
Allegro giusto (in A♭ major)

The remaining 5 pieces in the cycle will be available as a separate set.

-Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)

All Wind Works

• Adagio - Allegro Molto from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Johnson) (2015)
• Allegro con brio from "Symphony No. 8" (arr. Hartman) (1889/2013)
• American Suite (arr. De Meij) (1894-5/1989/2014)
• Andante e alla Marcia (arr. De Meij) (1874/2004)
• Andante from "American Suite" (arr. Gordon) (1894/1973)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Clarke) (1891/1922?)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Mayes) (1891/2019)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1891/2023)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Schyns) (1891/2012)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Steiger) (1891/1982)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Walker; ed. Yeago) (1891/2000)
• Czech Suite (arr. Sheen) (1879/1988)
• Festival March (arr. Bourgeois) (1879/2012)
• Festmusik (arr. Woodley) (1901/2007)
• Finale (arr. Del Borgo) (1889/2001)
• Finale from "New World Symphony" (tr. Hindsley) (1893)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Buckley) (1893/2018)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Leidzén) (1893/1936)
• Finale Excerpts, "Symphony No 9" (arr. Daehn) (1893/2010)
• Finale Symphony No. VIII (scored Schaefer) (1889/1980)
• Five Dances from "Slavonic Dances." see: The Slavonic Dances (arr. Curnow)
• Four Slavonic Dances (arr. Spink) (1886)
• Goin' Home (arr. Romeyn) (1893/2023)
• Goin' Home (arr. Villanueva) (1893/1996)
• Going Home (arr. Smith) (1893/2013)
• Going Home (arr. Taylor) (1893/2024)
• The Golden Spinning Wheel (tr. Johnson) (1896/2018)
• Humoresque (arr. Glover) (1894/2017)
• Largo (arr. Rager) (1893/1998)
• Largo (arr. Safranek) (1893/1912)
• Largo and Finale for Band (from the New World Symphony) (arr. Blahnik) (1893)
• Largo and Finale for Brass Choir (from the New World Symphony) (1893)
• Largo and Scherzo from "Symphony No 9 in E minor, Opus 95" (tr. Kappey) (1893/1903)
• Largo from "New World Symphony" (arr. Williams) (1893/2007)
• Legends, Op. 59, Nos. 1 - 5 (arr. Thompson) (1881/2019)
• New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)
• Polonaise (arr. Bourgeois) (1879/2024)
• Psalm of Praise (arr. Gardner) (1874/1966)
• Scherzo Capriccioso (tr. Knox) (1883/)
• Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (tr. Curnow) (1878/)
• Serenade, opus 22 (arr. Moehlmann) (1967)
• Serenade in D minor (1878)
• Slavonic Dance No. 5 (tr. Curnow)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (tr. Dunnigan) (1878/)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Linklater) (1878/)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/2001)
• Slavonic Dance No 2, Op 46 (arr. Schyns) (1878/2001)
• Slavonic Dance No. 3, Op 46 (arr. Safranek) (1878/1912)
• Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 7 for Woodwind Choir (1878/1999)
• Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 46 (arr. Pyter) (1878/2020)
• Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (tr. Balent) (1878/2010)
• Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/1991)
• Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Harnsberger) (1878/2004)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2001)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (arr. Tobani) (1886/1929)
• Slavonic Dance No 3, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2003)
• Slavonic Dance No 4, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
• Slavonic Dance No 4 (arr. Sebesky) (1970)
• Slavonic Dance No 6, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2002)
• Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
• The Slavonic Dances (tr. Curnow) (1878/1984)
• Slavonic Dances (arr. Johnson) (1878/1960)
• Slavonic March (arr. Longfield) (1878/2017)
• Slawischer Tanz Nr. 4 (arr. Goldhammer) (1878/1995)
• Symphony No. 8: Finale (arr. Schaefer). See: Finale Symphony No. VIII
• Symphony No. 8: Finale (arr. Del Borgo). See: Finale
• Symphony No. 9 (arr. Curnow) (1893/1987)
• Symphony No. 9 (arr. Laughlin) (1902/2022)
• Symphony No. 9: Finale (arr. Harnsberger) (1893/1999)
• Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement (arr. Bělohoubek) (1893/)
• Song to the Moon (orch. Silbert) (1901/)
• Themes from "New World Symphony" (arr. Sweeney) (1893)
• Three Slavonic Dances (arr. Hanna)
• Through an Open Door (arr. Daughtrey) (1893/2023)
• Two Biblical Songs for Symphonic Wind Band (arr. Grotenhuis) (1894/2003)
• Two Slavonic Dances (arr. Balent) (1975)

Resources

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