Gounod at the Teddy Bear's picnic (Funeral march of a marionette)
Original Title
Gounod, Charles / Bratton, John W.
Composer
Gounod, Charles
Year
Editor
Arranger
Martinet, Leigh
Year Arranged
1993
Original Instrumentation
Type of Arrangement
3
Availability
1
Publisher
Hornists Nest
Year Published
1993
Catalogue Number
HN 54
Sheet Music Format
A4, Score (4) & parts (4x2=8)
Horns
4
Additional Equipment
Others
Other Instruments
Difficulty
1
Duration
4
Structure / Movements
One movement.
Allegretto
Clefs
Treble, bass
Meters
6/8
Key signatures
2b
Range
Horn 1: c1 - bb2
Horn 2: d - eb2
Horn 3: g - a2
Horn 4: g - d2
Creator's Comments
Performance Notes
This is a combination of two famous works, Gonoud's Funeral march of a marionette (example), and Bratton's Teddy Bear's picnic (example).
Charles-Francois Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer, best known for his chamber works and the operas Faust and Romeo et Juliette. The Funeral march is known because of its use as the theme of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
Teddy Bears picnic came from the pen of John Walter Bratton (1867-1947), an American composer known for exactly this 1907 instrumental piece (rather than any of his other songs).
Martinets arrangement... just has to be played. For the price, it's some of the best entertainment for the money a quartet can get.