Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov :: Tale of the Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane): Flight of the Bumblebee


 

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
1844-1908
(b Tikhvin, 6/18 Mar 1844; d Lyubensk, nr Luga [now Pskov district], 8/21 June 1908). Russian
Tale of the Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane): Flight of
the Bumblebee <1899–1900>
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Parts include a trumpet covering a vocal line that would otherwise be absent; it may be omitted for this excerpt. The very first chord is scored for full orchestra, including full brass, tmp & cym; this single note may simply be played by the above complement.
Often used as a showpiece for solo flute, by simply omitting most chromatic passages in violins and orchestral flutes; retain clarinet chromatic passages which generally occur when the melody dips below the range of the flute.
Numerous arrangements of this popular piece exist (see, for example, the subsequent entry).