Walton: Crown Imperial

[ZNC Dandy]

The orchestra I play in is performing this on our next concert, and the tuba part has gone missing. Anyone have a scan of the part they could email me. The conductor handed me the bass part and the bass bone part, but its just not the same. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[OldsRecording]

Found this on the Oxford University Press website:

General Information:

Composition:
1937. Substantial cuts were authorized in a 1963 revised version.

First Public Performance:
12 May 1937. Westminster Abbey, London. The Coronation Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult conductor. Played during the entry of Queen Mary, before the beginning of the Coronation Service of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Duration:
Original Version: About 9 minutes
Revised Version: About 7 minutes

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C32


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Instrumentation:

3 flutes (third doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 2 percussion (bass drum, side drum, tenor drum, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, tubular bell, large gung) – harp – organ (optional) – strings

So at least this version calls for tuba, although I'm not quite sure what a 'large gung' is.

[JB]

I am playing a program with this on it and the library sheet says that there is no tuba on the piece. It is also not in the score that is being used, yet I too believed that there was tuba on this. Any parts shot to him would be welcomed if shot in my direction as well. Thanks!

(Maybe I had doubled something on this in past years. Hmm… )

FWIW, there is a "no tuba version" (arrangement? reduction?) floating around out there; I have encountered it being programmed a few times over.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Are you perhaps thinking of the band arrangement with all those very fast C major scales?

[Mark]

FWIW, there is a "no tuba version" (arrangement? reduction?) floating around out there; I have encountered it being programmed a few times over.

I agree on the no tuba version. I "didn't" play it a couple of years ago.

[ZNC Dandy]

It is a reduced orchestration, its also shortened. ALso, I had this thought, anyone know if the band arrangement and orchestra arrangement are the same key? If so, I may try that.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

...anyone know if the band arrangement and orchestra arrangement are the same key?

I'm 99% sure they are both in C major (at least the beginning and ending sections). The band version was a staple of my undergraduate career at OSU, mostly used for commencement ceremonies (I think the director of bands really likes the march). The tuba part in the band version has some very interesting licks, including a run at the very end from A at the bottom of the staff to middle C in 32nd notes!

[JB]

It is a reduced orchestration, its also shortened. ALso, I had this thought, anyone know if the band arrangement and orchestra arrangement are the same key? If so, I may try that.

Same key.

[ZNC Dandy]

Does anyone have the band part they could send me? I would very much appreciate it. zncdandy@yahoo.com" target="_blank

[tubaguy9]

I played it in Corps this summer...Wait, sorry, I don't think my version would match up with what you'll be playing

[Wyvern]

I can confirm there is an orchestral tuba part. Played it in rehearsal this evening.