Queen of the Night

Highams · Post by **Highams** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:35 am

It's been done in the UK as a solo for E flat soprano cornet/ tenor horn with brass band or piano;

http://www.kirkleesmusic.co.uk/SoloItems.html

www.euph9.freeserve.co.uk

wtuba · Post by **wtuba** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:01 am

It is an aria from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." The aria is published separately by Kalmus

http://www.kalmus-music.com/

and is listed in their orchestra catalog: catalog #A2944.

wtuba

Jobey Wilson · Post by **Jobey Wilson** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:02 am

I laughed my *** off when I first heard that disk and transcibed a few of the arias for my recitals when I was an undergrad at OU. I don't think my transcriptions survived the fire a few years ago, but you can simply pull them out of the scores at your local music library. Enjoy!! Oh, I forget the name, but the duet Sam & Tom did works really well for Tuba & Euphonium. Clay Johnson and I did that one at OU, too.

corbasse · Post by **corbasse** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:07 am

wtuba wrote:It is an aria from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." The aria is published separately by Kalmus

http://www.kalmus-music.com/

and is listed in their orchestra catalog: catalog #A2944.

wtuba

Or you can get it legally and free of charge here:
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/ma ... r=MozartWA
I believe it's Aria nr.14

corbasse · Post by **corbasse** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:17 am

LarryR wrote:Wow!! That is a way cool site to know about. If you liked that piece, try Sarastro's Aria (O, Isis and Osiris) from the same opera. The Magic Flute is my favorite opera by far.....

Here's a few more of those sites.

Mostly classical, public domain:
http://www.cpdl.org/
http://icking-music-archive.org/
http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/
http://www.mab.jpn.org/musictex/index_en.html
Lots more links on these sites as well.

A lot of the medieval and renaissance stuff is very easy to adapt for brass quintet/quartet. Even better, a lot of the stuff is available in formats letting you alter and transpose the parts!

Commercial, but with lots of free stuff:
http://www.8notes.com/
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/

BVD Press · Post by **BVD Press** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:31 pm

If you play in a brass quintet and want to feature the Tuba player, I have a version arranged by Dave Kosmyna on on my site:

http://www.bvdpress.com/

Search for "queen" or "kosmyna". It is a fun chart!!

I posted the whole score in .pdf format if anyone is interested.

Wishing everyone well,

adam0408 · Post by **adam0408** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:27 pm

LarryR wrote:Wow!! That is a way cool site to know about. If you liked that piece, try Sarastro's Aria (O, Isis and Osiris) from the same opera. The Magic Flute is my favorite opera by far.

I have a book of solos and exerpts called, strangely enough, "solos for the Tuba player" And the first tune in that book is O Isis and Osiris.

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:58 pm

Of course, the recording to which all other versions of Queen of the Night must be compared is Florence Foster-Jenkins:
http://www.txpiggy.com/ffjenkins-queenofnight.ram
_____________________________
Joe Baker, who thinks there's just nobody around these days who sings like Florence did...

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:37 pm

I've also got the quintet version that used to be distributed free on the Capital Brass (UK) website. It's a ZIP-ed PDF with all parts.

Drop me a PM with your email and I'll send it on.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:10 am

Joe Baker wrote:...who thinks there's just nobody around these days who sings like Florence did...

Sure there is. They are just smart enough not to rent Carnegie Hall and do it publicly. I suspect her singing skills are repeated in showers all across America.

On the other hand, she did sell out concerts, as I recall. Perhaps she was laughing all the way to the bank. And I'm sure everyone left thinking they'd gotten their money's worth in pure entertainment.

Rick "who knows that Madam Jenkins didn't need the money" Denney

TubeNet

Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night

Re: Queen of the Night