Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger for 11-part Brass Ensemble Quartets then gradually this warm wave

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Ralph Sauer's stunning transcription is the first publication of the complete fourteen minute work

This Collection is appropriate for moderately advanced performers

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Brad Howland has done a fantastic job with the scoring of this work

Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger for 11-part Brass Ensemble Quartets then gradually this warm waveThe Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg is one of the most popular of Richard Wagner's orchestral works. Its majestic, lyrical aura of goodwill and benevolence lifts one's spirits. It was premiered in 1868 in Munich and is Wagner's only comedy and only opera based on his own story with the characters having no supernatural or magical powers. Randall Malmstrom has brilliantly arranged a 7 minute version of the Prelude for an 11 part Brass Ensemble