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Brian is known to have made seventeen
transcriptions. Fifteen of these (the ones not marked * below) turned up in Lot 312
of an Sotheby's auction in May 1996. Some of Brian's comments are given here, and
Malcolm MacDonald has annotated the entries.
Arne
Overture to oratorio Judith.
JC Bach
Overture to tragic opera in 3 acts,
Amadis de Gaule
‘First opera scored by JC Bach for the "Beethoven" orchestra’
Overture to opera La clemenza di Scipione
‘transcribed from the score by Havergal Brian’
JS Bach
Friede uber Israel from
Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer
‘drawn from hill score by Havergal Brian’ [In this transcription Brian adds side
drum and bass drum parts!]
Berlioz
March to the Scaffold Execution
‘drawn from score by Havergal Brian. Drum markings are Berlioz’s own, and should
be followed rigidly’.
Elgar
* Piano transcription of unidentified work,
now lost
Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmila overture
‘drawn from the score by Havergal Brian’
Gluck
Overture Alceste
‘transcribed from the full score by Havergal Brian’
Overture to the opera Iphigenie
in Aulis
‘drawn from the score by Havergal Brian’ ‘edited by Wagner who also wrote
the last 31 bars’. [HB includes several comments by ‘RW’ on the nature of
the themes.]
[Mr] Handel
Overture to the opera Aelius
(Ezio)
‘transcribed from full score by Havergal Brian’
Overture to the opera ‘Rodelinda’
‘transcribed by Havergal Brian’
Basil Maine
* Arrangement of Te Deum of
for chorus and orchestra - now lost
Spontini
Overture to the Lyric Tragedy of Olympia
(Olimpie)
‘transcribed from the full score by Havergal Brian’ ‘For an account of this
extraordinary work see article on Spontini in Grove re Olimpie in Berlin’
Pas de Cinq I and Pas de Cinq 2
from Olimpie
Marche Triomphale from Olimpie
‘transcribed from the full score by Havergal Brian’
Wagner
Huldigungsmarsch
‘drawn from the full score by
Havergal Brian’ ‘Dedicated to HM King Ludwig III of Bavaria’ [This includes
written-out percussion parts but no indication whether these are original Wagner or
HB’s own embellishments.]
Kaisermarsch
‘drawn from the full score by
Havergal Brian’ [This also
includes written-out percussion parts and similarly no indication whether they are HB's or
Wagner's.]
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