Siegfried's Funeral Music

This dramatic excerpt from Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" has achieved legendary status as a concert work. Ted Vives has created this new, extensively annotated transcription for band and given it new life for both the performers and audience. Vives has included Wagner's stage directions and narrative of the action, allowing the players to immerse themselves in the music-drama as a true participant in Wagner's presentation of Gesamtkunstwerk. This is a challenging transcription for better medium to advanced high school programs as well as community and college ensembles and is sure to give both performers and audience a full, Wagnerian experience.