T h e H i g h l a n d / E t l i n g S t r i n g O r c h e s t r a S e r i e s. Wonderland Variations. Preview Only. Richard Meyer (ASCAP)

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1 Grade Level: 3 T h e H i g h l a n d / E t l i n g S t r i n g O r c h e s t r a S e r i e s Wonderland Variations Richard Meyer (ASCA) i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n Conductor Score 1 Violin 8 Violin 8 Viola 5 5 String ass 5 Notes to the Conductor You and your students will love utting together these charming variations based on Lewis Carroll s classic book A simle and graceul theme entitled Alice is ollowed by our colorul variations deicting the delightully odd characters that inhabit Wonderland Each variation is a stylistic worksho or your students who will learn a myriad o techniques as they bring to lie the Cheshire-Cat a Mad Tea arty a Caterillar and the King and Queen o Hearts (Continued) A DVSON O lease note: Our band and orchestra music is now being collated by an automatic highseed system The enclosed arts are now sorted by age count rather than score order

2 Notes to the Conductor (cont) Unlike most variations which are based on the harmonic structure o the theme the variations in this iece are derived solely rom the irst nine notes o the theme n Variation the Cheshire-Cat aears (and disaears) gradually The shae o his amous smile is outlined by the irst violins in measures etc Variation A Mad Tea arty is essentially wild crazy cartoon music with un secial eects n measure 85 a dissonant version o Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is heard a nod to the Mad Hatter who sings at Carroll s tea arty: Twinkle twinkle little bat! How wonder what you re at! U above the world you ly Like a tea-tray in the sky Variation Advice rom a Caterillar deicts the mysterious blue creature stoically sitting ato a mushroom us o smoke rom his hookah are heard in the irst violins in measures etc n Variation V the demented King and Queen o Hearts are reresented by a maestic English-style march Cries o O with her head! are heard throughout (measures etc) As this variation reaches an emotional eak (m 166) Alice wakes u rom her dream and her theme is briely revisited bringing the iece to a close

3 Wonderland Variations 3 CONDUCTOR SCORE Duration - 5:5 Violins Viola String ass 7 Allegretto grazioso ( = 96) Alice izz leggiero izz 3 b b b b 10 b b b b 11 Richard Meyer (ASCA) 5 6 N N N 12 N N Coyright 2010 by Highland/Etling ublishing a division o Alred Music ublishing Co nc All rights reserved rinted in USA

4 div - cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc non divisi N izz 2 izz

5 5 25 N N N N N 26 a n b b b b b 29 n b b b b b U U 30 U U U

6 6 38 Temo di valse ( = 108) Cheshire-Cat b b b b izz 7 2 b b b b 8 3 N 9

7 7 div div n n } a 5 59

8 8 a π dim b dim dim dim 6 izz izz izz izz " " " " "

9 9 Allegro scherzando ( = 138) 71 A Mad Tea arty Ó Ó izz izz 72 n div o N 77

10 10 N n N n N n n N 79 gliss to end o ingerboard on E string 82 Ó Ó Ó 80 Ó Ó Ó 80 83

11 11 n N izz n n izz n gliss b N n N 8 izz 88 a 85 Ó a a N izz izz 90 N n N n 87 Ó Ó Ó Í 91

12 12 99 w 92 molto rit bw w } w w w Andante misterioso ( = 96) 95 Advice rom a Caterillar div n n n n n non divisi b 101 izz non div

13 izz A n n n

14 1 izz b U " U U U U 127 " " " " n n n n n n n n n n

15 Alla marcia ( = 100) King and Queen o Hearts Ó izz 130 N N

16 16 n n n a a N 11 marc marc a

17 17 N 1 19 N w w w w 15 b n b b 16 n w n n n n Ó N N N izz Í 18 Í Í Í 152

18 18 a 153 N cresc e rall cresc e rall cresc e rall div cresc e rall cresc e rall

19 Maestoso ( = 88) - marc - marc - marc w w 163 Allegretto grazioso ( = 88) izz } } marc marc w w leggiero rit div U U U 171 izz U U

20 } b b b b b b b b 186 rit N N N N 188 N 180 U π U π U π U π U π 189