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
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 50 58 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 96 98 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 128 129 137 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
Wonderland Variations 3 CONDUCTOR SCORE Duration - 5:5 Violins Viola String ass 7 Allegretto grazioso ( = 96) Alice 2 2 2 2 2 izz 1 8 2 9 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
13 19-1 20 div - cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc 21-15 16 non divisi 16 22 23 17 2 18 N izz 2 izz
5 25 N N N N N 26 a 27 33 28 n b b b b b 29 n b b b b b U U 30 U U U 3 3 3 3 3 31 32 33 3 35 36 37
6 38 Temo di valse ( = 108) Cheshire-Cat 3 3 3 3 3-38 - 39 5-0 3 6-1 2 b b b b izz 7 2 b b b b 8 3 N 9
7 div 55 50 51 div n n 56 51 57 52 53 } 58 59 a 5 59
8 a 60 61 62 66 67 68 69 63 π dim b dim dim dim 6 izz izz izz izz 70 65 " " " " "
9 Allegro scherzando ( = 138) 71 A Mad Tea arty Ó 71 75 76 Ó izz izz 72 n div 76 73 7 o N 77
10 N n N n N n 78 81 n N 79 gliss to end o ingerboard on E string 82 Ó Ó Ó 80 Ó Ó Ó 80 83
11 n N izz n n izz n gliss b N n N 8 izz 88 a 85 Ó a a 85 89 86 N izz izz 90 N n N n 87 Ó Ó Ó Í 91
12 99 w 92 molto rit bw w } 93 99 w w w 100 9 Andante misterioso ( = 96) 95 Advice rom a Caterillar div n n n n n 3 3 3 3 3 non divisi b 101 izz non div 95 102 96 97 103 98 10
13 105 112 106 izz 107 113 A 108 11 109 n n 110 111 115 n 111 116
1 izz 117 123 118 119 12 119 125 120 b 126 121 122 U " U U U U 127 " " " " n n n n n n n n n n
15 128 Alla marcia ( = 100) King and Queen o Hearts Ó 128 132-129 - 133 - izz 130 N N 13 131 135
16 n n n a 136 139 137 a 10 137 N 11 marc marc a 12 138 13
17 N 1 19 N w w w w 15 b n b b 16 n 150 16 w n n n n 151 17 Ó N N N izz Í 18 Í Í Í 152
18 a 153 N 158 15 15 159 155 cresc e rall cresc e rall cresc e rall div cresc e rall cresc e rall 160 156 161 2 2 2 2 2 157 162
19 163 167 Maestoso ( = 88) - marc - marc - marc w w 163 Allegretto grazioso ( = 88) 2 2 2 2 2 izz 167 168 } } 169 16 marc marc - - - - w w 170 165 leggiero rit div U U U 171 izz 171 172 166 U U 2 2 2 2 2 173
20 17 181 175 182 176 183 } 177 18 b b b b 178 185 b b b b 186 rit 179 187 N N N N 188 N 180 U π U π U π U π U π 189