Funeral March from Hamlet

for orchestra

arranged by Muir Mathieson

General Information – Instrumentation – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Arrangement:
Arranged by Muir Mathieson in 1963, from the music for the film Hamlet, composed 1947.

First Performance:
Unknown

Duration:
About 5 minutes

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C54a

Instrumentation:

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons – 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba (optional) – timpani, 2 or 3 percussion (side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbal, bell) – harp – strings

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1968, 019 3682184. Score and parts are available on hire.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music – Hamlet