Alexander Scriabin

Black Mass Op. 68

per Orchestra

orchestrated byNorbert Wissing and Hans van Eck

2001-2002

Orchestra

Piccolo Percussion: 3, or preferably 4 players:Flute 1/2 Glockenspiel

XylophoneOboe 1/2 TriangleEnglish Horn in F suspended Cymbal

crashed Cymbals LargeClarinet in E-flat Side Drum Clarinet 1/2 in B-flat Tenor Drum (Tamb. Rull.)Bassclarinet in B-flat Bass Drum

Low Bells (Campana Profondo)Bassoon 1/2 Tubular Bells (Campana Piccolo)Double Bassoon 2 Tam Tam’s (Profondo e Piccolo)

* *Harp (á 2 ad Libitum)

4 Horns in F2 Trumpets in C *3 TrombonesTuba Celesta

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Timpani Strings (18, 16, 14, 12, 8)

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Duration: 12 min.

Notation:

English Horn in F, transposingPicc. Clarinet in E-flat, transposingClarinet in B-flat, transposingHorn in F, transposing

Dynamics and Groupings are notated once only for reading-convenience