War March of the Priests

War March of
the Priests
From Athalia

By: Felix Mendelssohn

Arr: L.P. Laurendeau
Original Copyright: 1901
by: Carl Fischer

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 Mendelssohn, Felix
DOB: February 3, 1809 (Hamburg, Germany)
DOD: November 4, 1847 (Leipzig, Germany)
Like Mozart, Mendelssohn showed evidence of extraordinary musical talent at
an early age. He first performed in public on the piano at the age of nine and
was composing by the time he was 11. He was also known as a champion of
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J.S. Bachs music.

Louis-Philippe Laurendeau
DOB: 1861 (St. Hyacinthe, Canada)
DOD: 1916 (Montreal, Canada)
Laurendeau, Louis-Philippe. Composer, writer, b St-Hyacinthe, Que, 1861, d
Montreal 13 Feb 1916. He was active for many years in Montreal and was
bandmaster at the cole militaire of Saint-Jean, but later he devoted himself
entirely to composition and arranging. Though a resident of Longueuil (near
Montreal), he occupied an editorial position with Carl Fischer, the New York
publishers.

Some 200 of Laurendeau's compositions and arrangements, mostly for band and published by
Fischer and Cundy-Bettoney, are listed in F. Pazdrek's Universal-Handbuch (Vienna 1904-10). His
intermezzo Twilight Whispers, Opus 202, won first prize in the 1895 Metronome competition. Works
of specific Canadian interest include Shores of the St Lawrence, a medley for band, and Land of the
Maple, Opus 235, a march.

Laurendeau taught as well, and Fischer published several of his volumes of band instruction and
repertoire, including The New Era Band Book (Grades 2, 3) and The Practical Band Arranger. He
used the pseudonym Paul Laurent, but the National Library of Canada has record of only one
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publication on which it appears. A Montreal street was named after Laurendeau in 1931.

War March of the Priests from Athalia was published in 1901 by Carl Fischer of New York and
arranged by Laurendeau. Originally composed for an 1843 performance of Racines Biblically-
inspired tragedy, it became customary to perform the incidental music to "Athalia" in concert halls, in
a version with specially composed text by Mendelssohns friend, the singer, actor and director,
Eduard Devrient. Devrients narrative links provide summary of the most important aspects of play
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and mediate between the musical passages and the texts.
Program note researched by Marcus L. Neiman, Medina, Ohio

1
Rehig, William H., Bierley, Paul (editor). The encyclopedia of band music, Integrity Press,
Westerville, OH., p.514.
2
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001981
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http://www.haenssler-
classic.de/clickheat/index.php?id=1105&L=2&tx_scmreview_pi1%5Bartid%5D=79758&tx_scmshoppr
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Original Copyright 1901 Carl Fisher, New York Transposed from D b Piccolo
 "War March of the Priests"
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Ofiginal Copyright 1901 Carl Fisher, New York Transposition Prepared by Dan Steadman
 "War March of the Priests"
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Original Copyright 1901 Carl Fisher, New York Transposition Prepared by Dan Steadman
 "War March of the Priests" F. Mendelssohn
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Original Copyright 1901 Carl Fisher, New York Transposition Prepared by Dan Steadman
 "War March of the Priests"
F Horn 4 F. Mendelssohn
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