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Beale Street Blues
W C Handy (arr. Luther Henderson; adapt. Marshall)
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General Info
Year: 1916 / 1992
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Beale Street Blues is a 1916 song by American composer and lyricist W.C. Handy. The title refers to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, the main entertainment district for the city's African American population in the early part of the twentieth century, and a place closely associated with the development of the blues. The song was first popularized for a mass audience when sung on Broadway by Gilda Gray in the 1919 musical revue Schubert's Gaieties.
Like many of Handy's songs, Beale Street Blues is a hybrid of the blues style with the popular ballad style of the day, the opening lyrics following a line pattern typical of Tin Pan Alley songs and the later stanzas giving way to the traditional three-line pattern characteristic of the blues.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
This work is also a favorite of the Canadian Brass.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Charlie Buck III, conductor) – 7 May 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- St. Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Booker) (1914/2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Beale Street Blues (arr. Henderson; adapt. Marshall) (1916/1992)
- Hail to the Spirit of Freedom
- The Hesitating Blues (arr. Still) (1916)
- Loveless Love (1921)
- Memphis Blues
- St Louis Blues (arr. Henderson) (1914/2003)
- St. Louis Blues March (arr. Gray) (1914/1948)
- St. Louis Blues (arr. Booker) (1914/2017)
- St. Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Booker) (1914/2017/2020)
- Yellow Dog Blues (arr. Clark) (1919)
Resources
- Beale Street Blues, Wikipedia Accessed 10 May 2017
- Handy, W.; Marshall, D.; Henderson, L. [199-]. Beale Street Blues [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.