Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers

General Info

Year: 1937 / 1962
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00; (digital) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Vocal/Piano
Solo B-flat Tenor Saxophone or B-flat Clarinet (optional)
Solo Trombone (optional)
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, including:

Drum Set
Suspended Cymbal
Vibraphone

Errata

Suspended Cymbal, m.38: 9-measure rest should read 7-measure rest.

Program Notes

Blue Moon was a featured song in the 1937 Hollywood musical motion picture Hollywood Hotel. With lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers, it has become a popular standard through the years.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Bay Winds (Annapolis, Md.) (Joseph Nalley, conductor) - 25 April 2023
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) – 6 October 2019
Genesee Wind Ensemble (Oakfield, Mich.) (Philip J. Briatico, conductor) - 18 November 2018
Racine (Wisc.) Concert Band (Mark Eichner, conductor; Diane Kosmala, clarinet) - 1 July 2018
Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Stephen R. Leyman, conductor; Gary Elwell, trombone) - 19 June 2018
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Rich Smucker, conductor) – 7 May 2017
Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Steve Layman, conductor; Dick Orange, vocal) – 1 November 2016
Orchestre d'Harmonie de Cluses (France) (Patrick Montessuit, conductor; Tiffany M, vocal) – 30 January 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)

All Wind Works

Bali Hai (arr. Yoder) (1949/1953)
Blue Moon (arr. Barker) (1937/1962)
Carousel: Highlights (arr. Yoder) (1945/1964)
Carousel: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1945/1948)
Carousel Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1945/1957)
Cinderella Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1958)
Circus on Parade, The (arr. Warrington) (1935)
Do-Re-Mi (arr. Hoshide) (1959/1991)
Flower Drum Song (arr. Lang) (1958/1959)
Golden Age of Broadway, The (arr. Moss) (2009)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Bennett) (1952/1978)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Curnow) (1952/1989)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Leidzen) (1952)
If I Loved You from "Carousel"(arr. Werle) (1945/)
It's a Grand Night for Singing (arr. Brown) (1945)
Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Moss) (1943/1994)
Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Yoder) (1943/1954)
Highlights from "South Pacific" (arr. Lang) (1949/1958)
Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Herfurth) (1951/1957)
Highlights from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Cable) (1959)
King and I, The, Selections (tr. Bennett) (1951)
Lady is a Tramp (arr. Hastreiter)
Manhattan (arr. Morrissey) (1925/1953/1959)
March of the Siamese Children (arr. Bennett) (1951)
My Favorite Things (arr. Jennings) (1959/1992)
My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)
Oklahoma! (arr. Bennett, adapt. Rodgers) (1943/1997)
Oklahoma!: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1943)
Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr. Huff)
Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr Lowden)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" (arr. Edmondson) (1943/1982)
Salute to Richard Rodgers (arr. Ricketts)
Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Bennett) (1945)
Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Custer) (1945/1995)
Selections from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Christensen) (1959/1989)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Lang) (1936/1954)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Moss)
The Sound of Music -- Selections (arr. Bennett) (1959/1960)
The Sound of Music Medley (arr. Iwai)
South Pacific -- Highlights
South Pacific: Selection (tr. Leidzen) (1949)
South Pacific Symphonic Scenario (arr. Bennett; adapt. Rogers) (1949/1999)
Symphonic Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Bulla) (1951/2016)
Themes from "Victory at Sea" (arr. Maltby) (1953/1975)
Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (arr. Custer)
Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario (tr. Bennett) (1954/1955)
Victory at Sea (arr Moss)
You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Rhea) (1945/2018)
You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Walden and VanDoren) (1945/2017)

Resources

Blue Moon. Wikipedia. Accessed 14 July 2023
Rodgers, R.; Hart L.; Barker, W. (1962). Blue Moon : Vocal Solo (Optional Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet or Trombone Solo) with Concert Band Accompaniment [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.