Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture

Warren Barker

General Info

Year: 1983
Duration: c. 9:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Broadway has given us a large number of musical performances that have excited the audiences to spontaneously react with applause that interrupts the production. Warren Barker has produced an arrangement of six of these notable songs. Everything’s Coming Up Roses was sung by Ethel Merman performing as Rose in Gypsy. Based on the life of Fanny Brice, the 1964 musical Funny Girl featured Barbra Streisand singing People. Alfred Doolittle, Eliza’s father, told us that his fate could change With a Little Bit of Luck in the production of My Fair Lady. On A Clear Day is both the name of the song and the musical premiered in 1965 that concerns a woman with ESP who has been reincarnated, starring Barbara Harris. It reached a wider audience in the 1970 film with Barbra Streisand. The opening song for The Fantasticks was Try To Remember, exhorting the audience to imagine what the sparce set suggests. The success of these musical productions is summed up with That’s Entertainment! written for the MGM musical film The Band Wagon. It has become a signature tune on Broadway and in Hollywood.

- Program Note by Foothill Symphonic Winds

Media

Audio CD: College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble (William H. Silvester, conductor) - 2003

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (David Adams, conductor) - 24 July 2022
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Band (Anthony Messina, conductor) - 25 July 2019
Charlottesville Municipal Band (Crozet, Va.) (Stephen R. Layman, conductor) – 4 June 2019
Emporia (Ks.) Municipal Band (James Davis, conductor) - 7 June 2018
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Michael Wirgler, conductor) – 23 April 2017
North Jersey Concert Band (Montville) (Michael Roth, conductor) – 8 October 2016
Macungie (Penn.) Band (Michael Moran, conductor) – 2 April 2016 (ACB 2016 Annual Convention (Pittsburgh, Penn.))
Macungie Band (Bethlehem, Penn.) (Michael Moran, conductor) - 5 June 2015
Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 5 May 2015
Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) - 8 March 2015
Fox Valley Concert Band (St. Charles, Ill.) - 19 July 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)

All Wind Works

All Things Bright and Beautiful (1999)
Blue Moon (as arranger)
Brazilliance! (1981)
Bricusse and Newley on Broadway (as arranger)
Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture (as arranger) (1983)
But Not for Me (as arranger) (1930/1995/2006)
By the River's Bend (1993)
Capital Square March (1997)
Capriccio (Barker) (1988)
A Christmas Serenade (as arranger) (1995)
A Chorus Line" Spectacular! (as arranger)
Cole Porter on Broadway (as arranger)
Concertino for Clarinet and Band (2000)
Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)
Deir in De (1990)
Do You Hear What I Hear? (as arranger) (1962/)
Embraceable You (as arranger)
Fanfare Variations (1986)
Fantasia for Winds and Percussion (1992)
Foggy River Blues (1988)
From Sea to Shining Sea (as arranger) (2001)
A Galop to End All Galops (1977)
Gershwin! (as arranger) (1997)
Hollywood! (as arranger)
Hooray for Hollywood (as arranger) (2001)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (as arranger) (1927/2000)
I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day (as arranger) (1995)
In the Miller Mood (as arranger) (1997)
Inverrary (1983)
Ireland (as arranger) (1997)
An Irish Air for Winds
An Irish Interlude (1986)
An Irving Berlin Christmas (as arranger)
It's Christmas! (1989/2011)
Jerome Robbins Broadway (as arranger)
La Belle Americana (1986)
The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber (as arranger)
Magic of Disney (as arranger)
Midnight in Bethlehem (1998)
New York: 1927 (2000)
Overture A La Russe (1989)
Patriotic Pageantry (as arranger) (1983)
Ramsgate March (1978)
'S Wonderful (as arranger) (1919/1996)
Salute to Bob Hope (as arranger) (1980)
Scherzo for Saxophone Quartet (1954/1982)
Selections from "Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1987)
Silverado (as arranger) (1985/1987)
Sousa! (as arranger)
Strike Up the Band (as arranger) (1927/1981)
Swing's the Thing (as arranger) (1999)
That's Entertainment (as arranger)
Themes Like Old Times (as arranger) (1991)
Themes Like Old Times II (as arranger)
Themes Like Old Times III (as arranger)
Transformations (1985)
Victory Spirit March (2000)
Witch's Dance (2001)

Resources

Barker, W. [198-?]. Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.