Christmas Joy

Erik Leidzén

Erik Leidzén (arr. Bowen)

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 2:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00;

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Side Drum
• Sleigh Bell
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Erik Leidzén's march Christmas Joy is one of the most rewarding and satisfying items of this genre and is arguably the Christmas march against which all others will be measured. Including references to Joy to the World, Jingle Bells, and Love and Joy Come to You, the march encapsulates the joy of Christmas.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Abingdon Concert Band (Abingdon on Thames, UK) (Neil Brownless, conductor) – 12 December 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Apollo March (as arranger)
• Blue Danube Waltz (as arranger)
• Bugler, The (as arranger)
• Carousel: Selections (as arranger)
• Christmas Joy (arr. Bowen) (2010)
• Comedians' Galop (as scorer) (1940/1948)
• Coronation Scene from "Boris Godunov" (as arranger)
• Dixie Rhapsody (1941)
• Down the Field (as arranger) (1904/1930)
• EFG March (as arranger) (1947)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (as transcriber) (1936)
• First Swedish Rhapsody (1950)
• Fugue with Chorale (as arranger)
• God Bless America (arr Leidzen) (as arranger)
• The Gods Go A-Begging (as reviser; arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit) (1929/1947)
• Guadalcanal March (as arranger)
• How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (as arranger)
• Illinois March (as arranger)
• Italian Polka (arr Leidzen) (as arranger)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (as arranger)
• Jubilee March (as arranger)
• Komm, Susser Tod (as transcriber) (1736/1936)
• March to the Scaffold (as transcriber) (1830/1937)
• Nordic March (as arranger) (1939)
• Oklahoma!: Selections (as arranger)
• On the Mall (as arranger)
• Once Upon a Time Overture (1941) (as arranger)
• Over There Fantasie (as scorer)
• Pictures at an Exhibition (as transcriber)
• Pines of the Appian Way (as editor)
• Procession of the Nobles (as arranger)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (tr Liedzen) (as transcriber)
• Scottish Rhapsody (1939) (as arranger)
• Second Swedish Rhapsody (1952)
• South Pacific: Selection (as arranger)
• Three Dances from Gayane Ballet (as transcriber)
• Three Negro Dances (as arranger) (1933/1939)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr Leidzen) (as transcriber)
• Trauersinfonie (as transcriber)
• V.F.W. (as arranger) (1949)
• Warsaw Concerto (as transcriber) (1942/1952)
• White Christmas (as arranger)
• William Tell Overture (as arranger)

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Erik Leidzén." Accessed 31 January 2016.