Coming to America
Neil Diamond (arr. Alan Fernie)
General Info
Year: 1980 / 2003
Duration:
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Obrasso Verlag
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $119.85 | Score Only (print) - $41.70
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Shakers
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
America is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 on the soundtrack album of Diamond's film The Jazz Singer. The song was a hit single in the United States in 1981, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and was Diamond's sixth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
The song's theme is a positive interpretation of the history of immigration to the United States, during both the early 1900s and the present. Combining Diamond's typically powerful melody, dynamic arrangement, and bombastic vocal, it ends with an interpolation of the traditional patriotic song My Country, 'Tis of Thee.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- I'm a Believer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1966/)
All Wind Works
- African Trilogy (arr. Gold) (1981)
- Beautiful Noise: Concert Highlights (arr. O'Reilly) (1977)
- Coming to America (arr. Fernie) (1980/2003)
- Cracklin' Rosie (arr. Foster) (1974)
- I'm a Believer (arr. Skelly)
- I'm a Believer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1966/)
- Sweet Caroline (arr. Waters) (1969/2008)
Resources
- America (Neil Diamond song). Wikipedia Accessed 9 July 2022
- Diamond, N.; Fernie, A. [2003]. Coming to America [score]. Obrasso-Verlag: Wiedlisbach, Swit.
- Perusal score