Dixieland Front and Center

Johnny Warrington

Subtitle: A Concerto for Dixieland Band with Band Accompaniment

General Info

Year: 1964
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
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 I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Drums, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum

Dixieland Band, including:

Dixieland clarinet
Dixieland tenor sax
Dixieland trumpet
Dixieland trombone
Dixieland tuba
Dixieland string bass
Dixieland drums
Dixieland guitar

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This medley includes Royal Garden Blues, by Clarence and Spencer Williams; Mississippi Mud, by James Cavanaugh and Harry Barris; and Indiana : Back Home Again in Indiana by Ballard Macdonald and James F. Hanley.

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Columbus (Ohio) State Community College Concert Band (Thomas Lloyd, conductor) - 20 April 2020 (planned but not performed)
Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) Concert Band (Terry S. Treuden, conductor) – 1 March 2019
Moscow High School (Lewiston, Ida.) Band (Joel Pals, conductor) – 18 April 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

The Ballad of the Green Berets (as arranger) 1965/1963)
Brass Stampede
Canadian Sunset (as arranger) (1935)
Circus on Parade, The (as arranger) (1959)
Dixieland ... Front and Center! (as arranger) (1964)
Dixieland Jamboree (1960)
Dixieland Rock
Highlights from "Fiddler on the Roof" (as arranger)
Minor Romp
On Stage with Cole Porter (as arranger)
Original Dixieland Concerto
Pennsylvania Polka (arr Warrington) (as arranger) (1942/1969)
Pink Panther, The (as arranger)
Selections from "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (as arranger) (1964/1967)
Trumpet Bamboola

Resources

Warrington, J. (1964). Dixieland ... Front And Center! : A Concerto for Dixieland Band with Band Accompaniment [score]. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.: New York.