For Good from "Wicked"

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Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz (arr. Douglas Richard)


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General Info

Year: 2004 /
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: U.S. Army
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


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Program Notes

For Good is a musical number from the hit musical Wicked. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda, as a farewell to each other. The song's music and lyrics were written by composer Stephen Schwartz.

The song is performed towards the end of the musical. In it, the two are singing farewell to one another. Just prior to the song, Elphaba gives Glinda the Grimmerie and tells her that it is now up to her to continue Elphaba's cause. After this song, Elphaba leaves and is supposedly melted by Dorothy (it later turns out that this was an elaborate set-up to fool the citizens of Oz into thinking she was dead so they would stop hunting her). In the end, she and Fiyero, turned into "The Scarecrow" by one of Elphaba's spells gone awry, run away together.

It is the climax and one of the most well-known songs of the show. It is reprised as part of the show's finale.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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  • United States Military Academy Band (West Point N.Y.) – 12 January 2018


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