Irving Berlin Christmas, An

Irving Berlin

General Info

Year: 1989
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $8.25

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Drum Set
Orchestra Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Temple Block
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This medley contains Happy Holiday, Let's Start the New Year Off Right, and White Christmas.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (San Diego, Calif.) (Christian Tordahl, conductor) - 17 December 2022
Gateway Concert Band (Enumclaw, Wash.) (Jack Prindle, conductor) – 9 December 2019
Johnson City (Tenn.) Community Concert Band (Christian Zembower, conductor) - 9 December 2019
Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) Concert Band (Erin Meissner, conductor) – 7 December 2018
Western Reserve Community Band (Hudson, Oh.) (Ralph Meyer, conductor) – 17 December 2017
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 13 December 2017
New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Charles Taylor, conductor) – 10 December 2017
San Diego (Calif.) Concert Band (Roy S. Anthony Jr., conductor) – 15 December 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1939/2011)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1940/2006)

All Wind Works

Alexander's Ragtime Band (arr. Molenaar) (1911/1960)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (arr. Nowak) (1911/2013)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (arr. Yoder) (1911/1940)
Count Your Blessings (arr. Nowlin) (1954)
Easter Parade (arr. Bennett) (1933)
Easter Parade (arr. Auken) (1973)
God Bless America (arr. Cofield) (1939/1972)
God Bless America (arr. Edmondson) (1939/1979)
God Bless America (arr. U.S. Army Band) (1939)
God Bless America (arr. Jennings) (1939)
God Bless America (arr. Laurent) (1939)
God Bless America (arr. Leidzen) (1939)
God Bless America (arr. Moss and Christopher) (1939/1995)
God Bless America (arr. Ringwald) (1939/1969)
God Bless America (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1939/2011)
Happy Holiday/White Christmas (arr. Ricketts) (2009)
Irving Berlin: A Symphonic Portrait (arr. Ades) (1975)
An Irving Berlin Christmas (arr. Barker) (2007)
Irving Berlin: From Rags to Ritz (arr. Murtha and Snyder) (2011)
Irving Berlin Showstoppers (arr. Higgins) (1994)
Irving Berlin: The Early Years (arr. Barker) (1997)
Irvining Berlin Waltz Medley (arr. Leidzen) (1940)
Irving Berlin's Christmas (arr. Brown and Brymer) (2010)
Irving Berlin's Songs for America (arr. Swearingen) (1986)
Marie (arr. Ballenger III)
No Biz Like Show Biz (arr. Hearshen)
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (arr. Schulz) (1918)
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (arr. Briegel) (1918)
Say It with Music (arr. Yoder) (1921/1940)
There's No Business Like Show Business (arr. Duthoit) (1946/1955)
This is the Army, Mr. Jones (arr. Briegel) (1942)
Tribute to Irving Berlin (arr. Barker) (1979)
White Christmas (arr. Auken) (1940/1973)
White Christmas (arr. Bennett) (1940/1948)
White Christmas (arr. Edmondson) (1940/1979)
White Christmas (arr. Huff and Moss) (1940/1995)
White Christmas (arr. Leidzen) (1940/1942)
White Christmas (arr. Moss) (1940/1998)
White Christmas (arr. Skelly) (1940/?)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1940/2006)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Irving Berlin." Accessed 19 October 2015