It's a Grand Night for Singing

Richard Rodgers

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General Info

Year: 1945 /
Duration:
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Publisher: U.S. Army Band
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

State Fair is a 1945 American musical film directed by Walter Lang. It is a musical adaptation of the 1933 film of the same name, with original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

State Fair was the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written directly for film. The movie introduced such popular songs as It's A Grand Night For Singing and It Might as Well Be Spring, which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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United States Army Band (Ft. Myer, Va.) (Timothy J. Holtan, conductor) – 13 August 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)

All Wind Works

Bali Hai (arr. Yoder) (1949/1953)
Blue Moon (arr. Barker) (1937/1962)
Carousel: Highlights (arr. Yoder) (1945/1964)
Carousel: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1945/1948)
Carousel Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1945/1957)
Cinderella Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1958)
Circus on Parade, The (arr. Warrington) (1935)
Do-Re-Mi (arr. Hoshide) (1959/1991)
Flower Drum Song (arr. Lang) (1958/1959)
Golden Age of Broadway, The (arr. Moss) (2009)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Bennett) (1952/1978)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Curnow) (1952/1989)
Guadalcanal March (arr. Leidzen) (1952)
If I Loved You from "Carousel"(arr. Werle) (1945/)
It's a Grand Night for Singing (arr. Brown) (1945)
Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Moss) (1943/1994)
Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Yoder) (1943/1954)
Highlights from "South Pacific" (arr. Lang) (1949/1958)
Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Herfurth) (1951/1957)
Highlights from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Cable) (1959)
King and I, The, Selections (tr. Bennett) (1951)
Lady is a Tramp (arr. Hastreiter)
Manhattan (arr. Morrissey) (1925/1953/1959)
March of the Siamese Children (arr. Bennett) (1951)
My Favorite Things (arr. Jennings) (1959/1992)
My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)
Oklahoma! (arr. Bennett, adapt. Rodgers) (1943/1997)
Oklahoma!: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1943)
Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr. Huff)
Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr Lowden)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" (arr. Edmondson) (1943/1982)
Salute to Richard Rodgers (arr. Ricketts)
Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Bennett) (1945)
Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Custer) (1945/1995)
Selections from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Christensen) (1959/1989)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Lang) (1936/1954)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Moss)
The Sound of Music -- Selections (arr. Bennett) (1959/1960)
The Sound of Music Medley (arr. Iwai)
South Pacific -- Highlights
South Pacific: Selection (tr. Leidzen) (1949)
South Pacific Symphonic Scenario (arr. Bennett; adapt. Rogers) (1949/1999)
Symphonic Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Bulla) (1951/2016)
Themes from "Victory at Sea" (arr. Maltby) (1953/1975)
Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (arr. Custer)
Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario (tr. Bennett) (1954/1955)
Victory at Sea (arr Moss)
You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Rhea) (1945/2018)
You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Walden and VanDoren) (1945/2017)

Resources

State Fair (film), Wikipedia Accessed 13 August 2016