Jingle Bells (arr Gould)
James Pierpont (arr. Morton Gould)
|
This article is a stub. If you can help add information to it,
please join the WRP and visit the FAQ (left sidebar) for information. |
General Info
Year: 1857 / 1952
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: G&C
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print
Instrumentation
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Jingle Bells is one of the best-known and commonly sung American wintertime songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. Even though it is now associated with the Christmas and holiday season, it was actually originally written for American Thanksgiving. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too "racy" to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Although it has become one of the most popular and famous secular Christmas songs, Jingle Bells seems to have been intended simply as a “sleighing song”. Music historian James Fuld notes that “the word jingle in the title and opening phrase is apparently a imperative verb”. In the winter in New England in pre-automobile days, it was common to adorn horses’ harnesses with straps bearing bells as a way to avoid collisions at blind intersections, since a horse-drawn sleigh in snow makes almost no noise. The rhythm of the tune mimics that of a trotting horse’s bells. However, “jingle bells” is commonly taken to mean a “certain kind of bell”.
- Program Note from Cockrill Middle School Honors Band concert program, 14 December 2016
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Louisville (Ky.) Concert Band (Frederick Speck, conductor) - 21 December 2023 (2023 Midwest Clinic)
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jeffrey Spinner, conductor) - 11 December 2022
- Angelo State University (San Angelo, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Alvis, conductor) – 6 December 2019
- Dallas (Tex.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 19 December 2017
- Baldwin-Wallace College Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Berea, Ohio) (Dwight Oltman, conductor) – 7 December 1975
Works for Winds by This Composer
- A Dashing Gallop (arr. Roszell) (2023)
- Holiday Treat (arr. Lopez) (1857/2002)
- Jingle Bells (arr. Dawson) (1857/1992)
- Jingle Bells (arr. Morton Gould) (1857/1952)
- Jingle Bells Fantasy (arr. Szépläki) (1857/2013)
- Jingle Bells Fantasy (arr. Wasson) (1857/1999)
- Jingle Bells Fantasy, A (arr. Swearingen) (1857/2010)
- Jingle Bells in Dixie (arr. Ployhar) (1857/1989)
- Jingle Bells - Jolly Old St Nick (arr. Bocook) (1857/2002)
- Jingle Bells March
- Jingle Bells Rhapsody (arr. Walters) (1857/1957)
- Jingle Bells! Samba Bells! (arr. Owens) (2014)
- Jingle Bells Swing (arr. Lortz) (2021)
- Jingle Them Bells (arr. Giroux) (2011)
- Jungle Jive (arr. Hodges) (2014)
- Laughing All the Way (arr. MacTaggart) (1857/2009)
- A New "Twist" to Jingle Bells (arr. Adams) (1857/1978)
- Swingin' Jungle
Resources
- Jingle Bells, Wikipedia Accessed 24 December 2015