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La Belle Americana
General Info
Year: 1986
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $10.00
For other availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba/String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Chimes
- Siren
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
- B-flat Trumpet, I, m.4: 3/4 meter should read 4/4 meter.
- Percussion II: Add "2 temple blocks" to instrument list.
- Percussion II, m.61: Add "3/4" meter signature.
- Mallets, m.110, beat 1&: Add eighth rest.
- Mallets, m.110, beat 3: delete half rest.
Program Notes
This medley of American folk songs celebrating girlfriends includes Buffalo Gals; I Dream of Jeannie; L'il Liza Jane; Oh, Susanna; Sweet Betsy from Pike; and Nelly Bly.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Budd, conductor) – 8 November 2015
- Pikes Peak New Horizons Gold Concert Band (Bill Callen, conductor) – 14 April 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)
All Wind Works
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (1999)
- Blue Moon (as arranger)
- Brazilliance! (1981)
- Bricusse and Newley on Broadway (as arranger)
- Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture (as arranger) (1983)
- But Not for Me (as arranger) (1930/1995/2006)
- By the River's Bend (1993)
- Capital Square March (1997)
- Capriccio (Barker) (1988)
- A Christmas Serenade (as arranger) (1995)
- A Chorus Line" Spectacular! (as arranger)
- Cole Porter on Broadway (as arranger)
- Concertino for Clarinet and Band (2000)
- Danny Boy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1991/2010)
- Deir in De (1990)
- Do You Hear What I Hear? (as arranger) (1962/)
- Embraceable You (as arranger)
- Fanfare Variations (1986)
- Fantasia for Winds and Percussion (1992)
- Foggy River Blues (1988)
- From Sea to Shining Sea (as arranger) (2001)
- A Galop to End All Galops (1977)
- Gershwin! (as arranger) (1997)
- Hollywood! (as arranger)
- Hooray for Hollywood (as arranger) (2001)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (as arranger) (1927/2000)
- I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day (as arranger) (1995)
- In the Miller Mood (as arranger) (1997)
- Inverrary (1983)
- Ireland (as arranger) (1997)
- An Irish Air for Winds
- An Irish Interlude (1986)
- An Irving Berlin Christmas (as arranger)
- It's Christmas! (1989/2011)
- Jerome Robbins Broadway (as arranger)
- La Belle Americana (1986)
- The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber (as arranger)
- Magic of Disney (as arranger)
- Midnight in Bethlehem (1998)
- New York: 1927 (2000)
- Overture A La Russe (1989)
- Patriotic Pageantry (as arranger) (1983)
- Ramsgate March (1978)
- 'S Wonderful (as arranger) (1919/1996)
- Salute to Bob Hope (as arranger) (1980)
- Scherzo for Saxophone Quartet (1954/1982)
- Selections from "Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1987)
- Silverado (as arranger) (1985/1987)
- Sousa! (as arranger)
- Strike Up the Band (as arranger) (1927/1981)
- Swing's the Thing (as arranger) (1999)
- That's Entertainment (as arranger)
- Themes Like Old Times (as arranger) (1991)
- Themes Like Old Times II (as arranger)
- Themes Like Old Times III (as arranger)
- Transformations (1985)
- Victory Spirit March (2000)
- Witch's Dance (2001)
Resources
- Barker, W. (1986). La Belle Americana [score]. Wingert-Jones Music: Kansas City, Mo.