Long and Winding Road, The

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Svarda)

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General Info

Year: 1966
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Northern Songs, Ltd.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion area.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Drums

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Long and Winding Road is a ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) from the Beatles' album Let It Be. It became the group's 20th and last number-one song in the United States in June 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet.

While the released version of the song was very successful, the post-production modifications by producer Phil Spector angered McCartney to the point that when he made his case in court for breaking up the Beatles as a legal entity, he cited the treatment of The Long and Winding Road as one of six reasons for doing so. New versions of the song with simpler instrumentation were subsequently released by both the Beatles and McCartney.

McCartney originally wrote the song at his farm in Scotland, and was inspired by the growing tension among the Beatles. McCartney said later "I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song, imagining it was going to be done by someone like Ray Charles. I have always found inspiration in the calm beauty of Scotland and again it proved the place where I found inspiration."

In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked The Long and Winding Road number 90 on their list of 100 greatest Beatles songs of all time.

- Program Note by Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Keith Waibel, conductor) – 23 August 2016
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 7 July 2015

Works for Winds by these Composers

Lennon:

Adaptable Music

Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)

All Wind Works

Abbey Road (with McCartney; arr. Hearshen) (1969/2009)
All You Need Is Love (with McCartney; arr. Cable and Dedrick) (1998)
And I Love Her (with McCartney)
The Beatles: Echos of an Era (with McCartney; arr. Higgins) (1982)
The Beatles: Love (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (2008)
Beatles Collection (with McCartney; arr. de Meij) (1982)
Best of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003)
Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Berg) (1968)
Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
Can't Buy Me Love (with McCartney; arr. Murtha) (1964/2017)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun (with McCartney; arr. Westover)
A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (1968/1992)
Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (with McCartney)
Imagine (arr. Hoshide) (1971/2004)
Imagine (arr. Saucedo) (1971/2002)
Let It Be Medley (with McCartney; arr. Balent) (1970)
The Long and Winding Road (with McCartney; arr. Svarda) (1966)
Martha My Dear (with McCartney; arr. Hammell) (1968/2016/2021)
Michelle (with McCartney; arr. Wilkinson) (1965/1966)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Holmes) (1968)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
Penny Lane (with McCartney; arr. Maxwell) (1967/2012)
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Story) (2010)
Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1964/1999)
Sergeant Pepper Medley (with McCartney; arr. Avshalomov) (1967/1971)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Edmondson) (1967/1978)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1967/2007)
Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (with McCartney; arr Brown) (2020)
The Symphonic Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Cacavas) (1992)
When I'm 64 (with McCartney)
Yellow Submarine (with McCartney)
Yesterday (with McCartney). See also: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"

McCartney: