My Way
Jacques Revaux (arr. Naohiro Iwai)
General Info
Year: 1967 / 2001
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Pop song
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €112.00 | Score Only (print) - €14.00
Instrumentation
- Condensed Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- 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-IV
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III-IV
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Electric Bass Guitar
- Electric Guitar
- Timpani
- Percussion, including:
- *Drum Set
- *Glockenspiel
- *Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Comme d'habitude (As usual) is a French song about routine in a relationship falling out of love, composed in 1967 by Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibaut.
Paul Anka, after hearing the song while listening to French radio in 1969, bought the song's publication and adaptation rights, but the original songwriters retained the music-composition half of their songwriter royalties. Anka wrote English lyrics specifically for Frank Sinatra, who then recorded a cross-Atlantic version of it in 1969 under the title My Way. My Way has since been covered by many artists.
The lyrics of My Way are similar to those of Comme d'habitude in terms of structure and metre, but the meaning is completely different. The French song is about routine in a relationship that is falling out of love, while the English language version is set at the end of a lifetime, approaching death, and looking back without regret -- expressing feelings that are more related to Edith Piaf's song Non, je ne regrette rien.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Naniwa Orchestral Winds (Akio Marutani, conductor) – 2015
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (Malaysia) (Aaron Chin, conductor) - 12 December 2020
- Banda de Música d'Ulldecona (Montsià, Spain) – 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Je Vais l’Amour (arr. Kadlec)
- Les lacs du Connemara (arr. Hautvast) (1992)
- La Maladie d’Amour (arr. Chesaux) (2010)
- My Way (arr. Iwai) (1967/2001)
- My Way (arr. Peeters) (1967/1995)
- My Way (arr. Smith) (1967/)
- Vladimir Ilich (arr. Chesaux) (2010)
Resources
- Comme d'habitude, Wikipedia Accessed 26 December 2020
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Claude François." Accessed 26 December 2020
- Perusal score (in Attachments)