New York: 1927

Warren Barker

General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Crash Cymbals
Drum Set
Hi-Hat
Police Whistle
Suspended Cymbal
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

In Score and Parts:

Mallet Percussion, Xylophone, m. 124: B-flat printed on beat 1 should be a C

Program Notes

It's ragtime, flappers, speakeasies and more in this delightful showcase. Original music written in the style of New York in the Gershwin era, Warren's imaginative piece is complete with taxi horns, police whistles and other sounds right off the streets of New York.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor) – 2000

Media

Audio: Reference recording. The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Downriver Community Band (Detroit, Mich.) (Patrick Jensen, conductor) – 23 April 2019 (ACB 2019 Annual Convention (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.))
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (Shaun Salem, conductor) – 10 February 2019
NorthWood High School (Nappanee, Ind.) Wind Ensemble – 19 May 2017

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. (2000). New York: 1927 [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa
Perusal score