Night Before Christmas, The

From Wind Repertory Project
Randol Alan Bass

Randol Alan Bass


General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 6:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $78.00; (digital) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

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

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Chimes
  • Claves
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Crotales
  • Finger Cymbals
  • Marimba
  • Sleigh Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Wind Chimes
  • Xylophone

Narrator


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas and  'Twas the Night Before Christmas from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823, and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who acknowledged authorship in 1837.

The poem, which has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American", is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today, and has had a massive impact on the history of Christmas gift-giving. Before the poem gained wide popularity, American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors had varied considerably. A Visit from St. Nicholas eventually would be set to music and has been recorded by many artists.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Piedmont Wind Symphony (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Mark A. Norman, conductor; Wanda Starks, narrator) - 5 December 2023
  • Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Shiree X. Williams, conductor; Carl Johnson, narrator) - 21 December 2022
  • New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Symphonic Winds (William Drury, conductor; Christopher McGann, narrator) - 12 December 2022
  • North Forney High School (Forney, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Jim Gist, conductor) - 8 December 2022
  • Wild Rivers Wind Ensemble (Crescent City, Calif.) (Daniel Sedgwick, conductor) - 4 December 2022
  • University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Wind Ensemble (Darrin Schreiner Thiriot, conductor) - 28 November 2022
  • Central Iowa Wind Ensemble (Des Moines) (Mark Doerffel, conductor) - 12 December 2021
  • Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Shawn Smith, conductor) - 9 December 2021
  • Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Brian Youngblood, conductor; Sam Bogart, narrator) - 3 December 2020
  • New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Charles Taylor, conductor; Norman Robinson, narrator) – 15 December 2019
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Paul, conductor; Joseph Baunoch, narrator) – 7 December 2019
  • North Jersey (Fair Lawn) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor; Mark Uhlemann, narrator) – 6 December 2019
  • Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Dedham, Mass.) (Matthew Marsit, conductor; Eiji Miura, narrator) – 7 December 2019
  • Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 17 December 2018
  • West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor; E. Gordon Gee, narrator) – 3 December 2018
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Stephen Piazza, conductor) – 2 December 2018
  • Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy, Tx.) (Bob Bryant, conductor) – 10 December 2017
  • Dallas (Tex.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 20 December 2016
  • Orange County Wind Symphony (Anaheim, Calif.) (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor) – 4 December 2016
  • City of Fairfax (Va.) Band (Robert Pouliot, conductor) – 19 December 2015
  • Festival Wind Orchestra (Toronto, Ont.) (Keith Reid, conductor; Matthew Mason, narrator) – 10 December 2011


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