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Salute to Bob Hope
Medley arranged by Warren Barker
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General Info
Year: 1980
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (4 players), including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Gong, large
- Orchestra Bells
- Siren Whistle
- Slapstick
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Block
- Tom Toms (2)
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The memorable songs of one of America's foremost showmen have been combined into a delightful symphonic medley by Warren Barker. This entertaining tribute includes Road to Morocco, Two Sleepy People, Buttons and Bows, Moonlight Becomes You, and, of course, Thanks for the Memory.
- Program Note from publisher
Leslie Townes Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), known professionally as Bob Hope, was a British-born American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Middlesex Concert Band (Wakefield, Mass.) (Mark E. Olson, conductor) – 2 June 2019
- Cottonwood (Az.) Community Band (Sy Brandon, conductor) - 20 May 2018
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.; Hope, B. (1980). Salute to Bob Hope [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 22. Print.
- Bob Hope, Wikipedia Accessed 29 May 2019