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Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder (arr. Naohiro Iwai)
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General Info
Year: 1975 / 2000
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – €98.99
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sir Duke is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts.
The song was written in tribute to Duke Ellington, the influential jazz legend who had died in 1974. The lyrics also refer to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Leeds (England) Concert Band (Connor Marston, conductor) – 13 May 2017
- Band of the West Midlands Fire Service (England) (Patrick Ryan, conductor) – 12 February 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Superstition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1972/2009)
All Wind Works
- I Just Called to Say I Love You
- Rock and Pop Legends: Stevie Wonder (arr. Wasson) (1999)
- Send One Your Love
- Sir Duke (arr. Iwai) (1975/2000)
- Songs in the Key of Stevie (arr. Milburn and Hernandez)
- Stevie Wonder in Concert (arr. Murtha)
- Stevie Wonder Medley
- Superstition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1972/2009)
- You are the Sunshine of My Life
Resources
- Perusal score
- Sir Duke, Wikipedia – Accessed 13 May 2017
- Wonder, S.; Iwai, N. (2006). Sir Duke [score]. De Haske: Heerenveen, Netherlands.