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St Louis Blues (flex) (arr Booker)
W C Handy (arr. Charles Booker)
General Info
Year: 1914/ 2020
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Jazz
Publisher: BandT Publications, through Print Music Source
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $16.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part A
- Piccolo
- Flute
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part B
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
- Violin
Part C
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Cello
Part D
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Cello
Part E
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Electric Bass
- Cello
Part F
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Saint Louis Blues is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, and the Boston Pops Orchestra are among the artists who have recorded it. The song has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet."
Handy said he had been inspired by a chance meeting with a woman on the streets of St. Louis distraught over her husband's absence, who lamented, "Ma man's got a heart like a rock cast in de sea", a key line of the song. Handy's autobiography recounts his hearing the tune in St. Louis in 1892: "It had numerous one-line verses and they would sing it all night."
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- St. Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Booker) (1914/2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Beale Street Blues (arr. Henderson; adapt. Marshall) (1916/1992)
- Hail to the Spirit of Freedom
- The Hesitating Blues (arr. Still) (1916)
- Loveless Love (1921)
- Memphis Blues
- St Louis Blues (arr. Henderson) (1914/2003)
- St. Louis Blues March (arr. Gray) (1914/1948)
- St. Louis Blues (arr. Booker) (1914/2017)
- St. Louis Blues (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Booker) (1914/2017/2020)
- Yellow Dog Blues (arr. Clark) (1919)
Resources
- Charles Booker Jr. website Accessed 21 December 2020
- Perusal score
- Saint Louis Blues (song), Wikipedia Accessed 19 August 2018