Please DONATE to help with maintenance and upkeep of the Wind Repertory Project!

St Louis Blues March (arr Gray)

From Wind Repertory Project
Jump to navigation Jump to search
W.C. Handy

W C Handy (arr. Gray; adapt. Burgett)


General Info

Year: 1913 / 1948
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Handy Bros.
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.


Instrumentation

Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Drums, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Orchestra Bells
  • Snare Drum


Errata

In Score:

  • 2 m. after C, beat 3&: F sharp (top note in chord) should read F natural
  • 3 m. after C, beat 4& (bass note): G should read A natural
  • 2 m. before E, beat 4: quarter note chord (C, F#, A, D) should read eighth note


In Parts:

  • C Flute and Piccolo. 3 & 4 m. before reh. E: These measures differ from the D-flat Piccolo part.
  • C Flute and Piccolo. 2 m. after reh. E, beat 3: 2nd note of triplet F should read E.
  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I, 4–3 m. before reh. E: Move the barline closer to the E-flat in 3 before E for ease in reading.
  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I, 8 m. after reh. E, beat 1: G-sharp should read A natural.
  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet II, 6 m. after reh. B, beat 3: Eighth note (G natural) should read quarter note.
  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet II, 6 m. after reh. B, beat 4: Sixteenth note (E natural) should read dotted eighth (F sharp)—sixteenth (E sharp). [same as 2 m. after reh. B, beat 3 & 4]
  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet IV, 6 & 7 m. after reh. G: G should read A.


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.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


During and after World War II, the Glenn Miller-style orchestras and military bands took the Saint Louis Blues March to Europe and almost revolutionized military band music.

- Program Note from March Music Notes


Media

(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Berklee College of Music (Boston, Mass.) Symphonic Winds (Dominick J. Ferrara, conductor) - 9 May 2023
  • Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 7 December 2022
  • Callanwolde Concert Band (Decatur, Ga.) (Kurt Wackerly, conductor) – 4 July 2018
  • Virginia (Alexandria) Grand Military Band (Loras John Schissel, conductor) – 16 September 2017
  • New Horizons Band of Sonoma County (Healdsburg, Calif.) (Lew Sbrana, conductor) - 9 May 2015
  • Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 29 March 2015
  • Gold Coast Wind Ensemble (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (Clifton H. Dawley, conductor) - 17 January 2015
  • University City (Mo.) Summer Band (Bette Welch, conductor - 2013
  • Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 3 March 2013


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources

Retrieved from "https://www.windrep.org/index.php?title=St_Louis_Blues_March_(arr_Gray)&oldid=416865"