Stars and Stripes for Christmas

John Philip Sousa

Robert E. Foster

General Info

Year: 1896 / 2003
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Jingle Bells; Hallelujah Chorus; We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Angels We Have Heard On High are intertwined with The Stars And Stripes Forever in such an ingenious way, even John Philip Sousa himself would have enjoyed this.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Washington Winds (Ed Petersen, conductor)

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Stonewall Brigade Band (Staunton, Va.) (Bob Moody, conductor) – 11 December 2017
Tulsa (Okla.) Community Band (Ted Bachmann, conductor) – 11 December 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

136th U.S.A. Field Artillery (as editor) (1918/2012)
Agüero (as editor) (1925/1999)
An American Hymn (1991)
American Variants
Americanarama (2005)
Americans We (as editor) (1929/2011)
Ancient Irish Hymn (1996)
Arcadian Jubilee (1992)
Ave Verum (as arranger) (1791/2005)
Bach's Toccata and Minuet (as arranger) (2005)
Beethoven for Band (as arranger) (2000)
Benediction Chorale (1994)
The Big Circus March (1998)
The Black Mask (as editor) (1914/2015)
Bonnie Annie Laurie (as arranger) (1883/2014)
Bonnie Doon (as arranger)
Boom Boom Pop
Botany Bay (as arranger) (1995)
Bravo! (2003)
Broadway Salute (as arranger) (1972)
Brontosaurus Rock (2010)
Bugle Boy March
Capriccio (as arranger) (1765/1994)
Cascades (2007)
Cedar Crest Overture (1985)
Celebrate America
Celebration for a New Era (1997)
Ceremony and Celebration (1987)
Christmas Concert Finale (2008)
The Circus Bee (as arranger) (1935/2003)
Creepy Classics for Band (as arranger) (2009)
The Crosley March (as arranger)
Dance of the Comedians (as arranger) (/1994)
El Gato Salvaje (2005)
Elegy for Selena (1996)
Emmanuel Variants (1989)
Esprit de Corps (as editor) (1878/2011)
Esprit March (1986)
Fantasia on a Hymn by Praetorius (1984)
Fantasy on a Welsh Folksong (198-)
The Footlifter March (as arranger) (1935/2003)
Fun Time Blues March (1996)
The Gladiator March (as editor) (1997)
Goin' Home (as arranger) (2005)
Golden Friendships (as editor)
Good Time Chromatic Blues (2001)
Grandioso March (as editor) (2013)
The Great American March
Greensleeves Variants (2007)
Hallelujah Chorus (as arranger) (1741/1995)
Halloween Waltz in Five (2002)
Heroic March
The High School Cadets (as arranger) (2005)
Highland Overture (2004)
His Honor March (as arranger)
I Heard the Bells (2007)
If You're Happy (as arranger) (2003)
Irish Fantasy (1999)
A Joyous Holiday
Kinder Legende (as arranger) (1848/2005)
The Klaxon (as arranger) (1930/2014)
La Tregenda (as editor) (1883/1996)
Lafourche Paris Overture (1997)
Lassus Trombone (as editor)
Latin Magic
Lawrence Sesquicentennial March (2004)
Light Cavalry Overture (as editor) (2020)
Lightning Fingers (as arranger) (1930/2012)
March of the Scots Guards (1990)
Masterpiece Fanfare (as arranger) (1992)
Miami (as editor)
Men of Ohio (as arranger) (1921/2009)
Military March (as arranger) (1816/1997)
Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (as editor) (1844/2002)
Music for the King's Feast (as arranger)
National Emblem March (as arranger) (2014)
Noble Men (as editor) (2001)
North-South College All Stars March (as editor)
Olympic Dreams (2007)
The Orange Bowl (as editor) (1939/2004)
Our Own Red, White and Blue (as editor) (1917/2015)
Overbrook (1984)
Pachelbel Canon (as arranger) (1993)
Parade of the Unicorns (1990)
Peace Variations (1991)
Pet of the Petticoats March (as arranger) (2010)
Pomp and Circumstance (as arranger) (1896/1998)
Predator (2011)
The President's March (as arranger)
Resumption March (as arranger) (1879/2013)
A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces (as editor) (1942/2013)
Rhapsody on Spanish Carols (as arranger) (2001)
Rolling Thunder March (as arranger) (2014)
The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas (as arranger)
Royal Air Force March Past (as editor) (1998)
Salute to Kansas (as arranger with Corrie) (1930/1990)
See Jack Slide! (2002)
Shenandoah (2012)
Singapura Medley - Part 1 (as arranger) (2001)
Singapura Medley - Part 2 (as arranger) (2001)
Slavic Folk Dances (2000)
Slipping, Sliding and Trilling
Sounds of America
A Sousa Portrait (as arranger) (2004)
Squeaky Shoe Strut (2009)
Stars and Stripes for Christmas (2003)
A Sussex Carol (as arranger)
Teddy Trombone (as arranger)
Tenth Regiment March (as editor) (1895/200-)
Tradition of Excellence (1992)
The Triton (as arranger) (1879/1892/2009)
The U.S. of A. Armed Forces (as editor). See: A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces
The Vanguard March (2000)
Valley Brook (1987)
Variations on a Chinese Folksong
Variations on a Legend (1986)
The Volunteers (as editor) (1918/2008)
The Walking Frog (as arranger) (1919/1993)
Warriors of Sparta (2008)
What's on the Housetop? (2010)
With Joy Our Song Shall Soar (
With Pleasure (as editor) (1912/2006)
Wolverine March (as editor) (2012)

Resources

Sousa, J.; Foster, R. (2003). Stars and Stripes for Christmas : (Jingle Bells, Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah", We wish you a merry Christmas, Angels we have heard on high) [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.