Suite from "West Side Story"

Leonard Bernstein

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General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c.
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Suite from ‘West Side Story’ is an arrangement for solo alto saxophone of Bernstein’s most popular work. Characterized as an American Romeo and Juliet, it is noted for its extraordinary dance sequences, melodic characterizations, musical continuity, cohesive plot construction, and excellent orchestration. This arrangement was written at the request of Dale Underwood and Colonel Arnald Gabriel and the United States Air Force Band. Michael Davis shares the following about this new arrangement:

"To say that I was both humbled and honored when Colonel Gabriel and Dale Underwood asked me to create a new West Side Story medley for them would be quite an understatement. After all, we’re talking about one of the world’s most respected conductors teaming up with one of the world’s preeminent saxophone soloists. Fortunately, though, I had the brilliance of Leonard Bernstein on my side. Working from his original Broadway score, I decided early on to preserve as much of the orchestration and “feel” of the music as possible. I added a few new twists here and there, but I’m happy to report that this new work is less about me and more about the soloist, the conductor, the band, and -- most of all — this wonderful music."

-Program note by Rich Paluch for the Wheaton Municipal Band concert program, 22 December 2012

Media

Audio CD: Wheaton Municipal Band (Col. (Ret.) Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor; Dale Underwood, Alto Saxophone)

State Ratings

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Performances

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Wheaton (Ill.) Municipal Band (Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor; Dale Underwood, alto saxophone) – 22 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Cool (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1957/2018)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2015)

All Wind Works

Almighty Father (arr. Hunsberger) (1971/1974)
America (arr. Vinson) (1963/2018)
America from "West Side Story" (arr. Brown)
A Bernstein Tribute (adapt. Grundman) (1991)
Candide Suite (arr. Grundman) (1956/1993)
Cool (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1957/2018)
Dance Suite (1990)
Danzón (arr. Bocook) (1944/1990)
Danzón (arr. Krance) (1944)
Divertimento (arr. Grundman) (1980/1984)
- BSO Forever, The
Fanfare for the 25th Anniversary of the High School of the Arts (orch. Ramin)
Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (orch. Ramin) (1961/1995)
Fanfare from "Dance Suite"
Four Dances from "West Side Story" (tr. Polster) (1957/1980)
Gee, Officer Krupke (arr. Murtha) (1957/2015)
Glitter and Be Gay (arr. Frenkel) (1956/)
Glitter and be Gay from "Candide" (tr. Davis)
Highlights from "West Side Story" (arr. Ingram) (1963)
I Hate Music! (arr. Nowlin) (1943/)
Make Our Garden Grow (arr. Kreines) (1956/2017)
Make Our Garden Grow (arr. John Gibson) (1956/)
Mambo from "West Side Story" (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2013?)
Maria (arr. Murtha) (1957/2003)
Maria from "West Side Story" (arr. McCoy) (1957)
Meditation No. 2 (arr. Hunsberger) (1971/1973)
A Musical Toast (tr. Grundman) (1982)
Overture to "Candide" (trans. Beeler)
Overture to "Candide" (tr. Grundman) (1955/1986)
Overture to "Candide" (arr. Howell) (1955/2020)
Overture to "Candide" (tr. Hunsberger) (1955/)
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1974/1991)
Presto Barbaro from "On the Waterfront" (arr. Erickson)
Prologue from "West Side Story" (arr. Gilmore) (1962)
Selections from "Wonderful Town" (arr. Saurer) (1953)
Shivaree (1970)
A Simple Song (arr. Sweeney) (1971/2010)
Slava! (tr. Grundman) (1977)
Slava! (arr. Linden) (1977/2011)
Slava! (tr. Longfield) (1977/)
Somewhere (arr. Brown) (1957/2012)
Somewhere from "West Side Story" (arr. Bocook)
Suite from "MASS" (arr. Sweeney) (1971/2009 )
Suite from "On the Town" (arr. Higgins) (1944)
Suite from "West Side Story" (arr. Davis)
Symphonic Dance Music from "West Side Story" (arr. Polster) (1980)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (arr. Leon) (1967/2007)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (tr. Lavender) (1967/2008)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (arr. Bocook) (1954/2011)
Symphony No. 1 (tr. Bencriscutto) (1942/1952)
- Profanation from "Symphony No. 1"
- Lamentation from "Symphony No. 1"
Symphony No. 1 (tr. Lebrias) (1942/2023)
Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town" (arr. Lavender) (1944/2016)
Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town" (tr. Stith) (1944/1972)
West Side Story: Highlights (tr. Ingram)
West Side Story: Medley (arr. Bocook) (1957/1991)
West Side Story: Selection (arr. Duthoit) (1957/1959)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1957/2015)
West Side Story (arr. Norris)
A White House Cantata (tr. Nowlin) (1997/)
Wrong Note Rag (arr. Ricketts) (1953/2005)

Resources

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