Symphonic Highlights from "The King and I"
Richard Rodgers (arr. Stephen Bulla)
General Info
Year: 1951 / 2016
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00; (digital) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Chinese Drum (3)
- Crash Cymbal
- Drum Set
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Small Gong
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
- Woodblock
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Opening on Broadway in 1951, few musicals can boast as many lasting and memorable songs as this Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece. Drawing on the classic orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, here is a fabulous medley for the symphonic stage that includes: Something Wonderful; I Whistle a Happy Tune; I Have Dreamed; The March of the Siamese Children; Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance?
- Program Note from publisher
The King and I is a musical, the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical premiered on March 29, 1951, at Broadway's St. James Theatre. It ran nearly three years, then the fourth longest-running Broadway musical in history, and has had many tours and revivals.
The musical's plot relates the experiences of Anna, a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the piece, as well as by a love that neither can admit.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Oakland (Calif.) Municipal Band (Troy Davis, conductor) - 24 July 2022
- Oakhurst (Calif.) Community Concert Band (Mike Corrigan, conductor) – 13 April 2018
- Lodi (Calif.) Community Band (Art Holton, conductor) – 10 June 2017
- Allegheny College (Penn.) Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Timothy Foley, conductor) – 1 July 2016
- Phoenix (N.Y.) Community Band (John Thompson, conductor) – 16 May 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)
All Wind Works
- Bali Hai (arr. Yoder) (1949/1953)
- Blue Moon (arr. Barker) (1937/1962)
- Carousel: Highlights (arr. Yoder) (1945/1964)
- Carousel: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1945/1948)
- Carousel Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1945/1957)
- Cinderella Waltz (arr. Bennett) (1958)
- Circus on Parade, The (arr. Warrington) (1935)
- Do-Re-Mi (arr. Hoshide) (1959/1991)
- Flower Drum Song (arr. Lang) (1958/1959)
- Golden Age of Broadway, The (arr. Moss) (2009)
- Guadalcanal March (arr. Bennett) (1952/1978)
- Guadalcanal March (arr. Curnow) (1952/1989)
- Guadalcanal March (arr. Leidzen) (1952)
- If I Loved You from "Carousel"(arr. Werle) (1945/)
- It's a Grand Night for Singing (arr. Brown) (1945)
- Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Moss) (1943/1994)
- Highlights from "Oklahoma!" (arr. Yoder) (1943/1954)
- Highlights from "South Pacific" (arr. Lang) (1949/1958)
- Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Herfurth) (1951/1957)
- Highlights from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Cable) (1959)
- King and I, The, Selections (tr. Bennett) (1951)
- Lady is a Tramp (arr. Hastreiter)
- Manhattan (arr. Morrissey) (1925/1953/1959)
- March of the Siamese Children (arr. Bennett) (1951)
- My Favorite Things (arr. Jennings) (1959/1992)
- My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Buckley) (1959/2014)
- Oklahoma! (arr. Bennett, adapt. Rodgers) (1943/1997)
- Oklahoma!: Selections (arr. Leidzen) (1943)
- Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr. Huff)
- Richard Rodgers in Concert (arr Lowden)
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" (arr. Edmondson) (1943/1982)
- Salute to Richard Rodgers (arr. Ricketts)
- Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Bennett) (1945)
- Selections from "Carousel" (arr. Custer) (1945/1995)
- Selections from "The Sound of Music" (arr. Christensen) (1959/1989)
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Lang) (1936/1954)
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue (arr. Moss)
- The Sound of Music -- Selections (arr. Bennett) (1959/1960)
- The Sound of Music Medley (arr. Iwai)
- South Pacific -- Highlights
- South Pacific: Selection (tr. Leidzen) (1949)
- South Pacific Symphonic Scenario (arr. Bennett; adapt. Rogers) (1949/1999)
- Symphonic Highlights from "The King and I" (arr. Bulla) (1951/2016)
- Themes from "Victory at Sea" (arr. Maltby) (1953/1975)
- Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (arr. Custer)
- Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario (tr. Bennett) (1954/1955)
- Victory at Sea (arr Moss)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Rhea) (1945/2018)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Walden and VanDoren) (1945/2017)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Richard Rodgers." Accessed 18 May 2016
- The King and I, Wikipedia Accessed 15 May 2016