Trumpeter's Lullaby, A

Leroy Anderson

General Info

Year: 1950 / 1978
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00

For additional availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written at the request of Roger Voisin, then principal trumpet of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He asked for a trumpet work that wasn't the usual loud trumpet piece.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio: Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
Audio CD: Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band - 2013

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Strongville (Ohio) Community Band (Ken Mahelko, conductor; Jack Brndiar, trumpet) - 12 August 2022
Tri-Cities Community Band (Petersburg, Va.) (Iris Schwartz, conductor; Bob Weaver, trumpet) – 26 January 2020
Los Alamos (N.M.) Community Winds (Ted Vives, conductor) – 19 October 2019
Liverpool (N.Y.) High School Band (Joseph L. Filio, Jr., conductor) – 30 April 2019
Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina) Wind Ensemble (Carl Rowles, conductor; Michael Sinicropi, trumpet) – 27 March 2019
Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau) Wind Symphony (Martin Reynolds, conductor; Kevin Tague, trumpet) – 19 October 2018
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Symphony Symphonic Winds (Miriam Grisso, conductor; Susanna Sun, trumpet) - 16 May 2018
Iowa State University (Ames) Wind Ensemble (Michael Golemo, conductor) - 9 May 2018 (London)
Stonewall Brigade Band (Staunton, Va.) (Jamie Taylor, conductor) – 11 December 2017
Ithaca (N.Y.) College Campus Band (Brian Diller, conductor; Stephen Ryan, trumpet) – 22 April 2017
Port Charlotte (Fla.) High School Band – 2016
Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (Glen D’Eon, conductor; Daniel Farina, trumpet) - 10 April 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)

All Wind Works

Belle of the Ball (1951)
Blue Tango (1951)
Blue Tango (arr. Ployhar) (1951/1980)
The Bluebells of Scotland (1954/1962)
Bugler's Holiday (arr. Edwards) (1954)
The Captains and Kings (1962)
China Doll (1951/1953)
A Christmas Festival (1950)
A Christmas Festival (arr. Smith) (1950/2007)
Clarinet Candy (1962)
Concerto in C for Piano and Symphonic Wind Orchestra (arr. Murschinski) (1953/2008)
Fiddle-Faddle (arr. Lang) (1947)
Forgotten Dreams (1954)
The Girl I Left Behind Me. See: Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me
The Girl in Satin (1953)
The Golden Years (1962)
Home Stretch (1962)
Horse and Buggy (1951)
Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me (1949)
Irish Suite: The Irish Washerwoman (1947)
Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer (arr. Wagner) (1950/2010)
Irish Suite: The Minstrel Boy (as arranger) (1947/1952/2009)
Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow (1947)
Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green (arr. Wagner) (1947/2009)
Jazz Pizzicato (arr. Lang) (1938)
The Last Rose of Summer. See: Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer
A Leroy Anderson Portrait (arr. Barnes) (1982/2006)
Lullaby of the Drums (1970)
March of the Two Left Feet (orch. Boyd) (1969/2008)
The Penny Whistle Song (1951)
The Phantom Regiment (1951)
Pirate Dance (1962)
Promenade (arr. Lang) (1945/1948)
Promenade (arr. Wagner) (1945/2017)
Pyramid Dance (1960)
The Rakes of Mallow. See: Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow
Sandpaper Ballet (1954)
Selections from Leroy Anderson's "Irish Suite" (arr. Wagner) (1947/2011)
Serenata (1947)
Sleigh Ride (1948)
Sleigh Ride (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Fernie) (1948/2010)
Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
Sleigh Ride (arr. Mellema) (1948/)
Sleigh Ride (arr. Ployhar) (1948/1980)
Sleigh Ride (arr. Schwalgin) (1948/)
Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)
Sleigh Ride (arr. Warner) (1948/2006)
Sleigh Ride (ed. Woodfield) (1948/)
Song of Jupiter (as arranger) (1952)
Song of the Bells (1953)
Suite of Carols for Brass (1955)
Suite of Carols for Woodwinds (1955)
Summer Skies (1953)
The Syncopated Clock (1945)
The Syncopated Clock (arr. Lang) (1946/1948)
The Syncopated Clock (arr. Schubert) (1946/1997)
Ticonderoga March (ed. Boyd) (1939)
A Trumpeter's Lullaby (arr. Lang) (1950/1978)
The Typewriter (arr. Heide) (1950/)
The Typewriter (arr. Werle) (1950)
The Waltzing Cat (arr. Lang) (1950)
The Wearing of the Green. See: Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green

Resources

Anderson, L. Lang, P. (1978). A Trumpeter's Lullaby [score]. Belwin: [CA].
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Leroy Anderson." Accessed 11 April 2017
Leroy Anderson website Accessed 14 May 2021
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