When the Saints Go Marching In

Naohiro Iwai

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Gospel song
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €116.00 | Score Only (print) - €25.00

Instrumentation

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

Bongos
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A classic song that has become a firm favourite with many generations of ‘Trad Jazz’ performers, When the Saints is as popular as the jazz scene itself. Here you have a phenomenal arrangement in the ‘New Sounds for Concert Band’ series that gives musicians a chance to play ‘dixie-style’.

- Program Note from publisher

When the Saints Go Marching In, often referred to as The Saints, is a Black spiritual. Though it originated as a Christian hymn, it is often played by jazz bands. This song was famously recorded on May 13, 1938, by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra.

The origins of this song are unclear. It apparently evolved in the early 1900s from a number of similarly titled gospel songs, including When the Saints Are Marching In (1896) and When the Saints March In for Crowning (1908). The first known recorded version was in 1923 by the Paramount Jubilee Singers on Paramount 12073. No author is shown on the label.

The earliest versions were slow and stately, but as time passed the recordings became more rhythmic, including a distinctly up-tempo version by the Sanctified Singers on British Parlophone in 1931. The tune is particularly associated with the city of New Orleans. A jazz standard, it has been recorded by a great many jazz and pop artists.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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West Virginia University (Morgantown) Symphonic Band (Jay Drury, conductor) – 27 February 2020
Sharon (Mass.) Concert Band (Stephen Bell, conductor)– 8 June 2019
Pacific Symphonic Winds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) (Justin Raines, conductor) – 15 May 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Dreams of Tomorrow Overture for Rebuilding (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (2013)

All Wind Works

76 Trombones (as arranger) (1957/1992)
African Symphony (as arranger) (1974/1977/1992)
Beyond the Far Horizon (1974)
American Beauties (1994/2006)
American Graphity. See: American Beauties
Children of Sanchez (as arranger) (1978/1993)
Disney Fantasy (as arranger) (1981/1992)
Disney Medley. See: Disney Fantasy
Dreams of Tomorrow Overture for Rebuilding (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (2013)
El Cumbanchero (as arranger) (1943/1995)
Gonna Fly Now (as arranger) (1976/2008)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (as arranger) (1952/1992)
Jump Up Kosei 21
Jungle Fantasy (as arranger) (1995)
Like the Flow of the River (as arranger) (1989/)
Mame Medley (as arranger) (1966/1979/1996)
Mambo Jambo (as arranger) (1972/1993)
My Way (as arranger) (1967/2001)
Overture for Rebuilding "Dreams of Tomorrow" (2013)
Poem of the Beach, A
Pop Concert March "Wonderful Days" (1989)
Pop Image "On Main Street" (1976)
Pop Overture "Development toward the Future" (1975)
Pop Variation "Counting Song" (1978)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (as arranger) (1949/1977/1992)
Sing, Sing, Sing (as arranger) (1936/1981/2005)
Sir Duke (as arranger) (1975/2000)
Song and Samba (as arranger) (1959/1998)
The Sound of Music Medley (as arranger) (1959/1979/2003)
Sound Unlimited
Sousa March Carnival (as arranger) (2004)
Syncopated March "Toward Tomorrow" (1972)
Take the "A" Train (as arranger) (1939/1979)
Tico Tico (as arranger) (1917/1992)
When the Saints Go Marching In (as arranger) (1999)
Yagi-Bushi (as arranger)

Resources

Perusal score
When the Saints Go Marching In, Wikipedia Accessed 11 June 2019