America (Bernstein Vinson)

Leonard Bernstein

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Subtitle: From West Side Story

General Info

Year: 1963 / 2018
Duration: c. 1:55
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The music of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story is timeless and remains as popular as ever. This skillfully arranged version has carefully preserved the mixed-meter rhythmic fire and flavor of the original.

- Program Note from publisher

Leonard Bernstein composed West Side Story in 1957, and it has since made its way into the hearts of most American Broadway lovers. Using the legendary score by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephan Sondheim, America is the pro-American anthem of the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang. The lyrics of the original Broadway production highlight the positive qualities of American life as seen through the eyes of a recent immigrant.

- Program Note from Colleyville Middle School Honors Band concert program, 19 December 2018

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Colleyville (Tex.) Middle School Honors Band (Joey Prescott, conductor) - 19 December 2018 (2018 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"
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

Johnnie Vinson website Accessed 14 December 2018
Perusal score