American Beauties
This work was originally entitled American Graphity.
General Info
Year: 1996 / 2007
Duration: c. 7:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €139.99 | Score Only (print) - €26.99
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
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Conga
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Iconic Japanese composer and arranger Naohiro Iwai has arranged over 5000 songs, both classical and popular. He arranged a series called American Graphity [later renamed American Beauties] based on popular American tunes. Included are Johnnny Angel, released in 1962 as a single by Shelly Fabares. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Interestingly, Glen Campbell was a 25-year-old session guitarist on the recording!
You will also hear By the Time I Get to Phoenix sung by Glen Campbell (1967) and written by Jimmy Webb. This tune reached #2 on the Billboard HOT country list.
Fly Me to the Moon was written in 1954 by Bart Howard and Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1964. This tune was beamed back to earth by the astronauts on Apollo 10 and Apollo 11 from an 8-track tape.
Bye Bye Birdie is a song from a stage musical based on Elvis Presley’s draft and induction into the U.S. Army.
Red Roses for a Blue Lady was written in 1948 by Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett. This tune was #2 on the hit parade in 1949. It’s been sung by many performers – and Wayne Newton’s 1965 recording is a favorite.
- Program Note from Triangle Wind Ensemble concert program, 30 May 2021
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Tokyo Kosei Wind Ensemble - 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Triangle Wind Ensemble (Cary, N.C.) (Evan Feldman, conductor) - 30 May 2021
- Corpo musicale Santa Cecilia di Castellanza (Italy) – 21 April 2017
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)
- Cielito Lindo (as arranger) (1882/1995)
- 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
- Iwai, N. [1996]. American Graphity [score]. De Haske: Heerinveen, Netherlands.
- Iwai, N. [2006]. American Beauties : B. Howard, N. Sadaka & H. Greenfield, L. Duddy & L. Pockriss, S. Tepper & R.C. Bennett, J. Webb, C. Strouse & Adame [score]. Music Sales Group: [London].
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