Beauty and the Beast (arr Bocook)

Alan Menken

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General Info

Year: 1992 / 2017
Duration: c. 3:000
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here is the title song from Disney's landmark musical Beauty and the Beast skillfully arranged using an alto sax solo in the beginning along with effective modulations and lush orchestration throughout.

- Program Note from publisher

Beauty and the Beast (Tale as Old as Time) is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress Angela Lansbury in her role as the voice of the character Mrs. Potts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters Belle and the Beast, specifically how the couple has learned to accept their differences and in turn change each other for the better. Additionally, the song's lyrics imply that the feeling of love is as timeless and ageless as a "tale as old as time".

Lansbury's rendition is heard during the famous ballroom sequence between Belle and the Beast, while a shortened chorale version plays in the closing scenes of the film, and the song's motif features frequently in other pieces of Menken's film score.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Person High School (Roxboro, N.C.) Symphonic Band (Kristen Daniel, conductor) - 24 May 2018
Grimm Middle School 8th Grade Band – Spring 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1992)
Music from "Beauty and the Beast" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Lavender) (1991/2017)

All Wind Works

Aladdin (arr. Jennings) (1992)
Be Our Guest
Beauty and the Beast (arr. Bocook) (1992/2017)
Beauty and the Beast (arr. Custer) (1991/1992)
Beauty and the Beast (arr. Moss) (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (arr. Ninmer) (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (arr. Parson) (1992)
The Bells of Notre Dame
Colors of the Wind (arr. Lavender)(1995)
A Disney Spectacular (arr. Moss) (1993)
Friend Like Me
Go the Distance (arr. Bocook) (1997)
Go the Distance (arr. Brown) (1997)
Go the Distance (arr. Kotovsky) (1997/2018)
Hercules
Highlights from Walt Disney Pictures' "Enchanted" (arr. Brown) (2008)
How Does a Moment Last Forever (arr. Brown) (2017)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (arr. Custer) (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (arr. Moss) (1996)
The Little Mermaid (arr. Bocook) (1990)
Little Mermaid Medley (arr. Hoshide) (1989/2006)
Medley from "Beauty and the Beast" (arr. Brown) (1991)
Music from "Aladdin" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1992)
Music from "Beauty and the Beast" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Lavender) (1991/2017)
Overture from "Beauty and the Beast" (arr. Lavender)
Place Called Home, A
Pocahontas
Prince Ali
Selections from "Aladdin" (arr. Moss)
Tangled Melody
Under the Sea (arr. Nowak) (1989/1990)
A Whole New World (arr. Lavender) (1992)

Resources

Beauty and the Beast (Disney song), Wikipedia Accessed 28 May 2017