Bugler's Dream (arr. Vinson)

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Leo Arnaud

Leo Arnaud (arr. Johnnie Vinson)


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Subtitle: Olympic Fanfare


General Info

Year: 1968 / 2008
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00


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 I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Bugler's Dream is very well-known as theme music for the Olympic Games from its use in ABC Olympic broadcasts and NBC Olympic broadcasts of the games beginning with the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It is considered to be an Olympic symbol. Arnaud's piece is very stately, beginning with a timpani cadence that is soon joined by a distinctive theme in brass. The musical theme of Bugler's Dream is based on Joseph-David Buhl's Salut aux étendards, a typical cavalry trumpet's call, composed during Napoleon's French Consulate.

Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for his album Charge! in 1958. For this, he wrote The Charge Suite, which included Bugler's Dream. ABC began using the composition as the theme to ABC Olympic broadcasts of the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and in future Olympics.

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Arnaud, L.; Vinson, J. (1996). Bugler's Dream: Olympic Fanfare [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
  • Leo Arnaud, Wikipedia Accessed 19 July 2021