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Christmas Calypso
General Info
Year: 1997
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Curnow Music Press, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $59.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $11.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I-II
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 I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Castanets
- Claves
- Cowbell
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Shakers
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Beginning with a lazy tropical tempo, this treatment of Mary's Boy Child soon kicks into a catchy calypso beat. An enjoyable way to take the chill off of winter!
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: University of Iowa Symphony Band
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cape Cod (Hyannis, Mass.) Concert Band (Tom Borning, conductor) - 10 December 2022
- College of the Ozarks Concert Band (Corinne Raney, solo) – December 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adirondack Festival Overture (2014)
- Andante con Moto (as arranger) (1816/2003)
- Bells of Christmas (1999)
- Blue Mountain Saga (1995)
- Bond, James Bond (as arranger)
- Cartoon Capers (as arranger) (2000)
- Celestial Suite (1989)
- Christmas Calypso (1997)
- Cole Porter Songbook (as arranger)
- Declaration for Trumpet
- Ellington! (as arranger) (2019)
- Escapades (as transcriber) (2002/2012)
- Euphonium Fantasia
- Excerpts from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (as arranger) (1978/2009)
- Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924)
- Firestorm (1992)
- Heather Ridge Sketches (2000)
- The Imperial March (as arranger) (1980/2008)
- Irish Lullaby, An
- Irish Songs, Set No 1 (as arranger)
- Irish Songs, Set No 2 (as arranger) (2004)
- Legend of Knife River (1997)
- Legends of Jazz (as arranger) (2012)
- Library of Congress March, The (as arranger)
- Mambo Greats (as arranger) (2013)
- Mancini! (as arranger) (2000?)
- March Creole (1995)
- North Bridge Portrait (2001)
- Of Ancient Dances (2015)
- Pride of a People (as arranger)
- Rhapsody for Flute (1996)
- Rhapsody for Hanukkah (1994)
- Russian Carol Variations (1999)
- The Schumann Suite (as arranger) (1997)
- Selections from "Into the Woods" (as arranger)
- Selections from "The Great Race" (as arranger)
- Selections from ''Sweeney Todd'' (as arranger) (1979/2009)
- Shipston Prelude (2000)
- Sinatra! (as arranger) (2011)
- Slavonic Fantasy (as arranger)
- Sondheim! (as arranger) (2021)
- Stephen Foster Songbook (as arranger) (1999)
- Symphonette (2003)
- Symphonic Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
- Tiger Rag (as adapter)
- Tribute to Louis Armstrong (as arranger)
- Trilogy Americana (2002)
- Uncommon Valor (1995)
- Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2001)
- Winterfest (as arranger) (2002)
- Yankee Doodle (as arranger) (1845/)
Resources
- Stephen Bulla website Accessed 29 December 2022