Days of Wine and Roses

Henry Mancini

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General Info

Year: 1962 / 1967
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:

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Errata

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Program Notes

Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name.

The movie was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems.

An Academy Award went to the film's theme music, composed by Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film received four other Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 10 February 2019
Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 1 October 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vinson) (1962/2007/2013)
Peter Gunn (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1958/2015)
The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (1963/2011)

All Wind Works

Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Moss) (1962/1996)
Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vinson) (1962/2007/2013)
Baby Elephant Walk (arr. Vlak) (1962)
Days of Wine and Roses (arr. Krance) (1962/1967)
The Great Race March (arr. Moss) (1965/2005)
The Great Waldo Pepper March (arr. Moss) (1965/2005)
Henry Mancini's Concert Band Medley (arr. Warrington) (1966)
It Had Better Be Tonight (arr. Brown) (1963/2013)
Jesus Christ Superstar (as arranger, with John Moss) (1970/2004)
Mancini! (arr. Bulla) (2000?)
Mancini! (arr. Reed) (1965)
Moon River (arr. Brown) (1961)
Pennywhistle Jig (arr. Moss) (1970/1999)
Peter Gunn (arr. Faini) (1958/)
Peter Gunn (arr. Murtha) (1958)
Peter Gunn (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1958/2015)
Pie in the Face Polka (arr. Vinson) (1965/2012)
The Pink Panther (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (1963/2011)
The Pink Panther (arr. Edmondson) (1963/1984)
The Pink Panther (arr. Frackenpohl) (1963)
The Pink Panther (arr. Warrington) (1963/1964)
Selections from "Mr Lucky" (arr. Krance) (1961)
Selections from "The Great Race" (arr. Bulla) (1965/2015)
Toy Tiger

Resources

Days of Wine and Roses, Wikipedia Accessed 17 January 2018
Mancini, H.; Krance, J.; Mercer, J. (1967). Days of Wine and Roses [score]. M. Witmark: [s.l.].