Fiddle-Faddle
Leroy Anderson (arr. Philip J. Lang)
General Info
Year: 1947
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
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
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Leroy Anderson wrote Fiddle-Faddle in 1947 for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, who premiered it in a concert broadcast from the Boston Opera House. (Audiences began referring to it affectionately as “Fiedler-Faddle.”)
The piece falls in the tradition of “perpetual motion” numbers like Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo or Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, but Anderson makes his take unique by introducing hoedown cadences and jazz riffs.
- Program Note from New York Philharmonic
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Heart of Texas (San Antonio) Concert Band (R. Mark Rogers, conductor) - 23 April 2023
- Santa Ynez Valley (Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Sharon Jeskey, conductor) - 27 March 2022
- Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 3 October 2021
- W.D. Packard (Warren, Ohio) Concert Band (Jesse Leyva, conductor; Matthew Holm, marimba) - 22 July 2018
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Larry Frost, conductor) – 26 July 2016
- Somerset County (England) Youth Concert Band 18 December 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)
All Wind Works
- Belle of the Ball (1951)
- Blue Tango (1951)
- Blue Tango (arr. Ployhar) (1951/1980)
- The Bluebells of Scotland (1954/1962)
- Bugler's Holiday (arr. Edwards) (1954)
- The Captains and Kings (1962)
- China Doll (1951/1953)
- A Christmas Festival (1950)
- A Christmas Festival (arr. Smith) (1950/2007)
- Clarinet Candy (1962)
- Concerto in C for Piano and Symphonic Wind Orchestra (arr. Murschinski) (1953/2008)
- Fiddle-Faddle (arr. Lang) (1947)
- Forgotten Dreams (1954)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me. See: Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me
- The Girl in Satin (1953)
- The Golden Years (1962)
- Home Stretch (1962)
- Horse and Buggy (1951)
- Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me (1949)
- Irish Suite: The Irish Washerwoman (1947)
- Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer (arr. Wagner) (1950/2010)
- Irish Suite: The Minstrel Boy (as arranger) (1947/1952/2009)
- Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow (1947)
- Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green (arr. Wagner) (1947/2009)
- Jazz Pizzicato (arr. Lang) (1938)
- The Last Rose of Summer. See: Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer
- Leroy Anderson, a Legacy in Sound (arr. Smith) (1991/2008)
- A Leroy Anderson Portrait (arr. Barnes) (1982/2006)
- Lullaby of the Drums (1970)
- March of the Two Left Feet (orch. Boyd) (1969/2008)
- The Penny Whistle Song (1951)
- The Phantom Regiment (1951)
- Pirate Dance (1962)
- Promenade (arr. Lang) (1945/1948)
- Promenade (arr. Wagner) (1945/2017)
- Pyramid Dance (1960)
- The Rakes of Mallow. See: Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow
- Sandpaper Ballet (1954)
- Selections from Leroy Anderson's "Irish Suite" (arr. Wagner) (1947/2011)
- Serenata (1947)
- Sleigh Ride (1948)
- Sleigh Ride (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Fernie) (1948/2010)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fernie) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Mellema) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Ployhar) (1948/1980)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Schwalgin) (1948/)
- Sleigh Ride (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Torskangerpoll) (1948/2020)
- Sleigh Ride (arr. Warner) (1948/2006)
- Sleigh Ride (ed. Woodfield) (1948/)
- Song of Jupiter (as arranger) (1952)
- Song of the Bells (1953)
- Suite of Carols for Brass (1955)
- Suite of Carols for Woodwinds (1955)
- Summer Skies (1953)
- The Syncopated Clock (1945)
- The Syncopated Clock (arr. Lang) (1946/1948)
- The Syncopated Clock (arr. Schubert) (1946/1997)
- Ticonderoga March (ed. Boyd) (1939)
- A Trumpeter's Lullaby (arr. Lang) (1950/1978)
- The Typewriter (arr. Heide) (1950/)
- The Typewriter (arr. Werle) (1950)
- The Waltzing Cat (arr. Lang) (1950)
- The Wearing of the Green. See: Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green
Resources
- Anderson, L.; Lang, P. (1947). Fiddle-Faddle [score]. Mills Music: [s.l.]
- "Fiddle-Faddle". New York Philharmonic Accessed 26 July 2016
- Leroy Anderson website Accessed 14 May 2021