Funkytown (flex)

Steven Greenberg

This work may also be found as "Funky Town".

General Info

Year: 1979 /
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Disco song
Publisher: Thorp Music

Cost: Score and Parts (print) - AUS$64.15 (Current copyright licensing on this title prohibits sales to the USA, Canada and Europe)

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

C Flute
C Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I
B-flat Trumpet I
E-flat Soprano Cornet
Solo Cornet
Repiano Cornet
Violin I
Keyboard Percussion

Part 2

C Flute II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I
B-flat Trumpet II
B-flat Cornet II
Flugelhorn
Solo Tenor Horn
C Violin II

Part 3

B-flat Soprano Clarinet III
E-flat Alto Saxophone II
B-flat Cornet III
Tenor Horn I
Horn in F I
Trombone I
Euphonium
C Violin III
C Viola

Part 4

Bassoon I
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Tenor Horn II
Horn in F II
Trombone II
Baritone T.C.
Euphonium
Cello

Part 5

Bassoon
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bass Trombone
Baritone T.C. II
Tuba
String Bass
B-flat Bass
E-flat Bass
TAB Bass Guitar

Additional Parts (optional)

Piano
Guitar
Agogo Bells
Drum Kit
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Whistle
Voices

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Funky Town (also written as "Funkytown") is a song by American disco act Lipps Inc. from their debut album Mouth to Mouth (1979). It was released as the album's lead single in 1980. Funky Town reached the top spot in the United States, West Germany, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia, among many others.

Written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy". Greenberg wrote the song while the band was living in Minneapolis with dreams of moving to New York.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Funky Town (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1979/)

All Wind Works

Funky Town (arr. Brown) (1979/2010)
Funky Town (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1979/)

Resources

Funkytown, Wikipedia Accessed 8 July 2020
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Steven Greenberg." Accessed 8 July 2020
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