Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr Wagner)

Ralph Blane

Subtitle: Vocal Solo with Optional Eb Alto Saxophone Solo or Bb Trumpet Solo

General Info

Year: 1944 / 2006
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Vocal
Optional Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
Optional Solo Bb Trumpet
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bells
Chimes
Drum Set
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics.

In 2007, ASCAP ranked the song as the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members. In 2004 it finished at #76 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs rankings of the top tunes in American cinema.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Strafford Wind Symphony (Rochester, N.H.) (Jeffrey Smith, conductor) - 3 December 2022
Cascadia Wind Ensemble (Abbotsford, BC, Can.) (Shannon Goldsmith, conductor) - 19 December 2021
First Coast Wind Ensemble (Jacksonville, Fla.) (Paul Weikle, conductor) - 12 December 2021
Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Stephen R. Layman, conductor; Julie Stavitski, vocalist) – 15 December 2019
Sidney (B.C.) Concert Band (Bruce Ham, conductor; Jim Kingham, vocalist) – 9 December 2019
North Jersey (Fair Lawn) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 6 December 2019
West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor) – 8 December 2019
Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band (Farmington) (Michael Ferguson, conductor; Kristin Cotroneo, solo) – 16 December 2018
West Virginia University (Morgantown) Wind Symphony (Scott C. Tobias, conductor) – 3 December 2018
Western Reserve Community Band (Hudson, Oh.) (Ralph Meyer, conductor) – 17 December 2017
Flint (Mich.) Concert Band (Bruce Nieuwenhuis, conductor) – 15 December 2016
North Jersey (Oakland, N.J.) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 4 December 2015
Upper Columbia Academy Band (Dean Kravig, conductor; Audrey Pollard, vocal) - December 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Stone) (1944)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr Wagner) (arr. Wagner) (1944/2006)
Pass That Peace Pipe (arr. Paul Yoder) (1954)

Resources

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Wikipedia.