Highlights from "Les Misérables"
Claude-Michel Schönberg (arr. Johnnie Vinson)
General Info
Year: 1980 / 1991
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
As a Broadway sensation, this musical contained some of the most memorable songs ever written for the stage and now are more popular than ever as part of the blockbuster motion picture. This medley from the Broadway show Les Miserables includes At the End of the Day, I Dreamed a Dream, Master of the House, On My Own, and Do You Hear the People Sing?
- Program Note from publisher
Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985: the second longest-running musical in the world.
Set in early 19th-century France, it is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his quest for redemption after serving nineteen years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a kindly bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, but he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of characters are swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists make their last stand at a street barricade.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Seward (Ak.) Community Band (Neal Haglund, conductor) – 20 February 2020
- Knoxville High School Concert Band – 8 December 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1980/2013)
All Wind Works
- Highlights from "Les Misérables" (arr. Vinson) (1980/1991)
- I Dreamed a Dream (arr. Brown) (1980/2009)
- I’d Give My Life for You from "Miss Saigon" (arr. Richard) (1989)
- Les Misérables (1980)
- Miss Saigon (arr. Warren Barker) (1989/1991)
- Miss Saigon Selections (arr. Jay Bocook)
- Music from ''Les Misérables" (arr. Sweeney) (1980/1998)
- On My Own (arr. Vinson) (1980/1987)
- Selections from "Les Misérables" (arr. Barker) (1980/1987)
- Selections from "Les Misérables" (arr. Hough) (1980)
- Selections from "Les Misérables" (arr. Vinson) (1980/1991)
- Selections from the Motion Picture "Les Misérables" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1980/2013)
- Soundtrack Highlights from Les Misérables (arr. Jay Bocook) (1980/2013)
- Suddenly: from "Les Misérables'' (arr. Kazik) (1980)
Resources
- Les Misérables (musical), Wikipedia Accessed 23 January 2016
- Perusal score