Imagine (arr Saucedo)

John Lennon

General Info

Year: 1971 / 2002
Duration: c. 2:20
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00; (digital) - $15.00

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
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Convertible Bass Line
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III:

Bells
Drum Set
Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Imagine is a song by English rock musician John Lennon from his 1971 album of the same name. The best-selling single of his solo career, its lyrics encourage listeners to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality and to consider the possibility that the whole of humanity would live unattached to material possessions. Shortly before his death, Lennon said that much of the song's lyrics and content came from his wife, Yoko Ono, and in 2017 she received co-writing credit.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Royal Oak (Mich.) Concert Band (Kevin R. Czarnik, conductor) - 27 October 2019
Banda Musical Municipal de Ipeúna (São Paulo, Brasil) (Ricardo Abdalla, conductor) – 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)

All Wind Works

Abbey Road (with McCartney; arr. Hearshen) (1969/2009)
All You Need Is Love (with McCartney; arr. Cable and Dedrick) (1998)
And I Love Her (with McCartney)
The Beatles: Echos of an Era (with McCartney; arr. Higgins) (1982)
The Beatles: Love (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (2008)
Beatles Collection (with McCartney; arr. de Meij) (1982)
Best of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003)
Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Berg) (1968)
Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
Can't Buy Me Love (with McCartney; arr. Murtha) (1964/2017)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun (with McCartney; arr. Westover)
A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (1968/1992)
Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (with McCartney)
Imagine (arr. Hoshide) (1971/2004)
Imagine (arr. Saucedo) (1971/2002)
Let It Be Medley (with McCartney; arr. Balent) (1970)
The Long and Winding Road (with McCartney; arr. Svarda) (1966)
Martha My Dear (with McCartney; arr. Hammell) (1968/2016/2021)
Michelle (with McCartney; arr. Wilkinson) (1965/1966)
Music of the Beatles (arr. Sweeney)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Holmes) (1968)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
Penny Lane (with McCartney; arr. Maxwell) (1967/2012)
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (2010)
Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1964/1999)
Sergeant Pepper Medley (with McCartney; arr. Avshalomov) (1967/1971)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Edmondson) (1967/1978)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1967/2007)
Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (with McCartney; arr Brown) (2020)
The Symphonic Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Cacavas) (1992)
When I'm 64 (with McCartney)
Yellow Submarine (with McCartney)
Yesterday (with McCartney). See also: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "John Lennon." Accessed 12 November 2016
Imagine (John Lennon song), Wikipedia Accessed 12 January 2021
Lennon, J.; Saucedo, R. (2002). Imagine [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
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