It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr Sharp)

From Wind Repertory Project
Edward Pola

Edward Pola (arr. Chris Sharp)


General Info

Year: 1963 / 2009
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass (optional)
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bells
  • Drum Set


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album.

The song is a celebration and description of activities associated with the Christmas season, focusing primarily on get-togethers between friends and families. Among the activities included in the song is the telling of "scary ghost stories," a Victorian Christmas tradition that has mostly fallen into disuse, but survives in the seasonal popularity of numerous adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Other activities mentioned include hosting parties, spontaneous visits from friends, universal social gaiety, spending time with loved ones, sledding for children, kissing under the mistletoe, roasting marshmallows, sharing stories about previous Christmases, and singing Christmas carols weather.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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  • First Coast Wind Symphony (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) (Paul Weikle, conductor) - 10 December 2023
  • Central Jersey (Milltown) Wind Ensemble (Nick Santoro, conductor) - 10 December 2022
  • Piedmont Wind Symphony (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Mark A. Norman, conductor) - 6 December 2022
  • Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 12 December 2021
  • Heart of Texas (San Antonio) Concert Band (John Goforth, conductor) - 20 December 2020
  • Hanover Wind Symphony (Whippany, N.J.) (Matthew Paterno, conductor) – 8 December 2019
  • Peninsula Concert Band (Williamsbrg, Va.) (Ronnie Tong, conductor) - 11 December 2018
  • University of South Alabama (Mobile) Wind Ensemble (William Petersen, conductor) – 6 December 2018
  • Allan Hancock College (Santa Maria, Calif.) Concert Band (Greg Orwell, conductor) – 2 December 2016
  • Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Budd, conductor) – 31 January 2016
  • Milton (Ga.) High School Wind Ensemble (Joey Glaeser, conductor) – 2012


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