Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (arr. Swearingen)

Jule Styne

Jule Styne (arr. James Swearingen)

General Info

Year: 1945 / 1994
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto 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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Hi-Hat
• Sleigh Bells
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle (small)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, also known as Let It Snow, is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945. It was written in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions.

Despite the lyrics making no mention of any holiday, the song has come to be regarded as a Christmas song in North America due to its winter theme, being played on radio stations during the Christmas and holiday season, and having often been covered by various artists on Christmas-themed albums. In the Southern Hemisphere, however, it can be played during the winter months of June, July, and August; and in New Zealand, some play it at Matariki.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

This delightful arrangement receives a tasty and fresh harmonic treatment complete with swing eighths.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Seward (Ak.) Community Band (Neal Haglund, conductor) - 3 December 2022
• Westview Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Bands (Lisa Lopez, conductor) – 2 December 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1945/2017)

All Wind Works

• 10,432 Sheep (arr. Nowlin) (1950)
• Best of Jule Styne, The (arr. Nowak) (1959)
• Christmas Waltz, The
• Everything's Comin' Up Roses
• Gypsy (arr. Yoder) (1959/1960)
• Highlights from "Do Re Mi" (arr. Yoder) (1961)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (arr. Ployhar) (1945/1998)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (arr. Smith and Story) (1945/2008)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (arr. Swearingen) (1945/1994)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1945/2017)
• Selections from "Gypsy"

Resources

• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!. Wikipedia Accessed 30 July 2020
• Styne, J.; Cahn, S.; Swearingen, J. (1994). Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [score]. CPP/Belwin: Miami, Fla.