March of the Toys (arr. Cray)
Victor Herbert (arr. Robert Cray)
General Info
Year: 1903
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: M. Witmark
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-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 Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
- Horns in F I-II, 5 m. before reh. A, beat 9: Eighth notes should read sixteenth notes
- Horns in F I-II, 1 m. before Grandioso, beat 1: Add duration dot to half note
Program Notes
The operetta Babes in Toyland was composed by Victor Herbert (1859-1924) in 1903. In this operetta on a libretto by Glen MacDonough, various characters from 'Mother Goose nursery rhymes' are woven together into a Christmas-themed musical extravaganza. Babes in Toyland features some of Herbert's most famous songs. The theme song 'Toyland', and the most famous instrumental piece from the operetta, March of the Toys. occasionally show up on Christmas compilations.
- Program Note from Baton Music
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. United States Air Force Band
- Audio CD: United States Air Force Band (Lowell Graham, conductor) - 2016
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Peninsula Concert Band (Williamsburg, Va.) (Ronnie Tong, conductor) - 15 December 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Fantasie (arr. Langey) (1893/1898)
- American Fantasie (arr. Langey; ed. Winkelman) (1893/1898/2015)
- Badinage
- Canzonetta
- Festival March (arr. Summers) (1901/2018)
- Fleurette
- The Fortune Teller (arr. Campbell-Watson) (1898/1941)
- The Gold Bug (1896)
- Italian Street Song (arr. Barrow) (1910/1987)
- March of the Toy Soldiers (arr. Kinyon) (1903/1993)
- March of the Toys (arr. Clarke; ed. Rogers) (1903/1999)
- March of the Toys (arr. Cray) (1903/1950)
- March of the Toys/Toyland (arr. Wallace) (1903/1995)
- Pan Americana
- Romany Life (arr. Daehn) (1898/2009)
- Twenty-Second Regiment March
- Under the Elms
- Victor Herbert Favorites (arr. Lake) (1926)
Resources
- Herbert, V.; Cray, R. (1950). March of the Toys [score]. M. Witmark and Sons: [s.l.].