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Merry Christmas Darling (arr McDonald)
Richard Carpenter (arr. Chris McDonald)
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General Info
Year: 1968 / 2009
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Arrangers Publishing Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Merry Christmas Darling is a Christmas song by the Carpenters (music by Richard Carpenter, lyrics by Frank Pooler), and originally recorded in 1970. The single went to number one on Billboard's Christmas singles chart in 1970, and did so again in 1971 and 1973.
In 1978, the Carpenters issued their Christmas Portrait album, which contained a new remix of Merry Christmas Darling. The original 1970 mix continued to be used for all single releases, however.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Eric Criss, conductor) – 20 November 2020
- Coastal Communities Concert Band (San Diego, Calif.) (Tom Cole, conductor) – 8 December 2019
- Stuart (Fla.) Community Concert Band (Jim LeBon, conductor) – 9 December 2018
- North Jersey (Fair Lawn) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 7 December 2018
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 1 December 2018
- Gateway Concert Band (Enumclaw, Wash.) (Jack Prindle, conductor) – 3 December 2017
- North Jersey Concert Band (Fairlawn) (Michael Roth, conductor) – 1 December 2017
- Western Reserve Community Band (Hudson, Ohio) (Ralph Meyer, conductor) – 18 December 2016
- Troy (Mich.) Symphonic Band – 3 December 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Carpenters Foreve, The (arr. Mashima)
- Carpenters in Concert, The (arr. Scheffer)
- Close To You (arr. Cofield)
- For All We Know (arr. Mortimer)
- Goodbye to Love (arr. Mortimer)
- Jambalaya (arr. Mortimer)
- Merry Christmas Darling (arr. Brubaker)
- Merry Christmas Darling (arr. McDonald) (1968/2009)
- Superstar
- We’ve Only Just Begun
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter." Accessed 29 December 2016
- Merry Christmas, Darling, Wikipedia Accessed 29 December 2016