O Little Town of Bethlehem
Traditional carol (arr. Chip Davis; adapt. Robert Longfield)
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General Info
Year: 1868 / 2008
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Carol
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
O Little Town of Bethlehem is a popular Christmas carol. The text was written by Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), an Episcopal priest, then rector of Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, and later of Trinity Church, Boston. He was inspired by visiting the village of Bethlehem in the Sanjak of Jerusalem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his church, and his organist Lewis Redner (1831-1908) added the music.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Salem Band (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (Eileen Young, conductor) – 19 December 2019
- New Horizons Band of Sonoma County (Healdsburg, Calif.) (Lew Sbrana, conductor) – 17 December 2017
- McKinney (Texas) Community Band (Jeremy Kondrat, conductor) – December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger (as arranger with Longfield) (2003)
- Cantique de Noel (as arranger)
- Carol of the Bells (as arranger; adapt. Longfield) (1904 [1914?]/2009)
- Celebration (arr. Longfield)
- Deck the Halls (as arranger with Longfield)
- Faeries (as arranger)
- Fanfare and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Longfield)
- The First Noel (arr. Longfield)
- A Fresh Aire Christmas (as arranger, with Custer) (1990)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (as arranger, with Longfield) (2006)
- Good King Wenceslas (as arranger; adapt. Longfield) (1984/2007)
- Greensleeves (arr. Davis; ed. Longfield) (2011)
- Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing (1988)
- Hallelujah (as arranger; adapt. Longfield) (1741/2004)
- The Holly and the Ivy (as arranger) (1988/1995)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (as arranger; adapt. Longfield)
- Pat-a-Pan (as arranger)
- Stille Nacht (as arranger with Longfield)
- Stille Nacht (as arranger with Vinson) (1818/1985)
Resources
- Davis, C.; Longfield, R. (2008). O' Little Town of Bethlehem [score]. Dots and Lines Ink: Omaha, Neb.
- O Little Town of Bethlehem, Wikipedia Accessed 9 January 2018