Overture to "Strike Up the Band"
George Gershwin (arr. Matsushiro)
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General Info
Year: 1927 /
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Rental ($350.00)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute III
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Strike Up The Band is the title song for a musical interpretation of George S. Kaufman’s satire about a proud American owner of a cheese factory who is outraged when Switzerland protests a tariff on imported cheese and convinces the U.S. government to declare a war he would finance. George and Ira Gershwin saw this as an opportunity to write in the style of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. The 1927 production never made it out of Philadelphia, as political satire was a hard sell even in an operetta style. The inevitable boy-meets-girl story did produce the classic love song The Man I Love.
- Program note from Music Program Notes for Band and Wind Ensemble Music
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Osaka Municipal Band
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dallas (Tex.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 14 February 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
All Wind Works
- An American in Paris (tr. Krance) (1929/1959)
- An American in Paris (arr. Brubaker) (1929/1994)
- An American in Paris (arr. Hoshina) (1929/1980)
- An American in Paris (arr. Nowlin) (1929/2016)
- An American in Paris (arr. Satone) (1929)
- An American in Paris (arr. Tamanini) (1929/2015)
- An American in Paris (orch. Van Gils) (1929/1994)
- But Not for Me (arr. Barker) (1930/1995/2006)
- Catfish Row (arr. Hunsberger) (1934/2000)
- Concerto for Piano in F (tr. Grofé) (1925/1928)
- Concerto in F (arr. Jorge) (1925/2017)
- Concerto in F for Piano and Wind Band (arr. Bulla) (1925/2009)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Koekelkoren) (1925/1987)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Milburn) (1925/)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Rogers) (1933/2001)
- Embraceable You (arr. Barker) (1930 / 1999)
- Fascinatin' Gershwin (arr. Murtha)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Bulla) (1924)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Del Borgo) (1924/1994)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Taylor) (1924/1961/2006)
- A Foggy Day in London Town (arr. Ninmer) (1937/)
- George by Fred (arr. Frenkel)
- George Gershwin (arr. Chase) (1971)
- George Gershwin Selection (tr. Bennett) (1947)
- Gershwin! (arr. Barker) (1997)
- Gershwin: A Medley (arr. Bennett) (1972)
- Gershwin by George! (arr. Brubaker) (2015)
- A Gershwin Fantasy (arr. Martino) (1991)
- Gershwin on Broadway (arr. Moss) (1991)
- A Gershwin Portrait! (arr. Higgins) (1985)
- A Gershwin Tribute to Love (arr. Heisinger) (2014)
- The Great Gershwin (arr. van der Beek) (2018)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (arr. Barker) (1927/2000)
- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (arr. Wagner) (1935/2008)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Davis) (1930)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Japanese (arr. Wagner; scored Sandler) (c. 1918/2006)
- Liza (arr. Teague) (1929/1944)
- The Man I Love (arr. Bergman) (1924)
- March from "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Hearshen) (1927/1987)
- Overture to "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Matsushiro) (1927)
- Porgy and Bess: Selections (arr. Bennett) (1934/1942)
- Porgy and Bess (arr. Barnes) (1934/2002)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Hermann) (1934/)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Lowden) (1934/1984)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Grofe) (1924/1938)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Hunsberger) (1924/1998)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Verrier) (1924/1998)
- Rhapsody in Blue (ed. Bañagale) (1924/2023)
- Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band) (arr. Grofe) (1924)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Tamanini) 1924/2010)
- Rialto Ripples (arr. Di Scala) (1917/2013)
- 'S Wonderful (arr. Barker) (1919/1996)
- Second Prelude (arr. Krance) (1927/1964)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Barker) (1926/1995)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Rumbelow) (1926/2006)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Barker) (1927/1981/1997)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Brubaker) (1927/1994)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Moss) (1927/1967)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Nestico) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Paynter) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Pegram) (1927/1979)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Schoenfeld) (1927/1956)
- Summertime (arr. Custer) (1934/1995)
- Summertime (arr. Garcia; ed. Shaw) (1934)
- Summertime (arr. Lang) (1934/1959)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
- Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (arr. Longfield) (1934/2015)
- Swanee (arr. Holcombe) (1919)
- The Symphonic Gershwin (arr. Barker) (2011)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me (arr. Barker) (1937/2001)
- Three Preludes (arr. Norris) (1927/)
- Three Preludes (tr. Williams) (1927/2015)
- A Tribute to Gershwin (arr. Bullock) (20098)
- Walking the Dog (arr. Bourgeois) (1937/2007)