Paint Your Wagon

Alan Jay Lerner

Frederick Loewe

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (arr. John Cacavas)

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General Info

Year: 1951 / 1970
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Chappell
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Lerner and Loewe's spectacular 1951 Broadway production, produced two decades later in film version by Paramount, is set in the 1853 gold rush atmosphere of California. It traces the history of a mining camp from its change as a rugged boom town to a ghost city. The effect of a woman's touch on the rough and tough life of a gold panner is the basic motif upon which the story is built.

This arrangement by John Cacavas includes There's a Coach Comin' In, Wand'rin' Star, I'm on My Way, I Still See Elisa, I Talk to the Trees, and They Call the Wind Maria.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Sturgis (Mich.) Wind Symphony (Scott Davidson, conductor) – 5 May 2019
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) – 13 June 2017
Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Nathan Conrad, conductor) - 2 November 2013
Arizona Winds Premiere Concert Band (Richard Shelton, conductor) - 9 May 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Brigadoon Overture (arr. Cacavas)
Camelot (Lopez)
Camelot (Sebesky)
Highlights from "Camelot" (arr. Yoder) (1960/1961)
Gigi (with Lerner; arr. Bennett) (1957/)
Lerner and Loewe in Concert
My Fair Lady (with Lerner; arr. Cacavas) (1956/)
My Fair Lady (with Lerner; arr. Reed) (1956/?)
My Fair Lady Selections (with Lerner; tr. Bennett) (1956/)
Overture from "Brigadoon" (arr. Cacavas) (1947/1966)
Paint Your Wagon (arr. Cacavas) (1951/1970)
Selections from "Brigadoon" (arr. Leidzén) (1947)

Resources

Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 387.