Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Michael Sweeney)
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General Info
Year: 1964
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Pop songs
Publisher: Ha; Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Convertible Bass Line
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
From the classic movie about the Fab 4, Michael Sweeney has written a new easy medley that includes four of the mega-hits from this pop culture phenomena. Th songs are A Hard Day's Night, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, and If I Fell.
- Program Note from publisher
A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the English rock band The Beatles -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr -- during the height of Beatlemania.
The film portrays 36 hours in the lives of the group as they prepare for a television performance.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of North Dakota (Bismarck) University Band (James Popejoy, conductor) - 22 April 2021
- Tupper Concert Band (Halifz, NS) (Bernard Badley, conductor) - 2001
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
All Wind Works
- Abbey Road (with McCartney; arr. Hearshen) (1969/2009)
- All You Need Is Love (with McCartney; arr. Cable and Dedrick) (1998)
- And I Love Her (with McCartney)
- The Beatles: Echos of an Era (with McCartney; arr. Higgins) (1982)
- The Beatles: Love (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (2008)
- Beatles Collection (with McCartney; arr. de Meij) (1982)
- Best of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003)
- Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
- Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Berg) (1968)
- Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- Can't Buy Me Love (with McCartney; arr. Murtha) (1964/2017)
- Happiness Is a Warm Gun (with McCartney; arr. Westover)
- A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
- Hello, Goodbye (with McCartney; arr. Ricketts) (2010)
- Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (1968/1992)
- Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (with McCartney)
- Imagine (arr. Hoshide) (1971/2004)
- Imagine (arr. Saucedo) (1971/2002)
- Let It Be Medley (with McCartney; arr. Balent) (1970)
- The Long and Winding Road (with McCartney; arr. Svarda) (1966)
- Martha My Dear (with McCartney; arr. Hammell) (1968/2016/2021)
- Michelle (with McCartney; arr. Wilkinson) (1965/1966)
- Music of the Beatles (arr. Sweeney)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Holmes) (1968)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- Penny Lane (with McCartney; arr. Maxwell) (1967/2012)
- Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (2010)
- Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1964/1999)
- Sergeant Pepper Medley (with McCartney; arr. Avshalomov) (1967/1971)
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Edmondson) (1967/1978)
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1967/2007)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (with McCartney; arr Brown) (2020)
- The Symphonic Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Cacavas) (1992)
- When I'm 64 (with McCartney)
- Yellow Submarine (with McCartney)
- Yesterday (with McCartney). See also: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"
Resources
- A Hard Day's Night (film), Wikipedia Accessed 17 May 2021
- Lennon, J.; McCartney, P.; Sweeney, M. (1999). Selections from A Hard Day's Night [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.