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Silver Bells (flex)
Jay Livingston (arr. Johnnie Vinson)
General Info
Year: 1950 / 2009
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: II+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 2
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Violin
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Horn in F
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Electric Bass
- Cello
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Silver Bells is a popular Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
Silver Bells was first sung by William Frawley, then sung in its entirety and in the generally known version immediately after by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, released in March 1951. The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1950/2009)
All Wind Works
- Blackboard Blues (1961)
- Bonanza (arr. Tailor) (2005)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost (arr. Rush) (1978)
- Celebrity March (1968)
- Flutocrats (1958)
- Hopscotch, Hopscotch (1957)
- My Own,My Only, My All (arr. Raeburn) (1949)
- Paul Bunyan (Byron-Douglas, 1972)
- Silver Bells (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1950/2009)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jay Livingston." Accessed 7 August 2020
- Perusal score
- Silver Bells, Wikipedia Accessed 7 August 2020