Sinatra!

Frank Sinatra

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General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 6:03
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles. In a professional career that lasted 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite often countervailing trends. He came to the fore during the swing era of the 1930s and ‘40s, and helped to define the “sing era" of the ‘40s and ‘50s. On records and in live performances, on film, radio, and television, he consistently sang standards in a way that demonstrated their perennial appeal. To quote the lyrics of one of his later in life anthems, “I Did It My Way”.

Sinatra! features some of “Old Blue Eyes” most familiar hits -- Come Fly With Me, Witchcraft, That’s Life, and Fly Me To The Moon.

- Program Note by Gold Coast Wind Ensemble concert program, 12 April 2015

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) – 6 October 2019
Stuart (Fla.) Community Concert Band (Jim LeBon, conductor) – 28 April 2019
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Community Band (Shaun Salem, conductor) – 10 February 2019
Foothill Symphonic Winds (Los Altos, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) - 7 June 2015
Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Judd, conductor) - 12 April 2015
Gold Coast Wind Ensemble (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (Clinton H. Dawley, conductor) - 12 April 2015
South Jersey Area (Brigantine) Wind Ensemble (Ron Poorman, conductor) - August 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adirondack Festival Overture (2014)
Andante con Moto (as arranger) (1816/2003)
Bells of Christmas (1999)
Blue Mountain Saga (1995)
Bond, James Bond (as arranger)
Cartoon Capers (as arranger) (2000)
Celestial Suite (1989)
Christmas Calypso (1997)
Cole Porter Songbook (as arranger)
Declaration for Trumpet
Ellington! (as arranger) (2019)
Escapades (as transcriber) (2002/2012)
Euphonium Fantasia
Excerpts from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (as arranger) (1978/2009)
Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924)
Firestorm (1992)
Heather Ridge Sketches (2000)
The Imperial March (as arranger) (1980/2008)
Irish Lullaby, An
Irish Songs, Set No 1 (as arranger)
Irish Songs, Set No 2 (as arranger) (2004)
Legend of Knife River (1997)
Legends of Jazz (as arranger) (2012)
Library of Congress March, The (as arranger)
Mambo Greats (as arranger) (2013)
Mancini! (as arranger) (2000?)
March Creole (1995)
North Bridge Portrait (2001)
Of Ancient Dances (2015)
Pride of a People (as arranger)
Rhapsody for Flute (1996)
Rhapsody for Hanukkah (1994)
Russian Carol Variations (1999)
The Schumann Suite (as arranger) (1997)
Selections from "Into the Woods" (as arranger)
Selections from "The Great Race" (as arranger)
Selections from ''Sweeney Todd'' (as arranger) (1979/2009)
Shipston Prelude (2000)
Sinatra! (as arranger) (2011)
Slavonic Fantasy (as arranger)
Sondheim! (as arranger) (2021)
Stephen Foster Songbook (as arranger) (1999)
Symphonette (2003)
Symphonic Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
Tiger Rag (as adapter)
Tribute to Louis Armstrong (as arranger)
Trilogy Americana (2002)
Uncommon Valor (1995)
Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2001)
Winterfest (as arranger) (2002)
Yankee Doodle (as arranger) (1845/)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Stephen Bulla." Accessed 14 April 2015.