Suite from "Hamilton"

From Wind Repertory Project
Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manual Miranda (arr. Jerry Brubaker)


General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $77.00   |   Score Only (print) - $12.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bells
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Drum Set
  • Marimba
  • Suspended Cymbal


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

This record-breaking musical was nominated for 16 Tony Awards, winning 11, and was also the recipient of the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Six of the most memorable selections from the show are used in this arrangement, including You'll Be Back; Helpless; My Shot; Dear Theodosia; It's Quiet Uptown and One Last Time. Experience all the beauty and excitement of this amazing musical.

- Program Note from publisher


Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-through musical about the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The show, inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow, achieved both critical acclaim and box office success.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Miranda’s ingenious wordplay paints a strikingly human portrait of Alexander Hamilton -- his orphan upbringing, meteoric rise to prominence in early American politics, and the unrelenting ambition that ultimately hastened his fall. Miranda based his depiction of Hamilton on Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography, which makes the show as educational as it is entertaining. And there is plenty of entertainment. The hip-hop basis of much of the music gives the show a continual forward energy, and when the ensemble bursts out in more traditional song, the effect is electrifying. At its heart is the story of a man who “wrote his way out” of poverty and isolation, and into a central place in the story of our nation’s founding. Hamilton’s story becomes the story of his country as a whole—the underdog that refuses to “throw away its shot.”

- Program Note by Kevin Simpson for United States Army Band concert program, 23 February 2019


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Kentucky Virginia (Whitesburg, Ky.) Summer Winds (Richard Suk, conductor) - 14 June 2022
  • Averett University (Danville, Va.) Cougar Band (Janet Phillips, conductor) - 19 November 2021
  • Chadron (Neb.) State College Community Symphonic Band (John Wojcik, conductor) - 9 April 2021
  • Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) – 9 June 2019
  • Healdsburg (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Masselink, conductor) – 8 June 2018 (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
  • Santa Fe College (Gainesville, Fla.) Winds (Steve Bingham, conductor) – 10 April 2018
  • Troy (Mich.) High School Concert Band (Brian Nutting, conductor) – 17 May 2017


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