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Suite from "Man of La Mancha"
Mitch Leigh (arr. Justin Williams)
Subtitle: Featuring Man of La Mancha, Dulcinea, Little Bird and The Impossible Dream
General Info
Year: 1966 / 2012
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $82.00; (digital) - $80.00 | 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-IV, including:
- Bells
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Man of the La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which in turn was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote. It tells the story of the "mad" knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.
The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived four times on Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre.
The suite features the beloved numbers I, Don Quixote, Dulcinea, Little Bird, and The Impossible Dream scored for concert band with new, fresh rhythms and contemporary harmonies set within symphonic and Latin-pop styles.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, Wy.) Wind Ensemble (Francis Cook, conductor) - 6 March 2022
- Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble (Florence, Ore.) (David Olson, conductor) - 12 May 2018
- Trine University (Angola, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Kays, conductor) - 29 April 2018
- Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band (New York City) (Henco Espag, conductor) – 8 December 2016
- "Spirit of Cox Mill" Symphonic Band (Concord, N.C.) (Joseph Earp, conductor) - 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Dulcinea from "Man of La Mancha" (1966)
- Impossible Dream, The, from "Man of La Mancha"
- Little Bird from "Man of La Mancha" (1966)
- Man of La Mancha (arr. Erickson) (1966)
- Suite from "Man of La Mancha" (arr. Williams) (1966/2012)