Teddy Bear's Picnic, The
John W Bratton (arr. Paul Yoder)
General Info
Year: 1939
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bear Growl
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Wind Whistle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Teddy Bears' Picnic the only one of John Bratton's songs to be a lasting hit. Although most of his compositions had lyrics, he left Teddy Bears' Picnic as an instrumental. Perhaps because it sold so well as sheet music he felt little need to do anything else with it except over the silent film era as background music for a number of popular movies. Many years later Irish born Jimmy Kennedy wrote the lyrics. This explains why an American composition contains the British term "Mummies and Daddies" rather than "Mommies and Daddies", though the latter does crop up from time to time in copies printed in the former colony.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 22 October 2023
- Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Craig McKenzie, conductor) - 2 July 2023
- Woodside (Calif.) Village Band (Yessica Gallagher, conductor) - 11 June 2022
- Ye Olde Towne Band (Los Altos, Calif.) (John DeLoach, conductor) – 28 May 2017
- Houston Concert Band (Chuck Throckmorton, conductor) - 19 June 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- At Sunrise (arr. Heed) (1901)
- Barn Yard Frolics (1901)
- One World (arr. Leidzen) (1946)
- The Star of India
- The Teddy Bear's Picnic (arr. Yoder) (1939)
- The Teddy Bear's Picnic (arr. O'Hare) (1907)
Resources
- Bratton, W.; Yoder, P. (1939). The Teddy Bear's Picnic [score]. M. Witmark: [New York].
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 49. Print.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "John W. Bratton." Accessed 5 June 2015.
- John Walter Bratton, Wikipedia