Themes from "Doctor Zhivago"

Maurice Jarre

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General Info

Year: 1965 / 1966
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Field Drum
Gong
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Wood block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 British-American epic drama–romance film directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. It is set in Russia between the years prior to World War I and the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922, and is based on the Boris Pasternak novel of the same name. While immensely popular in the West, the book was banned in the Soviet Union for decades. The film was especially noted for the intensity of the romantic drama and the treatment of human themes.

The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre-World War I years, World War I itself, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. A narrative framing device, set in the late 1940s or early 1950s, involves KGB Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago (Omar Sharif), and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova (Julie Christie). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 14 February 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Lara's Theme from "Doctor Zhivago" (arr. Whitcomb) (1965/1967)
Lion of the Desert (1983)
Longest Day, The (1983)
Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (arr. Heide) (1962/2006)
Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (arr. Reed; ed. Rogers) (1963/1963/1989)
Themes from "Doctor Zhivago" (arr. Whitcomb) (1965/1966)

Resources

Doctor Zhivago (film), Wikipedia Accessed 19 February 2016
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Maurice Jarre." Accessed 19 February 2016.
Jarre, M.; Whitcomb, K. (1966). Themes from "Doctor Zhivago." [score]. Robbins Music: New York.