Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins"

Richard M. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (arr. Irwin Kostal; ed. Alfred Reed)

General Info

Year: 1963 / 1964
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Wonderland Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Effects
Snare Drum

Errata

In Parts:

Xylophone, m. 24, beat 2: Add a "mf" dynamic marking
Bells, m. 69, beat 2 and 3: Add tremolo markings on these two quarter notes
Percussion I, m. 29: Part is listed as "Cym." when it should be played on Crash Cymbals
Percussion I, m. 41-43: Part is listed as "Cym." when it should be played on Crash Cymbals

Program Notes

P. L. Travers's legendary magical British nanny came delightfully to life in the 1964 Walt Disney film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. At least 17 original songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman enhanced this musically rich movie, and their score won two Grammy Awards and two Academy Awards. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

This medley combines A Spoonful of Sugar, Chim Chim Cheree, Stay Awake, and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia

This medley of tunes from the movie includes: Feed the birds, A spoonful of sugar, I love to laugh, Sand dance, Jolly 'oliday, Step in time, Chim chim cheree, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Let's go fly a kite, and The Derby.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances (exact editions uncertain)

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Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 29 August 2021
Coastal Communities Concert Band (San Diego, California) (Tom Cole, conductor) – 20 October 2019
Brazil (Ind.) Concert Band (John Philip Huber, conductor) – 16 June 2019
University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Eric Bush, conductor) – 28 April 2019
Hornell (N.Y.) Area Wind Ensemble (Edward Belin, conductor) – 7 April 2019
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 25 September 2016
Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 23 November 2014
California State University - Northridge Wind Ensemble (Lawrence Stoffel, conductor) – 7 March 2013
Philharmonic Youth Winds (Adrian Chiang, conductor) – 5 June 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Highlights (with Robert Sherman; arr. Tatgenhorst) (1971)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Selections
A Disney Super Time (arr. Christensen)
The Happiest Millionaire (arr. Yoder)
The Happiest Millionaire (arr. Brittain)
Highlights from "Mary Poppins" (arr. O'Loughlin) (1963/2011)
Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (with Robert Sherman; arr. Reed) (1963/1965)
It's a Small World (arr. Cofield) (1975)
The Jungle Book: Colonel Hathi’s March (arr. Osterling) (1992)
Let’s Go Fly a Kite (arr. Nowak) (1989)
Mary Poppins (with Robert Sherman; arr. Kostal; ed. Reed) (1963/1965/2006)
The Old Home Guard (arr. Edmondson) (1971)
The One and Only, Genuine Original Family Band (arr. McLin) (1968)
Selections from "Mary Poppins" (arr. Ricketts) (1963/2005)
Selections from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (with Robert Sherman; arr. Kostal; ed. Reed) (1963/1964)
A Step in the Right Direction (arr. Edmondson) (1971)
Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (arr. Kostal; ed. Reed) (1964)

Resources

Mary Poppins (film), Wikipedia Accessed 25 September 2016

Several different but closely related editions of this music were produced, in addition to this 1964 version described here in the Wind Repertory Project (WRP). They vary in publisher and the melodies included in the medley, and are not documented separately here. Alfred Reed is the arranger or orchestrator or editor of all editions. Irwin Kostal is listed as arranger on some editions, but it is believed that Kostal arranged medleys of Sherman and Sherman tunes for orchestra, and Reed worked off of Kostal's orchestral arrangement(s) when producing his wind arrangements.

This is the edition upon which this WRP record is based: