We Need a Little Christmas (arr Ricketts)
Jerry Herman (arr. Ted Ricketts)
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Subtitle: From "Mame"
General Info
Year: 1966 / 2009
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
We Need a Little Christmas is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical Mame and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production.
In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up. The original lyrics include the line, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now!" Since the time the song was written the phenomenon of Christmas creep has resulted in the normal holiday season beginning much earlier than it once did, which has led to more recent recordings changing the line to, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now!"
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Sidney (B.C.) Concert Band (Bruce Ham, conductor) – 9 December 2019
- Pride of San Antonio (Tx.) Showband – 8 December 2018
- Gateway Concert Band (Enumclaw, Wash.) (Jack Prindle, conductor) – 3 December 2017
- Mesquite Community Band (Stephen Shoop, conductor) – 2 December 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Before the Parade Passes By (arr. Buitenhaus) (1997)
- Hello, Dolly! (arr. Lang) (1969)
- Hello, Dolly! (arr. Skelly)
- Highlights from "Hello, Dolly!" (arr. Cacavas) (1964)
- Highlights from "Mame" (arr. Krance) (1966)
- I Am What I Am
- Mame Medley (arr. Iwai) (1966/?)
- One Person
- We Need a Little Christmas (arr. Moss) (1966/1996)
- We Need a Little Christmas (arr. Ricketts) (1966/2009)
Resources
- Herman, J.; Ricketts, T. (2009). We Need a Little Christmas: From Mame [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
- We Need a Little Christmas, Wikipedia Accessed 26 January 2018