Winter Wonderland
Felix Bernard (arr. John Edmondson)
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General Info
Year: 1934 / 2005
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Winter Wonderland is a winter song, popularly regarded as a Christmas song, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard (music) and Richard B. Smith (lyricist). Through the decades it has been recorded by over 200 different artists.
Due to its seasonal theme, "Winter Wonderland" is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere, although the holiday itself is never mentioned in the lyrics. There is a mention of "sleigh-bells" several times, implying that this song refers to the Christmas period.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- The Boynton Beach (Fla.) Gold Coast Band (Barbara Rubenstein, conductor) - 15 December 2022
- Wild Rivers Wind Ensemble (Crescent City, Calif.) (Daniel Sedgwick, conductor) - 4 December 2022
- Peachtree Wind Ensemble (Fayetteville, Ga.) (Mike Daniell, conductor) - 3 December 2022
- Charleston (W.V.) Metro Band 10 December 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Dardanella (1900)
- Holiday Cheers (arr. Lopez) (2017)
- Walking in a Winter Drummerland (arr. Davis) (1934)
- Winter Wonderland (arr. Bennett) (1934/1946)
- Winter Wonderland (arr. Edmondson) (1934/2005)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Felix Bernard." Accessed 22 January 2018
- Winter Wonderland, Wikipedia Accessed 22 January 2018