The Music Man
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Product ID: HL2 04626186
By Meredith Wilson
published: 1957
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Wasson
Series:
Pop Specials for Strings
Genre:
Musical
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Level: 3-4
Set & Score
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About this item
With its recent smash revival, Meredith Willson's classic musical continues its legacy as one of Broadway's most treasured productions. This new arrangement for string orchestra captures the musical highlights with three memorable songs: The Wells Fargo Wagon, Goodnight, My Someone, and Seventy Six Trombones.
Songlist (3)
- Goodnight, My Someone
- Seventy Six Trombones
- The Wells Fargo Wagon
Instrumentation
1 FULL SCORE: 16 pag.
8 VIOLIN 1: 2 pag.
8 VIOLIN 2:2 pag.
4 VIOLIN 3: (VIOLA T.C.) 2 pag.
4 VIOLA: 2 pag.
4 CELLO: 2 pag.
4 STRING BASS: 2 pag.
1 TIMPANI: 2 pag.
2 PERCUSSION: 2 pag.
1 PIANO: 4 pag.
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Composer
Meredith Wilson (1902-1984)
Robert Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man. He wrote three other Broadway musicals, composed symphonies and popular songs, and his film scores were twice nominated for Academy Awards.He was born in Mason City, Iowa to John David Willson and Rosalie Reiniger Willson, and had a brother two years older, John Cedrick, and a sister 12 years older, Lucille. He attended Frank Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art (later The Juilliard School) in New York City. A flute and piccolo player, Willson was a member of John Philip Sousa's band (1921–1923), and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini (1924–1929). Willson then moved to San Francisco, California as the concert director for radio station KFRC, and then as a musical director for the NBC radio network in Hollywood. His work in films included composing the score for Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), (Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score).
His Symphony No. 1 in F minor: A Symphony of San Francisco and his Symphony No. 2 in E minor: Missions of California were recorded in 1999, by William T. Stromberg conducting the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Other symphonic works include O.O. McIntyre Suite, Symphonic Variations on an American Theme and Anthem, the symphonic poem Jervis Bay, and Ask Not, which incorporates quotations from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. In tribute to the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA), he composed In Idyllwild for orchestra, choir, vocal solo and Alphorn. Willson's chamber music also includes A Suite for Flute.
In general, it was recognized that Willson wrote well-crafted, complex music that classical music fans could appreciate, with intricate and sometimes startling counterpoint, well-crafted melody, and subtle orchestration, all while still appealing to mass audiences.
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