Concert Band; Orchestra
2+Picc.2.2.2: 3Saxes
(AAT; opt.): 4.3.3.1:
Timp.Perc(4): Str
(9-8-7-6-5 in set)
SKU: AP.36-A900490
Arranged by George M.
Cohan and ed./arr. by
William Ryden. Full
Orchestra, Conductor
Score & Parts. Nostalgia
Series. Score and
Part(s). LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A900490.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A900490).
UPC:
659359874383.
English.
George M.
Cohan (1878-1942),
getting an early start in
vaudeville with his
family act The Four
Cohans, soaked up every
facet of show business.
He acted, composed, sang,
danced, produced and
wrote plays. One of his
most celebrated songs,
OVER THERE, became
America's most beloved
patriotic anthem during
World War I. He wrote it
on April 6, 1917,
immediately upon learning
that the United States
had declared war on
Germany. Charles King
first sang it at a Red
Cross benefit concert in
New York. Enrico Caruso,
Billy Murray, and Arthur
Fields made vocal
recordings, but the most
successful, sang by Nora
Bayes, sold one and a
half million copies. This
version has been
orchestrated by William
Ryden. Instrumentation:
2+Picc.2.2.2: 3Saxes
(AAT; opt.): 4.3.3.1:
Timp.Perc(4): Str
(9-8-7-6-5 in set).
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