Small Ensemble,Strings - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.835811
Composed by Richard Rodgers. Arranged by Paul Burnell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 33 pages. Paul Burnell #3631479. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835811).
Happy Talk, words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers, arranged by Paul Burnell for instruments in four parts.
Duration 3:50
Score in C
The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Eb (flute, oboe, alto recorder, Eb clarinet, violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb (oboe, tenor recorder, Bb clarinet, violin 2)
Part 3: C - alto & bass clefs, Bb, Eb, F (Bb clarinet, bass recorder, alto saxophone, horn in F, viola)
Part 4: C - bass clef, Bb, F (bassoon, great bass recorder, tenor saxophone, horn in F, 'cello)
Part 4 may play an octave lower than written
Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.
Although the score is presented with layout appropriate for string quartet this does not indicate a preferred instrumentation.
Programme note:
'Happy Talk' is a song from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'South Pacific'. A cover version by Captain Sensible was a UK number one hit in 1982.