Wonderful Town (concert version)
- Concert version (1953)Musical comedy in two acts
Duration: 75'
Music Text
Buch von Joseph Fields und Jerome Chodorov; Gesangstexte von Betty Comden und Adolph Green (engl.)
Scoring
Major roles: 4 men, 2 women; minor roles: 15 men (with doubling), 3 women; chorus; dancers;
Reed I(=fl,Ebcl,Bbcl,asax).Reed II(=Bbcl,bcl,asax,barsax).Reed III(=ob,corA,Bbcl,tsax).Reed IV(picc,fl,Bbcl,tsax).Reed V(Bbcl,asax,bsax,bn)-0.4.3.0-traps:SD/BD/tom-t/timbales/hi-hat/susp.cym.perc(1):timp/pitched drums/tam-t/2wdbl/xyl/cowbell/glsp/alarm clock-pft(=cel(opt))-strings
A spoken narration by Kim Criswell (also in a German version by Jens Luckwaldt) is available for concert performances. No choreography or staging is permitted in concert performance.
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes, Sole Agent
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
in der ganzen Welt.
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