Philip Lane The Night Before Christmas (Full Score)
for narrator and full orchestra This is a heart-warming setting of the well-known poem, The Night before Christmas. Philip Lane's colourful scoring for narrator and orchestra will add festive sparkle and character to any Christmas concert.
for narrator and full orchestra
This is a heart-warming setting of the well-known poem, The Night before Christmas. Philip Lane's colourful scoring for narrator and orchestra will add festive sparkle and character to any Christmas concert.
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Words by<br />
Clement Clarke Moore<br />
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To Lynn<br />
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS<br />
for<br />
(1779-1863)<br />
narrator and orchestra<br />
<strong>Philip</strong> <strong>Lane</strong><br />
Flute 1<br />
(db. Picc.)<br />
Flute 2<br />
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Oboe 1<br />
Oboe 2<br />
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db. C.A.<br />
Clarinet 1 in B<br />
Clarinet 2 in B<br />
Bassoon 1<br />
Bassoon 2<br />
(Optional)<br />
Horns 1,2 in F<br />
Trumpet in B<br />
Tenor<br />
Trombones 1,2<br />
Bass Trombone<br />
Percussion 1<br />
Percussion 2<br />
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Harp<br />
Celesta<br />
(or piano played<br />
octave higher)<br />
Violin I<br />
Violin II<br />
Viola<br />
Violoncello<br />
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'Twas the night<br />
before <strong>Christmas</strong>,<br />
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* This "mouse" effect should be employed<br />
for audiences of predominantly the very<br />
young. <strong>The</strong> narrator should exaggerate a<br />
"listen" with the hand to the ear and perhaps<br />
wink.<br />
when all through the house, Not a<br />
creature was stirring, - not even a mouse.<br />
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© Oxford University Press 2006 Printed in Great Britain<br />
<strong>Philip</strong> <strong>Lane</strong> has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the composer of this work.<br />
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP<br />
Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> stockings were hung by the chimney with care,<br />
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> children were nestled all snug in their beds,<br />
While visions ofsugar-plums danced in their heads.<br />
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