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Downtown
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- as performed by Petula Clark - This famous catchy pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, climbed the charts and became a worldwide hit. In 1965, “Downtown” was awarded a Grammy for “best rock’n’roll song”. Since then, many renowned artist have covered the song.
Stefan Schwalgin intentionally chose the version by Petula Clark as a basis for his arrangement. For one
thing, he honors the original and most famous release of this song. For another, he has great regard for the song’s quasi-orchestral arrangement with a careful and multi-varied instrumentation that offers great possibilities of adapting the sound to the concert band. A rock or pop song’s melodic quality is the essential precondition for an instrumental version. The “Downtown” tune fulfills all requirements and has a high recognition value.
Serie Sound Classics No. 37
Grade Level GB: 3-4 Grade Level USA: 2+ (Easy-Medium) Composer: Hatch, Tony Arranger: Schwalgin, Stefan Genre: Pop, Rock, Schlager music Performance time: 00:03:20 Publisher: Rundel Size: A4 Info: Full Score + Parts Rundel Order Number: MVSR3205 Release Date: 2016
This famous catchy pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, climbed the charts and became a worldwide hit. In 1965, “Downtown” was awarded a Grammy for...
Stefan Schwalgin was born in 1965 in Datteln (Westphalia) born. Since the age of ten he has been self-taught to learn various wind instruments. Writing music soon became his main field of activity. Arrangements and compositions were created for various ensembles and formations (orchestra, big band and wind orchestra).
After military music service as a saxophonist, clarinetist, keyboardist and...