MusicaNeo have selected my arrangement of The Teddy Bears' Picnic in their “Featured Sheet Music” section.
This arrangement - for a duet of instruments in Eb and Bb - is one of three arrangements of the piece originally composed by John W. Bratton in 1907. The other two arrangements uploaded to MusicNeo at the same time are for a flexibly scored quartet and for a duet of Tenor and Bass Recorders. There are no vocal parts in any of the arrangements. The download comprises both score and parts.
Other pieces recently arranged for similar forces, and available on MusicNeo are: The Liberty Bell, Nimrod, and Tritsch-Tratsch Polka.
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The Teddy Bears' Picnic, by John W. Bratton, arranged by Paul Burnell for duet - instrument in Eb, instrument in Bb
Download comprises both score and parts
Duration 3:00
Part 1 in Eb (Alto Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Horn)
Part 2 in Bb (Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Euphonium)
The arrangement may be suitable for other instruments with the same transpositions.
Score shows parts transposed.
Programme note:
American composer John Walter Bratton composed the melody of 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic' in 1907. Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy added lyrics in 1932 and Henry Hall with the BBC Dance Orchestra recorded the first vocal version the same year.
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