Format: Conductor Score
Contributors: By Ferde Grofé / arr. Andrew H. Dabczynski
Series: Highland/Etling String Orchestra
Level: 2.5
Grade: (2.5)
One of the most widely recognized American orchestra pieces! Known to listeners from its use in the hit movie, A Christmas Story, in Disneyland rides, and more recently in Ken Burns' documentary, The National Parks, this accessible arrangement maintains the integrity, style, and overall effect of the larger work. True-to-the-original bowings and fingerings are provided in a player-friendly key with simplified accidentals and rhythms, and, of course, the indispensable burro "clip-clop" as played by temple blocks.