Robert Russell Bennett's Broadway medleys

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Robert Russell Bennett's Broadway medleys

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Can anyone name ALL of them (not a "test"...but curious/seeking information), and are ALL of them orchestrated for both orchestras and wind bands?

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anticipating possible non-answers-to-the-question sidebar topics:

If this ends up turning into an opinion-expressing thread (ie. no one can answer the question, but many still chime in - per usual)

likely sidebar A:
I believe my favorite - of all of them that I've played - is the Carousel one, BUT THAT ONE WAS ARRANGED BY E. LEIDZEN...
though THIS one is ALSO out there (which I like BETTER THAN the Leidzen medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Tgy6AIX0 ) :gaah:

likely sidebar B: ,
Are they better with strings...??
Well...They are certainly more reminiscent of what is heard from the orchestra pit - or from the TV set, when these shows/musicals are revived.

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OK...I believe I just found the answer (via a search engine)...so go on ahead with your sidebar topics.
wiki wrote:Broadway arrangements and orchestrations (a selection)

Hirsch: Mary (1920)
Friml, Hammerstein and Harbach: Rose-Marie (1924)
Gershwin: Oh, Kay! (1926)
Kern and Hammerstein: Show Boat (1927) (new orchestrations 1946 and 1966)
Gershwin: Girl Crazy (1930)
Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing (1931)
Kern and Harbach: The Cat and the Fiddle (1931)
Kern and Hammerstein: Music in the Air (1932)[7]
Porter: Anything Goes (1934) (with Hans Spialek)
Porter: Jubilee (1935)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! (1943)
Bizet, Hammerstein: Carmen Jones (1943) (shared with Georges Bizet, composer of the 1875 opera Carmen)
Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Harburg and Lane: Finian's Rainbow (1947) (shared with Don Walker)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Allegro (1947)
Porter: Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: South Pacific (1949)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The King and I (1951)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Pipe Dream (1955)
Lerner and Loewe: My Fair Lady (1956) (shared with Philip J. Lang)
Styne, Comden, and Green: Bells Are Ringing (1956)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Flower Drum Song (1958)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music (1959)
Lerner and Loewe: Camelot (1960) (shared with Philip J. Lang)
Lerner and Lane: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965)

Bennett also did the orchestrations for the 1936 film version of Show Boat, and for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! Some of his stage orchestrations were used in the 1958 film version of South Pacific, and the 1956 film version of The King and I.


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I agree, guys. This is the way to go.
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Re: Robert Russell Bennett's Broadway medleys

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Love RRB. "My Fair Lady" gets my vote. My band is playing Victory at Sea this upcoming concert series, too.

He has a pretty nice arrangement of White Christmas, as well.
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