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Concert Band

Downtown

- as performed by Petula Clark -

Downtown

Concert Band

Downtown

- as performed by Petula Clark -

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Performance time
00:03:20

Grade Level
Mittelstufe

Publisher
Rundel

Size
A4

Info
Full Score + Parts

Order Number
MVSR3205

Release Date
2016

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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.

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Keywords

Oldies

Charthits

1960er Jahre

Hit / Hits

Beer tent / Pavilion / Marquee

Carnival

Number One Hit

Pop

Pop Song

Rock

Rockband

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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...

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