
Concert Band
Purple Rain
Rock Ballad
1 Solostimme + 5 Chorstimmen
Info
"Purple Rain“ is a song by US singer Prince from the year 1984. It was the main title song of the same-named album, which was the soundtrack of the musical film. And of course this film was starring Prince. The soundtrack was awarded the Oscar for best soundtrack, the song reveiced a Grammy. „Purple Rain“ was Prince's big international breakthrough. He influenced pop music of the 1980's with his unique mixture of different musical genres - from funk to pop, from rock to blues. Heinz Briegel created a fine arrangement for wind band. „Purple Rain“ was published in the RUNDEL series „Rock & Wind Band“, enlarging the wind band with a rock band. Furthermore there is an optional part for solo vocal with background choir, substituted as solo in the alto saxophone part.
Series ROCK & WIND BAND
(Rock Band opt.)
For vocal solo, choir SATB (ad lib.) and concert band
Range: f'-f''
Lyrics: English
The set includes one solo vocal part and five choir parts.

See also
Rock Stones
MVSR094-2
Rock Stone Intro, Shred Meister, Canterville Ghost, Modern Girl, Got it? - Flaut it!, The Living Years, Eastern Standard Time, Hard Rock Stones (Medley), Purple Rain, Smokin' Horns, Rhythm Impossible, ...
Music
MVSR2132
John Miles' fantastic hit "Music" is a sounding declaration of love to music. Heinz Briegel arranged this classic for the RUNDEL Rock & Wind Band series - for wind band with optional enhancement by a rock band. You can also perform ...
The Great Pretender
MVSR2105
Der Song "The Great Pretender" wurde vor allem durch die englische Rockgruppe QUEEN und ihrem unvergessenen Sänger Freddie Mercury weltberühmt. Das feine Arrangement von Klaas van der Woude präsentiert, angereichert durch kleine ...
The Sound Of Silence
MVSR3342
"The Sound of Silence" is a song by the famous American folk rock duo "Simon & Garfunkel". It did not attract much attention when it first appeared on the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." in 1964, but only one year ...
What A Wonderful World
MVSR2905
„What a Wonderful World" is a famous song, originally performed by Louis Armstrong and later covered by serveral other artists.
The lyrics of the first verse:
I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you, and ...
Modern Girl
MVSR2130
Heinz Briegel's sweeping arrangement of „Modern Girl“, a famous song by rock singer ‘Meat Loaf’ can be perfomed instrumentally or with vocals and features a great solistic part for alto saxophone and tenor ...