Prelude To A Kiss
by Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone - Digital Sheet Music

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Instruments
Electric Guitar
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Trombone
Classical Guitar
Piano
Bass Voice
Baritone Saxophone
Ensembles
Large Ensemble
Genres
Swing
Standards
Classical
Composers
Duke Ellington
Artists
Duke Ellington
Series
ArrangeMe
Music of Black Composers and Artists
ArrangeMe
Mixamodian Music
David Leech
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Digital
Levels
Late Intermediate
Usages
School and Community
Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Bass Voice,Drums,Guitar,Piano,Tenor Saxophone,Trombone,Trumpet - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.973280

By Duke Ellington. By Duke Ellington. Arranged by David Leech. Jazz. 56 pages. David Leech #4985365. Published by David Leech (A0.973280).

Slow ballad (quarter note=70).
Running time: 4:00
Vocal range: Baritone: Bb (2nd line bass clef) – C# (above middle C)
 
Prelude to a Kiss was composed by Duke Ellington in 1938.  It is highly chromatic and harmonically complex, considered experimental at the time. It was first recorded as an instrumental in August 1938, and again later that year as a vocal featuring Mary McHugh. It’s been recorded numerous times by such artists as Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, June Christy (with Stan Kenton) and Phil Woods

This arrangement is for a male vocal with a baritone range. It is two choruses long, with the first half of the second chorus consisting of an ensemble followed by an alto sax solo. The vocal reenters on the bridge of the second chorus and takes the song to its conclusion.

Instrumentation is the standard big band: five saxes (a,a,t,t,b), four trumpets, four trombones, guitar, piano, bass & drums. The two alto saxes double on clarinets and the tenors double flutes.

An optional Bb solo part is included so the arrangement can be performed as an instrumental featuring a trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor sax, etc. in place of the vocal.

Brass parts are in a moderate range. The lead trumpet stays mostly in the staff, although there is one high D.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

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