Bye Bye Birdie – Music Orchestration

Full orchestration requirements for the musical Bye Bye Birdie. Note the optional synthesizer part to cover strings, and optional additional songs written in 1995.

BYE BYE BIRDIE ORCHESTRATION

3 Violins
2 Cellos
1 Bass

1 Reed I: Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute & Piccolo
1 Reed II: Alto Saxophone & Clarinet
1 Reed III: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
1 Reed IV: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Baritone Saxophone

1 Horn
1 Trumpets I & II
1 Trumpet III
1 Trombone I
1 Trombone II

1 Piano

2 Percussion I & II: (trap drum set & mallet instruments)

* Percussion I:
* Bells (Glockenspiel)
* Vibraphone
* Xylophone
* Chimes
* Timpani (2 drums)
* Tambourine
* Timbales
* Gran Cassa
* Snare Drum Case
* Suspended Cymbal
* Castanets
* Gourd
* Cowbell

* Percussion II:
* Trap drum set-
o Bass Drum
o Snare Drum & Rack Tom
o Floor Tom
o various Cymbals
+ hi-hat
+ crash
+ ride
+ finger
o Wood Blocks (2)
o Bongos
o Large Military Snare Drum
o Gong
o Gunshot
* Kazoo (or Ratchet)

Both players use Piatti, Triangle and Ratchet

1 Guitar-Banjo (Banjo for “Overture A”; Electric Bass for “Telephone Hour” and “One Hundred Ways – Ballet” only)

Piano-Conductor’s Score sent with rehearsal material.

A special Keyboard Synthesizer part is available, when the complete orchestration is used, at an additional charge. It may be substituted for the 3 violin and 2 cello parts.

Also available, at an additional charge: Full Orchestra Score (Partitur) in 4 volumes.

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Stage Manager’s Guide
3 Optional Additional Songs, from the 1995 television presentation:
Spanish Rose (Revised)
Let’s Settle Down
A Mother Doesn’t Matter Anymore

One thought on “Bye Bye Birdie – Music Orchestration

  1. I write to inquire if the Full Orchestra Score for BYE BYE BIRDIE (Partitur in four volumes) means the original full orchestration by Robert Ginzler, which if memory serves me correctly, employed between 28 and 30 musicians. Thank you.

    Christopher J. Smith
    San Francisco, CA

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