Product Description
for Flexible Clarinet Choir
Linus and Lucy
Program Notes
Linus and Lucy is a popular jazz piano composition written by Vince Guaraldi, used in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Named for the cartoon characters, siblings Linus and Lucy van Pelt, it was on the Vince Guaraldi Trios 1964 album Jazz Impressions of a Boy
Named Charlie Brown. In 1965, the song Linus and Lucy was featured on the television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Since 1965, the piece has introduced most of the Peanuts TV cartoons, just a few exceptions. It is one of the most recognizable pieces by composer Vince Guaraldi, and has become the de facto theme song of the Peanuts franchise.
This arrangement for Flexible Clarinet Choir or Clarinet Quartet can be performed with as few as 4 players up to a full clarinet choir with multiple players on a part. It is also
possible to perform it as a quartet by leaving out the Flute 3 part, which fills out the harmony. It is scored for Eb Clarinet (Part 1), 4 Bb Clarinets (Parts 1-4), Eb Alto Clarinet (Part 4), Bb Bass Clarinet (Part 4).
Options
for Clarinet Quartet instrumentation are
Eb Clarinet (or Bb Clar. 1)
Bb Clarinet 2<
br>Bb Clarinet 3,
Alto Clarinet or Bass Clarinet or Bb Clarinets 4.
Cartoon
Popular
Television
Children
Comics
Jazz
Birthdays
Phyllis Avidan Louke is a flutist and award-winning composer and arranger with more than 70 published pieces to her credit.
www.phyllislouke.com
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