Product Description
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
Program Notes
Low Flute Ensemble
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) is the most popular song from the
1965 Broadway musical Man of La
Mancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name. The song was composed by Mitch Leigh,
with lyrics written by Joe Darion.
It was awarded the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriters
Hall of Fame.
This arrangement for Low Flute Ensemble can be performed
with as few as 5 players or a full flute choir with multiple players on a
part. It is scored for 3 alto flutes, 2
bass flutes, and optional contrabass flute.
I have always found the lyrics of The
Impossible Dream extremely moving:
To
dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong,
To love pure and chaste from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest,
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this,
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To fight the unbeatable foe.
To reach the unreachable star.
Broadway
Movies
Popular
Ballad
Musicals
Phyllis Avidan Louke is a flutist and award-winning composer
and arranger with more than 70 published pieces to her credit. www.phyllislouke.com
A list of Phyllis Loukes SMP publications with full length
recordings can be found at http://www.phyllislouke.com/compositions/digital-downloads-smp-publications/
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