Edition: Jazz Big Band Arrangement

Description: Swing - Medium Difficult

Publisher: Lush Life Music

Traumerei was written by Robert Schumann in 1838, the seventh of a set of thirteen pieces for solo piano. This chart is based on the Claude Thornhill arrangement of this popular melody, though it is scored for a regular 5-4-4-4 big band lineup. Thornhill's band included french horns, woodwind doubles throughout the reeds, and, on occasions, a seven clarinet choir. Thornhill was also noted for insisting that his players used no vibrato, relying instead on the natural tonality of instruments to convey the arranger's intent. The chart offered here calls for altos and tenors to double clarinet. There are alternate parts in the pack which remove the tenor doubles, though both altos are required to double clarinet regardless. All solos (piano, tenor 1, clarinet, trumpet 2) are written out in full but can be improvised from the chords too.

Full Score
Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
2 Tenor Saxophones
Baritone Saxophone
4 Trumpets
3 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drum Set

Trumpets 1-4: C6, A5, G5, E5
Trombones 1-4: B4, G,4, F4, D4