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Title
Beauty and the Beast
Original Title
Composer
Menken, Alan
Year
1991
Editor
Arranger
Meyer, Dick
Year Arranged
2009
Original Instrumentation
Voice & orchestra
Publisher
VerMeulen Music
Year Published
2009
Catalogue Number
8105
Sheet Music Format
A4, Score (10, wide) & parts (8x1=8)
Horns
8
Additional Equipment
Others
Other Instruments
Duration
3
Structure / Movements
One movement. Slowly
Clefs
Treble, bass
Meters
4/4
Key signatures
2b, None
Range
Horn 1: e1 - d3 Horn 2: d1 - g2 Horn 3: bb - g2 Horn 4: bb - f2 Horn 5: f - eb2 Horn 6: d - d2 Horn 7: d - a1 Horn 8: c (opt. C) - f1
Creator's Comments
Performance Notes
Beauty and the beast is a song from the 1991 Disney movie of the same name, about a prince who is transformed into a beast and the beautiful girl Belle, who ultimately delivers him with her love. The song was written by Alan Menken, who also wrote scores to The little mermaid, Aladdin, The hunchback of Notre Dame, and more recently Enchanted, among others. This arrangement has a fairly high first horn part, similar to Meyer's Malaguena (though not quite as high), and similar, much easier parts 2-8. Again, a recording of this song is easily found in order to be able to decide whether a solid, even if not overly challenging arrangement of Beauty and the beast is wanted in the repertoire.
Credits
Access to review score: Nancy Joy (NMSU)
Sound
Score