THAT'S AMORE

Arrangement for Keyboard Percussion Ensemble

Composer: Harry Warren
Arranged: 1992
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation: keyboard percussion ensemble
Arranged For John Beck and the Eastman Marimba Ensemble
Premiere: Eastman Percussion Ensemble, John Beck, conductor; Robert Paterson, marimba soloist; Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY, 1992.  

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Program Note

I’ve always been a fan of Dean Martin’s songs. During my first few years of college, a disc that was always in my CD player was a CD of Dean Martin's Greatest Hits. It was interesting to me that some of his songs were orchestrated with marimbas and other non-standard percussion instruments. It seemed like a perfect fit to arrange That’s Amore for keyboard percussion ensemble. This work was originally written for and premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble directed by John Beck.