Top: Arts: Performing Arts: Theatre: Musicals: Bye Bye Birdie: Licensing


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The rights to perform Bye Bye Birdie are currently owned by Tams-Witmark. Both the original show and the revised 1995 version are available for licensing.


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Available Orchestration

Full Orchestration with Keyboard
Synthesizer to Replace Strings and
Partitur (Full Orchestral Score)
Full Orchestration:
3 Violins
2 Cellos
1 Bass
1 Reed I: Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute & Piccolo
1 Reed II: Alto Saxophone & Clarinet

1 Reed III: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet

1 Reed IV: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet & Baritone Saxophone

1 Horn
1 Trumpets I & II
1 Trumpet III
1 Trombone I
1 Trombone II

1 Piano

2 Percussion I & II: (trap drum set & mallet instruments)
Percussion I:
Bells (Glockenspiel)
Vibraphone
Xylophone
Chimes
Timpani (2 drums)
Tambourine
Gran Cassa
Snare Drum Case
Suspended Cymbal
Castanets
Gourd
Cowbell
Percussion II:
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Rack Tom
Floor Tom
various Cymbals
---hi - hat
---crash
---ride
---finger
Wood Blocks (2)
Bongos
Large Military Snare Drum
Gong
Gunshot
Kazoo (or Ratchet)

Both players use Piatti, Triangle and Ratchet

Guitar-Banjo (Banjo for "Overture A"; Electric Bass for
"Telephone Hour" and "One Hundred Ways - Ballet" only)

Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material.

A special Keyboard Synthesizer part is available, when the complete orchestration is used, at an additional charge. It may be substituted for the 3 violin and 2 cello parts.

Partitur (Full Orchestral Score)

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:

Stage Manager's Guide
3 Optional Additional Songs, from the 1995 television presentation:
Spanish Rose (Revised)
Let's Settle Down
A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore


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based

1. http://www.tams-witmark.com/ - Information on licensing the show with available orchestration.



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