Prefatory Note ly commissioned in 1949 by Woody Herman for his Band, PRELUDE, FUGUE AND RIFFS was to be part of a series of jazz inspired works that already included Stravinsky's EBONY CONCERTO. Leonard’ Bernstein completed his work in November 1949, but by then Herman's group had disbanded, and he never performed the work, nor did he pursue the jazz series project any further. PRELUDE, FUGUE AND RIFFS lay dormant until 1952, when Mr. Bernstein revised it for a more conventional pit orchestra, in order to incorporate the work as a ballet sequence in the musical comedy WONDERFUL TOWN. This new version did not survive its out-of-town tryout, but bits of the music remain in the show as part of the "Conquering the City" dance and the "Conversation Piece” quartet. ‘The premiere performance of PRELUDE, FUGUE AND RIFFS took place on Mr. Bernstein's Omnibus telecast, "What is Jazz?", October 16, 1955, with Benny Goodman, soloist. Mr. Bernstein has twice recorded PRELUDE, FUGUE AND RIFFS: with Mr. Goodman on Columbia Records (now SONY) MI6077/MS6677, and with Peter Schmidl and members of the Vienna Philharmonic on Deutsche Grammophone in 1988. Instrumentation Solo Bb Clarinet 1st Trombone Ist Eb Alto Saxophone 2nd Trombone (Alternating with Bb Clarinet) 3rd Trombone 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone Bass Trombone st Bb Tenor Saxophone (4th Trombone) ‘2nd Bb Tenor Saxophone Piano Eb Baritone Saxophone Percussion (2 Players) 1st Bb Trumpet ‘4Tom-Toms 2nd Bb Trumpet ‘Traps: Hi-Hat, Snare Drum, 3rd Bb Trumpet Bass Drum et. 4th Bb Trumpet Xylophone Sth Bb Trumpet Vibraphone Wood Block 2 Timpani = String Bass (solo) ** The composer has suggested that the solo clarinet be discreetly amplified in performance. Instrumental parts are available from: ‘The Rental Library Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. ‘52 Cooper Square ‘New York, New York 10003 LEONARD BERNSTEING is a registered trademark of Jalni Publications, Inc. © the paper used inthis publi for Infarration Scencer Pe 1 minimum requirements of American National Standard rinted Library Matedas, ANSI 289 48-1984,Te Benny Goodman Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble Prelude Leonard Bernstein for the Brass Duration: ca. 9 minutes, Fast and exact J+ 15) {© Copyright 1950, 1974 by Amberson, Ia; Copyright Renewed, ‘nls Publications, le, Publisher. Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Sole Aget. Corrected Eatin 1991 International Copyright Secured, FsB593 Printed in U.S.A.