Physical description

The Blue Room is a Showtune written by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) for the musical "The Girl Friend" with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The New York American reviewer at the time of the release of the musical in 1926 wrote "There was a ditty called 'The Blue Room' which should be sung to exhaustion". The piece has become a well known jazz standard and has been released by many artists over the past century. Its simple melody makes it easy to adapt to introduce instrumental improvisation over the backing band.

17 Parts for Brass Band:
Soprano Cornet
Solo Cornet
Repiano
2nd Cornet
3rd Cornet
Solo Horn Eb
1st Horn Eb
2nd Horn Eb
Euphonium
1st baritone
2nd Baritone
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
Eb Bass
Bb Bass
Drums

Inscriptions & markings

The Blue Room
by Lorenz Hart
and Richard Rodgers
Arr. Robt. H. McAnally
Modto Assai
Copyright MCMXXVI by HARMS inc.
For Australia and New Zealand - Chappell & Co Ltd., National Building, Pitt Street Sydney
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Summary

The Blue Room is a Showtune written by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) for the musical "The Girl Friend" with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The New York American reviewer at the time of the release of the musical in 1926 wrote "There was a ditty called 'The Blue Room' which should be sung to exhaustion". The piece has become a well known jazz standard and has been released by many artists over the past century. Its simple melody makes it easy to adapt to introduce instrumental improvisation over the backing band.

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