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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.485133 Composed by Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward, George Gershwin, and Ira Gershwin. Arranged by John Benoit. Blues,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Opera,Standards. 21 pages. John Benoit Music #104139. Published by John Benoit Music (A0.485133). “It Ain’t Necessarily So” is a show-stopper when sung by the character Sportin’ Life in George Gershwin’s opera PORGY AND BESS (1935). This arrangement for clarinet quintet captures all of the swagger of the original song in a swinging setting that builds from a simple tenor melody to a grand shout section. Alternative transpositions of the fourth part are provided for Bb, alto, and bass clarinets. Instrumentation: 4 Bb clarinets (alternate alto/bass 4th part), bass clarinet. Duration: c. 2:30”. Grade 3. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).

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