Carpenters Forever
Richard Carpenter (arr. Toshio Mashima)
General Info
Year: 1990 / 2015
Duration: c. 6:25
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Vocal songs
Publisher: Yamaha Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - 16,500 yen
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo (doubling Flute III)
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV (all doubling Flugelhorn)
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Electric Bass Guitar
- Electric Guitar
- Piano
- Timpani
- Percussion, including:
- *Drum Set
- *Glockenspiel
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Vibraphone
- *Wind Chimes
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This medley of popular songs made famous by The Carpenters, Richard and Karen, includes Sing, We've Only Just Begun, Top of the World, Close to you, Superstar, and For All We Know.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Heart of Texas (San Antonio) Cincert Band (R. Mark Rogers, conductor) - 17 May 2026
- White Clouds Wind Ensemble (Tokyo, Japan) (Haruki Takahata, conductor) - 5 June 2024
- Moanalua High School (Honolulu, Hi.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Eldon T. Seta, conductor) – 27 January 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Carpenters Forever (arr. Mashima)
- The Carpenters in Concert (arr. Scheffer)
- Close To You (arr. Cofield)
- For All We Know (arr. Mortimer)
- Goodbye to Love (arr. Mortimer)
- Jambalaya (arr. Mortimer)
- Merry Christmas Darling (arr. Brubaker)
- Merry Christmas, Darling (arr. McDonald) (1968/2009)
- Merry Christmas, Darling (arr. Martin) (1968/2009)
- New Sounds of the Carpenters (arr Lowden) (1973)
- Superstar
- We’ve Only Just Begun