Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”

Percussion Score

Player 1 Vibraphone, Four Pitched Drums, Cowbell, Police Whistle Player 2 Bass Drum, Conga, Wood Block, Three Cowbells, Finger Cymbal Player 3 Xylophone, Guiro, Glockenspiel, (High) Side Drum Player 4 Bongos, Tam-tam, Triangle, Tambourine, (High) Side Drum Player 5 Side Drum, Timbales, Suspended Cymbal, Conga, Small Maracas

(Drumkit part on separate score) Percussion 1 Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” Leonard Bernstein Prologue Xylophone Allegro Moderato q. = 128     Percussion 3              Bongos   Percussion 4                 p  molto sff z 8 15  Vibraphone   Perc.1             Finger snaps (all players) pp      Perc.2                    Perc.1                        25  Perc.1                      Finger snaps (all players) mp     Perc.2                    Joyously 34 40  Perc.1                 p cresc.   47 4 Pitched Drums Solo      Perc.1                           p 3  53              Perc.1             3  3  3  61 68 74            Perc.1         3  3 80 Guiro                 Perc.3             f ff 2 S.D.         Perc.5                          f ff 2  4 Pitched Drums 88 Solo            Perc.1                      3                   Perc.1          3  3    100 107 G.P.         Perc.1              cresc.  Xylo.     Perc.3               pp  111 Xylo.  127       Perc.3               pp Bongos     Perc.4            sfz

 133 ( q. = q ) 4 Pitched Drums G.P. G.P.            Perc.1                        3 3 3 3 ff 3 3 3 3 Xylo. fff     Perc.3               sff z fff 4 141 Scherzando e misterioso Xylo. (l’istesso tempo)           Perc.3                Bongos mp Perc.4                          pp  154 149  Perc.4                                f mp  162          Perc.4                        mf cresc.     167 Cowbell Perc.1                    f     Perc.4                                 f  175 4 Pitched Drums      Perc.1                  f      Perc.4                             179          Perc.1                ff Bongos Perc.4       ff Timbales           Perc.5           ff  189           Perc.1                             Perc.4            Perc.5                       5 195 B.D.        Perc.2                          ff Xylo.                       Perc.3              ff  203    Perc.2                 Soli          Perc.3                  p Bongos   Perc.4           p  209                    Perc.3                p cresc.     Perc.4                4 Pitched Dr. 216    Perc.1               f f Xylo.                  Perc.3               f  222 225 G.P.        Perc.1                       Perc.3         f 6 (Xylo.)                Perc.3                       p   mp cresc.  235 (Xylo.)             Perc.3                 ff  Bongos  Perc.4              ff

 Furioso 243 4 Pitched Dr.     Perc.1          ff Conga       Perc.2                ff               Perc.3         ff           Perc.4                          Perc.1                    Perc.2                          Perc.3              Perc.4                                   7 250       Perc.1                 Perc.2                      Perc.3              Perc.4                                  

 254 B.D.  Perc.2         fff           Perc.4                 fff Susp.Cym.         Perc.5                        fff

 258 Police Whistle      Perc.1       fff B.D.    Perc.2                                Perc.3                         fff           Perc.5                                 fff TIME TO TURN 8 264 268 Vibr.  Soli Perc.1                 p           Adagio 278 Somewhere (e = 72)   Perc.1                        Vla. 3 Fl. rall. e dim.  286 294 3 3 300 Vibr. Vibr.       (softest hammers)         Perc.1             p ppp  302 310 a tempo Susp.Cym.    Perc.5                Vln. 3 f  315 a tempo Glock.      Perc.3         ppp Tam-tam Perc.4                   pp  329 Twice as fast Andante con moto           (e = q) Perc.3     p Susp.Cym.  Perc.5             fff  335 poco più mosso Vibr. poco accel.    (q = 96)  Perc.1                    mf p dolce pp  Agitato 340 accel. di più accel. al (q = 120)  (q = 132)  Perc.1         9 Scherzo Vivace e leggiero 347 Grazioso (q = 132) (e = e) Vn.            Perc.2                                

Wood Block 1. 2.  Perc.2                            pp cresc. f f Triangle Perc.4             mf mf  Vibr. 361 (soft mallets)               Perc.1                               pp (non cresc.) Glock.  Perc.3                              pp (non cresc.)  Vibr.  Finger snaps (all players)      Perc.1                       pp pp Glock.  Perc.3                      pp pp               Perc.1                           cresc. f    Perc.3                           cresc. f 10 376 marcato e staccato S.D.      Perc.5                       f  4 pitched dr. 382    Perc.1                     Xylo.     ppp     Perc.3        pp      Perc.5                         dim.molto pp  (e = e)   Perc.1                       Vibr.       Perc.3                        pp    

 391 Finger snaps Wood Block (All percussionists)    Perc.2                 p     Perc.3                 molto   4 Pitched Dr.   G.P. Perc.1            mf sfz       Perc.2                          cresc. Susp. Cym.  Perc.5             sfz 11 396                Perc.1                  mp mf cresc.

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Mambo 400 Meno presto       (e = 132) Perc.1           mp Cowbell                Perc.2     ff Bongos Perc.4                            ff

Timbales Perc.5                         ff

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404         Perc.2         Xylo.                  Perc.3            f  Perc.4                          Perc.5         PERC.4 TURN QUICKLY 12 410 1 Cowbell 2 3 4 5 6 7        Perc.1        meno f Bongos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Perc.4          meno f  8 9 10 11 12 13 14             Perc.1       Wood Block     Perc.2               ff ff Xylo.   Perc.3           ff ff 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Perc.4             15 16 17 18 19 20                    Perc.1  f cresc. 15 16 17 18 19 20 Perc.4        f cresc. Timbales       Perc.5                     f cresc.  430 21 22 23 24 25 26                    Perc.1 

21 22 23 24 25 26 Perc.4       

1 2 3 4 5 6 Perc.5               13 All players shout: 27 28 ff                Perc.1         Mam bo! 27 28 Perc.4             f All players shout: 7 8        ff   Perc.5                       Mam bo!

 442 Cowbell 454        Perc.1                ff  Perc.4               ff pp ff           Perc.5                      ff ff

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All players shout: ff    Perc.3           Mam bo! Perc.4             mf ff All players shout: To Conga (5 bars rest)     ff         Perc.5                             ff Mam bo! PLAYERS 2 & 3 OVERLEAF 14 462 466 4 Pitched Dr.     Perc.1        Cowbell Cowbells fff sfz      Perc.2                Xylo.  .        s               s li Perc.3   g    ff  fff  Bongos Perc.4           fff Conga   Perc.5          sfz             Perc.1                 sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz Perc.4                                     Perc.5                       sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz  472 Cowbells Perc.2                 Glock. Perc.3                 f 4 Pitched Dr.          Perc.1              f sfz sfz sfz sfz Bongos     Perc.4                          f Conga     Perc.5                   sfz sfz sfz sfz 15 480 484    Perc.1         ff sfz    Perc.2                                          Perc.3      cresc.          Perc.4                          sfz cresc. ff  Conga  Perc.5              sfz sfz

 488            Perc.1                 sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz Glock.        Perc.3            Perc.4                                     Perc.5                       sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz             Perc.1                 sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz       To Guiro            Perc.3    cresc.       Perc.4                                     Perc.5                       sfz sfz sfz sfz sfz TURN QUICKLY 16 496  Cowbell Perc.2                  f Guiro        Perc.3                     f         Perc.4                     f  504

Perc.2                        Perc.3                               Perc.4                    Timbales Perc.5            f  508 512 4 Pitched Dr.    Perc.1            sfz            Perc.4                    sfz pp sub. cresc.          Perc.5                       pp sub. cresc.         Perc.1                 sfz sfz sfz    Perc.4              Perc.5         17 520 524    Perc.1           sfz High S.D.   Perc.3          fff       Perc.4                 fff       Perc.5                 fff         Perc.3                    Perc.4        ff       Perc.5         ff  536 4 Pitched Dr. 532          Perc.1            fff     Perc.3                  Perc.4        dim. fff       Perc.5         dim. fff  540 molto rall.         Perc.1                 Perc.4            dim.    Perc.5             dim.  18

Cha-Cha 545 Andantino con grazia Vibr. 549 (q = 100)  (soft hammers) Perc.1              Finger Cymbals p    Perc.2                  p Tambourine     Perc.4                   pp

 555 Finger Cymbals    Perc.2            p Tambourine      Perc.4                p  Small maracas Perc.5              pp  563 High S.D.                              Perc.3        p mf  Perc.5         pp  Vibr.             Perc.1                 pp mf dim. molto

Perc.5         mf 19 Meeting Scene 569 Meno mosso Sempre rubato (q = 72)          Perc.1                          mf z mp   575 a tempo   rit. Perc.1                  pp f Cool  581 Allegretto accel. molto (q = 160) Vibr. Perc.1                    p      Cym. Perc.5                pp cresc. poco a poco mf  585 Stringendo un poco           Perc.1                       fz secco Xylo.   Perc.3               fz fz  589           (h = 88) Perc.1                        Perc.3           fz Susp.Cym.

Perc.5               pp  595     Perc.1                               mf      mf 20 601 (Vibr.) 3     gl Perc.1               iss.     p dim. molto pp   Bongos Perc.4                p

 607 Fugue  Perc.1                              612 Vibr.          Perc.1                   pp pp pp Bongos Bongos    Perc.4           sfz sfz

 620              Perc.1                    p  625                             Perc.1          3 3 Bongos  Perc.4         S.D.  Perc.5        sfz          (                      Perc.1          3 3 S.D.  Perc.5        sfz 21 632 )                Perc.1                       ff f p Bongos  Perc.4            f  637     Perc.1                                mp mf Bongos  Perc.4            sfz   Perc.1                                   p Bongos  Perc.4           sfz  644   Perc.1                             cresc.  649           Perc.1                  mf mf cresc. Xylo.    Perc.3            mf Bongos Bongos   Perc.4              sfz f TURN QUICKLY 22 Xylo.     Perc.3                                f cresc. sempre Bongos  Perc.4         sfz  656              Perc.3                    f f S.D. rim shot   (rim)      Perc.4                    f S.D. Perc.5          

 661         Perc.3                       Perc.4              Perc.5             3        Perc.3             3   Perc.4      

S.D.  Perc.5               23 666               Perc.3             ff         Perc.4                   ff         Perc.5                      ff

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670                        Perc.3             

       Bongos      Perc.4                             Perc.5                       

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676           Perc.3                     

   Perc.4              S.D.    Perc.5                 24 681      Perc.3             Bongos        Perc.4                                 rim shot (ord.) S.D.   Perc.5                 685   Perc.3                   Perc.4                                 ff rim shot (ord.)   Perc.5                690 Vibr.     Perc.1                        ff    Perc.4               694      Perc.1                ff Perc.2      Bongos        Perc.4                 f          Perc.1         ff 3 3      Perc.4              25 701                   Perc.1        mf dim. molto   Perc.4               705      Perc.1                                Susp.Cym. (pp ) mf   Perc.5         mf dim. molto (pp )  713 709      Perc.1                           mf   Perc.4           719 Vibr.  3   Perc.1                  p     Perc.4             724              Perc.1                   pp Xylo.   Perc.3           p           Perc.1                      Finger snaps (one player)

Perc.5                 PLAYERS 1, 2, 4 TURN QUICKLY 26 Rumble 730 Molto allegro (q. = 144)   Perc.1           ff subito B.D.    Perc.2                ff subito     Perc.3           f Susp. Cym.    Perc.4                           

 736 740 B.D.    Perc.2                   ff     Perc.3          pp subito f       Perc.4                       pp subito mf f

 746    Perc.2                Perc.3           f      Perc.4                  27 753 S.D. Perc.5                                    

 759

Perc.5                                    cresc.  763    Perc.3          f    Perc.5                                   mf  p  769  B.D. Perc.2               ff             Perc.3                    mf sffz sffz sffz sff z  Rim shot     Perc.5                                    ff sff z sff z sff z sff z  776 B.D.    Perc.2             ff          Perc.3                 sffz sffz sffz sff z      Perc.5                    sff z sff z sff z sff z  Wood block 783  788  Perc.2                   pp 28 Xylo.                       Perc.3                 mf cresc. f  796 ss.   801 gli           Perc.3                    f 2 S.D. Rim shot      Perc.5                     f 2

811  (approx. 3 bars long) Xylo.  liss. 806   g          Perc.3          fpp f molto sff z

Susp.Cym. Bongos     Perc.4                   f pp sff z molto Finale  Adagio 813 819 825 831 B.D. lunga (e = 80)         Perc.2          fff (flute cadenza)       Perc.3     fff         Perc.4            Meno 837 (e = 72) 844 Ancora meno mosso lunga ( = 60)    e    Perc.1     