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SKU: A0.1113567
By Man Of La Mancha. By Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh. Arranged by Phyllis Avidan Louke. Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Standards. 12 pages. Louke Publishing #715479. Published by Louke Publishing (A0.1113567).The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
for Low Flute Ensemble
Program Notes:
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name. The song was composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was awarded the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.
I have always found the lyrics of The Impossible Dream extremely moving:
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
And to run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
And to love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march, march into Hell
For that Heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
This arrangement for Low Flute Ensemble can be performed with as few as 5 players or a full flute choir with multiple players on a part. It is scored for 3 alto flutes, 2 bass flutes, and optional contrabass flute.
Broadway Movies, Popular Ballad
Phyllis Avidan Louke is a flutist and award-winning composer and arranger with more than 70 published pieces to her credit. www.phyllislouke.com.
A list of Phyllis Louke’s SMP publications with full length recordings can be found at https://www.phyllislouke.com/compositions/digital-downloads-smp-publications/.
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