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SKU: A0.553315
By Queen. By Freddie Mercury and Frederick Mercury. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Rock. 10 pages. RayThompsonMusic #2063689. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553315)."Somebody to Love" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by the lead singer/pianist Freddie Mercury.
It debuted on the band's 1976 album A Day at the Races and was also featured on their compilation album Greatest Hits.
The song offers listeners something similar to that of Queen's earlier hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" with its complex harmonies and guitar solos; however instead of mimicking an English choir, the band turned to a gospel choir. It reached #2 in the UK and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
This song made it clear to fans that "Queen could swing as hard as it could rock, by channeling the spirit of gospel music.
it is arranged for horn quartet.
I was inspired to arrange this after listening to the American Girl Horn Quartet "Genghis Barbie" who have done an arrangement and recording of this. Their arrangement is for horn quartet and is pitched in concert pitch Ab, the same as the original.
My arrangement is in a lower key (concert pitch Eb) making it more accessible to the average horn quartet. It is my own arrangement based on Queen's music and not theirs. It is bound to sound similar but is nor the same.
My arrangement does have some of the descant voice parts.
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