To dream the impossible dream to fight the unbeatable foe to bear with unbearable sorrow to run where the brave dare not go. It tells the story of the mad knight don quixote as a play within a play, performed by cervantes and his fellow. That current is best identified by its catchlabelstheater of the absurd, black comedy, the theater of crueltywhich. Although the musical opened modestly in greenwich village, it was soon moved to broadway, where the show ran for six years and became the fourth longestrunning broadway musical at that time. The impossible dream complete for full orchestra, intermediate orchestra sheet music. The prisoners unite to sing him on his way with the impossible dream. Performances are scheduled for april 1820 and 2527 at 7 p. Darion the impossible dream sheet music for choir satb. Sheet music can be viewed and printed as a downloadable pdf file or through the interactive sheet music viewer. Albedo musicthe impossible dream the quest from man of. To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow to run where the brave dare not go. Your highresolution pdf file will be ready to download in 11 available keys.
Theshow s most popular song, thequest popularly known as the impossible dream hit number one on the billboard charts in 1966 and has been recorded by dozens of artists, including elvis presley, frank. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Some tracks may include sampled instruments from high quality sample libraries. G gmaj7 to right the unrightable wrong, c cmaj7 to love pure and chaste from afar, bm c to try when your arms are too weary, am d to reach the unreachable star. The impossible dream the quest is a popular song composed by mitch leigh, with lyrics written by joe darion. The first was to make a film out of an essentially uninspired musical play.
A computer printer is required to print out sheet music. The production was a resounding critical success, and in march of 1968, it was transferred to the martin beck theatre on broadway, where it. In this song, don quixote explains his quest and the reasons behind it. I didnt see this particular recording of the impossible dream posted on youtube but its the very best. The impossible dream as sheet music download free in. The impossible dream the quest from man of lamancha lyrics by joe darion. A lowbudget show with a whimsical theme concerning an old man who imagines himself to be a knight, it caught the 60s zeitgeist of idealism in the face of societyrending conflict.
Dale wasserman, however, had more trouble getting it on to a broadway stage than don quixote ever had with those damn windmills. This is my quest to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. Print and download in pdf or midi the impossible dream. There are some tempo variations to make it sound more natural. The second was not to believe that cervantes really meant it when he wrote don quixote. To right the unrightable wrong to love pure and chaste from afar. Theres a message there, but it isnt to dream the impossible. This is the signature number, which has proven a classic of american musical theater.
The last half is repeated with shift to a, as seen in the great musical performance by brian stokes. Artists of first folio provides information and activities to help students form a personal connection to the play before attending the production. To love, pure and chaste, from afar, to try, when your arms are too weary, to reach the unreachable star. It is the original piano score with slight changes. The impossible dream brian stokes mitchell youtube.