An American in Paris was originally scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B-flat, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, triangle, wood block, ratchet, cymbals, low and high tom-toms, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, 4 taxi horns labeled as A, B, C, and D with circles around them, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (all doubling soprano and alto saxophones), and strings.
ɐn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɪn pˈæɹɪs wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli skˈoːɹd fɔːɹ θɹˈiː flˈuːts θˈɜːd dˈʌblɪŋ ˌɔn pˈɪkəlˌoʊ, tˈuː ˈoʊboʊz, ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ hˈɔːɹn, tˈuː klˌæɹənˈɛts ɪn bˈiːflˈæt, bˈeɪs klˌæɹənˈɛt ɪn bˈiːflˈæt, tˈuː bæsˈuːnz, fˈoːɹ hˈɔːɹnz ɪn ˈɛf, θɹˈiː tɹˈʌmpɪts ɪn bˈiːflˈæt, θɹˈiː tɹɑːmbˈoʊnz, tˈuːbə, tɪmpˈɑːni, snˈɛɹ dɹˈʌm, bˈeɪs dɹˈʌm, tɹˈaɪæŋɡəl, wˈʊd blˈɑːk, ɹˈætʃɪt, sˈɪmbəlz, lˈoʊ ænd hˈaɪ tˈɑːmtˈɑːmz, zˈaɪləfˌoʊn, ɡlˈɑːkənspˌiːl, səlˈɛstə, fˈoːɹ tˈæksi hˈɔːɹnz lˈeɪbəld æz ˈeɪ, bˈiː, sˈiː, ænd dˈiː wɪð sˈɜːkəlz ɚɹˈaʊnd ðˌɛm, ˈæltoʊ sˈæksəfˌoʊn, tˈɛnɚ sˈæksəfˌoʊn, bˈæɹɪtˌoʊn sˈæksəfˌoʊn ˈɔːl dˈʌblɪŋ səpɹˈɑːnoʊ ænd ˈæltoʊ sˈæksəfˌoʊnz, ænd stɹˈɪŋz.