SKU: A0.1432706

William Ward-Higgs  1866 –  1936 was an English lawyer and songwriter who wrote Sussex by the Sea: The unofficial anthem of that county, a regimental march of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and the official song of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

From 1902–08, he lived at Hollywood House in Bersted, West Sussex and wrote Sussex by the Sea when his favourite sister-in-law became engaged to Captain Waithman of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.  

This version for Concert Band is in the lower key of Bb which corresponds to the key used in Military Band performances.

SKU: A0.1502562

Arranged for String Quartet, Piano Accompaniment and Drum Set.

By Tom Petty, James Napier, Jeff Lynne, William Edward Phillips and Sam Smith. Arranged by Marcelo Ianni. Score and parts. 11 pages.

SKU: A0.1142747

By Sam Smith. By James Napier, William Edward Phillips, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Sam Smith. Arranged by Alicia S. Score & Parts, with Interchangeable Violin 2 and Viola Parts. 8 Pages.

SKU: A0.1142200

By Sam Smith. By James Napier, William Edward Phillips, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Sam Smith. Arranged by Alicia S. Score & Parts. 8 Pages.

SKU: A0.940425

Arbophillia is latin for the love of trees and was written for William Howard's love songs project in 2016 as a new conception of the idea of love in contemporary times. It is, in spirit, inspired by the wonder for trees as poet Philip Larkin wrote in his 'The Trees', naming them 'unresting castles' in their ability to seemingly die every winter and bloom in green every spring.

The tree is taken as the ultimate symbol for nature, as it harbours micro-ecosystems of ants and funghi, of earth worms and cicadas. Its branches perpetuate in a manner that is strange and yet as natural as we have five fingers on our hands. Numerous proverbs and countless poems have been written about trees. This piece is another ode to them, attempting to encapsulate these aspects through the exploitation of the piano's registers and possibilities for colour.  

William Howard gave the world premiere of Arbophillia on the 26th of April 2017 in Hoxton Hall, London.

SKU: LV.14096

Our Good and Honest Taft. Words and Music by Annie R. Waln Bassett. Published [n.d.] by in n.p. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include National Emblems, Portraits--William Howard Taft, Presidential elections. First line reads There's a warcry from Chicago that's spread unto the sea..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

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