As well as the more familiar composers James Hook and Thomas Arne (who wrote Rule Britannia) this collection of 12 English melodies includes tunes by the less well known William Reeve William Shieldand Thomas Arne's son Michael. Charles Dibdin's 'Tom Bowling' which Sir Henry Wood worked into his 'Fantasia on British Sea Songs' - a corner stone of the Last Night of the Proms is also here.The Gr…
arranged for clarinet and piano by Russel Denwood-This is the piano reduction of an important and substantial work for clarinet and strings (which has also been published in a new corrected edition - E643). It was written in 1895 when the composer was still a student atthe Royal College of Music. His composition teacher Charles Villiers Stanford was so impressed by the piece that he took it wit…
Mr. Bumble Takes A Wife composed for Bassoon. Wilfred Josephs was a prolific composer and his classical works include 12 symphonies 22 concertos overtures chamber music operas ballets vocal works - almost all ofwhich had been written to commission.
for clarinet in A 2 violins viola & violoncello-A new corrected edition of an important and substantial work which has been constructed from the existing set of parts by Russell Denwood.It was written in 1895 when the composer was still a student at the Royal Collegeof Music. His composition teacher Charles Villiers Stanford was so impressed by the piece that he took it with him on a visit to…
Ernest Bucalossi (1863–1933) was a light-music composer remembered solely for this one enduring (and endearing) lollipop. Himself a London theatre conductor he was the second son of theatre conductor/composerProcida Bucalossi who migrated to London from Italy. Ernest studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in 1881 began his theatre career by deputising for his father. He went on to compo…
'My Concerto for Recorder Strings and Percussion was commissioned for Evelyn Nallen and the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra and composed in 1979. I was much absorbed by composing concertante works at the time and in factwrote six concertos that year
Four Little Pieces was composed for trumpet/cornet by Gordon Jacob in 1974. These are technically easy and enjoyable to play remaining firm favourites ever since they were first written. The individual B-flat Cornet/B-flatTrumpet part is also included on a separate insert.
Christopher Ball is a British composer conductor and Clarinettist Born in Leeds England in 1936. This challenging work by Ball has three movements dedicated to Ben Norbury Adam Walker and GarySchocker.
This Fanfare for 6 Horns 2 Trombones bass Trombone and Tuba was composed in Oslo Norway in 2011. It is composed with a rather proud and majestic interpretation in mind.In the last bar for 1st & 2nd Horn the 2ndHorn should play the upper voice if the 1st Horn does so. If the 1st Horn decides to play the 2nd voice (ossia) then the 2nd Horn should do so as well. If parts are being doubled then …
Yet another wonderful arrangement of this jaunty number from the classic 1937 film Shall We Dance. Grades 5 to 6 standard.Arranged for Soprano Saxophone 2 Alto Saxophones Tenor Saxophone and Bass Saxophone.
Prelude Waltz Arioso Finale-The Suite For Horn although well within the range of a second-year student is a little gem. Lyrical tunes and a most effective piano part make this a suitable short item for recital.Includes parts for both Eb andF horns.
Giuseppe Concone (1801-1861) was an Italian singing master pianist and composer. He wrote several volumes of vocal exercises which won world-wide recognition for their usefulness. These legato studies with their long phrases are ideal for developing a good tone on the bassoon. The bassoon generally plays a modest supporting role in the orchestra but there are occasions when it is given a solo …
A terrific collection of Bass Trombone solos by Gordon Jacob. With a Piano reduction of the orchestral work. Several of these pieces are set as part of the ABRSM Bass Trombone Syllabus Grades 6 and 7.
Gordon Jacob was born in Upper Norwood South London in 1895 a tenth child and a seventh son. He was educated at Dulwich College which was an unusually musical school and he wrote his first orchestral pieces there. During the First World War he was captured by the Germans near Arras and in his prison camp organised a small orchestra whose entire repertoire he arranged or composed. This early …
Thomas Arne composed When Daisies Pied to words from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost in 1740. This is an enjoyable song with a melodious clarinet obligato written by Henry Lazarus which compliments both the voice and pianothroughout. The clarinet obligato is printed on a separate insert which is also included.