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£35.00Passing - Brass Band - LM982
COMPOSER: Chris AllenPassing was written over the course of a series of weekly virtual workshops,with fellow young brass band writers, led by composer Mike Sheppard duringthe 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. The piece has a ternary (ABA) form, beginningwith a haunting melody accompanied by untethered, bleak harmonies.From letter B, the clouds begin to dissipate, leading to a central section witha very traditional, romantic climax. However, this relief is short-lived and themusic quickly returns to the atmosphere of the opening, but with smallrecollections of the bliss of the central section.
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£21.50Reelin' In The Years - Brass Band - LM768
COMPOSER: Walter Becker & Donald FagenARRANGER: Stephen Joy"Reelin' In the Years" (sometimes "Reeling In the Years") is a song by Jazz/rock band Steely Dan, released as the second single from their 1972 album, Can't Buy A Thrill, It reached number 11 in theBillboard ChartsThe song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and features Fagen on vocals. The song was also a No. 11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005,Q magazineplaced the song at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly said that Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reeling In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time. That solo was also ranked the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers ofGuitar Worldmagazine.
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£30.00Reminiscing Dance - Brass Band - LM983
COMPOSER: Chris AllenReminiscing Dance is the most traditional of all the brass band works I have written so far, but it contains beautiful melodies that should appeal to most audiences. The piece is similar in nature to 'The Three Bells',the central movement of Gordon Langford's Three Haworth Impressions, and is inspired by rural imagery and the idea of a widow recalling their precious experiences with their loved one. The general mood of the piece is one of happiness tinged with wistfulness and longing, beginning with a lilting,but not jolly triple time melody in the soprano cornet.This melody gives way to a more jovial tune at bar 56 which can afford to be played with more humour and freedom, but at bar 86 the atmosphere should darken again, with a subdued dynamic and smoother articulation.At bar 114, the upbeat music of the opening returns but bolder than before, to represent a feeling of anger that the opportunity to spend cherished time with a loved one has been stripped away by death. An intense countermelody in the euphoniums and baritones grinds painfully against the main tune in the cornets, before a soft close that suggests ultimately the dominant emotion of the piece is one of happy memories rather than loss.Chris Allen, December 2021
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£25.00Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash arr. by David Beal) - Brass Band Sheet Music Full Score & Parts - LM782
COMPOSER: June Carter Cash and Merle KilgoreARRANGER: David BealUK SALES ONLY"Ring of Fire"is a song written byJune Carter CashandMerle Kilgoreand popularized byJohnny Cashin 1963.The single appears on Cash's 1963 album,Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash.The song was originally recorded by June's sister,Anita Carter,on her Mercury Records albumFolk Songs Old and New(1963)as "(Love's) Ring of Fire".Mercury released Anita's version as a single and it was a featured "pick hit" inBillboardmagazine.After hearing Anita's version, Cash claimed he had adream where he heard the song accompanied by "Mexican horns".Cash said, "I'll give you about five or six more months,and if you don't hit with it, I'm gonna record it the way I feel it."Cash noted that adding trumpets was a change to his basic sound"Ring of Fire" was ranked #4 onCMT's 100Greatest Songs of Country Musicin 2003 and #87onRolling Stone's list ofThe 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.In June2014,Rolling Stoneranked the song #27 on its list of the100greatest country songs of all time.The song was recorded on March 25, 1963, and became one of thebiggest hits of Cash's career, staying at number oneon the country chart for seven weeks.It was certified Gold on January21, 2010,by theRIAAand has also sold over1.2million digital downloads.UK SALES ONLYLM782 - ISMN : 9790570007820
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£30.00Ruby - Brass Band Sheet Music Full Score & Parts - LMAM044
Any purchases from this site cannot be made please click on the link aboveCOMPOSER: Charles Wilson, Andrew White, Nicholas Hodgson, Nicholas Baines & James RixARRANGER: David Beal"Ruby" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United States on 29 January 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 5 February as the lead single from their second studio album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007). It became the band's first British number-one single on 25 February 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th-biggest-selling single in the UK, with total sales of 313,765. As of September 2016, it has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK as stated by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). In the US, it charted at number seven the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the US. "Ruby" was voted number 13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007, Australia's largest annual music poll.Scored here for British Brass Band.Any purchases from this site cannot be made please click on the link above
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£25.00Silver Spirit - Brass Band - LM369
COMPOSER: Franner OtterA Concert Piece for Brass Bandby Franner OtterThis piece was inspired by the resilient spirit that quickly blossomedwithin the brass band movement as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown.Despite being unable to meet and play together,bands found freedom of expression through other methodsof making music together such as online group performanceswhich enabled a whole new world of collaborative music-making to flourish.Band members were able to share their musical talentand the joy of performing with a whole new audienceas well as developing and nurturing a new outlet of creative expression.Instead of remaining musically confined during lockdown,brass bands and their members found a new freedomswithin this structure to create and share music with others.This composition is intended to reflect the cheerfuland good-humoured attitude of band membersin the way that they went about coping with the enforced restrictionsand the happiness that was demonstrated in making music together.This piece is dedicated to the positive spirit of theBrass Band movement that has shone through this difficult time.Franner Otter
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£55.00Teens At The Junkyard - Brass Band Full Score & Parts - LM995
COMPOSER: Chris AllenProgramme NotesWriting about beautiful rural scenes and seascapes seems to be a very British thing to do. The themes of the English Pastoral School seem especially alive and well in the brass band musical repertoire, featuring in popular works such as John McCabe's Cloudcatcher Fells and Ray Steadman-Allen's Seascapes among many others. McCabe's engrossing depictions of place in Cloudcatcher, Maunsell Forts and Scenes in America Deserta conviced me that music really can transport the listener to a different environment, but rather than describing a landmark or a pastoral scene, I decided to give some attention to an ugly, neglected place.In Square Enix's Life is Strange, an episodic adventure game released in 2015, two teens use the local junkyard as a place of escape from the drama of their lives, unbeknowst to the fact that their friend, recently missing, was murdered and buried in that very place. Inspired by these dark images, I sought to write music that reflected the strewn broken glass, the piles of trash, the stories left behind in the waste of the junkyard. In keeping with this theme of buried history, I unearthed a musical relic from the brass band repertoire, cannibalising themes from Eric Ball's Journey into Freedom. In fragmenting and distorting such a treasured work I hope to make the listener feel a process of wasting away of precious memories.The first movement should be spiky, clinical and bleak, with a similar character to that of Harrison Birtwistle's Grimethorpe Aria, and the second, an intense, reminiscing, lyrical slow section. The final movement is in a similar vein to Elgar Howarth's Songs for B.L., ending with a blazing finish as if standing upon the tallest pile of trash in the junkyard and looking down upon the chaos below.Chris Allen (2021)About the Composer:Chris Allen, 22, studied Music at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a 1st in his Bachelor's degree in 2020 and achieving a Distinction in his Master's in Composition in 2021. Chris won the University of Birmingham Music Society's Composition Competition in 2019 with his piece for brass band, The Sirens, and was published for the first time by Modrana Music after winning the Durham University Brass Band's inaugural composition competition with his suite, Three Images of North-East England. Both pieces have been performed in concert and recorded recently and Chris continues to write new, original works for brass band.Chris started playing the tenor horn at the age of 7 under the tutelage of Don Blakeson, first joining the Melton Band and then moving onto Hathern Band,conducted by David Newman. Upon moving to university in Birmingham,Chris studied performance on the tenor horn with Owen Farr for a year,started playing with the University of Birmingham Brass Band, under thebaton of Stuart Birnie, and began writing and occasionally conducting his ownworks for brass band. However, his work is not confined to this ensemble,and as part of his studies, he has written for the Ligeti Quartet and theBirmingham Contemporary Music Group.
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£67.00God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Anton Weeren
This well-known traditional English Christmas carol from the 19th century has been arranged in a surprising way for brass band by Anton Weeren. With this arrangement, every Christmas program receives an energetic and creative boost. Dancing accompaniments and cheerful counter-voices, the theme is presented and developed in various ways to culminate in a grand and enthusiastic conclusion.
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£67.00Il est ne, le divin Enfant - Traditional/Anton Weeren
This French traditional Christmas song has been arranged for concert band in a very surprising and idiosyncratic way. Accessible, recognizable and fresh. The snare drum starts with the piccolo making cheerful interludes, after which slowly more and more instruments join in the accompaniment and then let the sharp brass usher in the main melody with a signal. In contrast to the way the piece started by slowly getting stronger and stronger, it ends up like a candle that slowly goes out.
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£72.00Festa Latina - Peter Boris Koval
An up-tempo rhythmic Latin-style piece, with lots of incidental percussion to propel the music to a triumphant climax. Melody and harmony are key elements, and every instrument group has something interesting to contribute in this sparkling arrangement.
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