The Great Escape is a 1963 American film about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough. The film is based on the book of the same name by Paul Brickhill, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. The story was adapted by James Clavell, W. R. Burnett, and Walter Newman from Paul Brickhill's book The Great Escape. Brickhill had been a prisoner at Stalag Luft III during World War II. This arrangement of the main title theme music from the film is playable by either SSAB or SSSB Clarinet Quartet. It can be included in a variety of concert programs. Duration is 2:10. Contact me at james.pybus@rogers.com.

The Well-Tempered Clavier has influenced many famous composers (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven). Its variety of styles displays the amazing compositional technique of J. S. Bach. If you don?t know these, get acquainted. You will notice that there are no dynamics offered. Rather find a dynamic level for your group where all of the parts are balanced equally. These pieces often use ornaments. The recording will demonstrate to you how they should sound. Please peruse the pages and listen to the recording of the score that is offered to determine whether this arrangement can work for your ensemble. In addition to many works by J.S. Bach, we offer worksby Debussy, Faur�, Granados, Lotti, Mozart, Ravel, Richard Strauss, and Turina.

The Well-Tempered Clavier has influenced many famous composers (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven). Its variety of styles displays the amazing compositional technique of J. S. Bach. If you don?t know these, get acquainted. You will notice that there are no dynamics offered. Rather find a dynamic level for your group where all of the parts are balanced equally. These pieces often use ornaments. The recording will demonstrate to you how they should sound. Please peruse the pages and listen to the recording of the score that is offered to determine whether this arrangement can work for your ensemble. In addition to many works by J.S. Bach, we offer worksby Debussy, Faur�, Glinka, Gottschalk, Granados, Lotti, Mozart, Ravel, RichardStrauss, and Turina.

Very little is known about Pierre Mellarde, even an internet search comes up with virtually nothing, only that the name is probably the Nom-de-Plume of a Mr.R.Price!

The original music was written for Cello & Piano, which I assume is the Solitude A Deux in the title. However, it works beautifully as a Basset Horn solo, subtly accompanied by the Clarinet Quartet, so somewhat like solitude a cinq!!

Stephen Davies

June 2020

RobertSchumann (1810 ? 1856) was a German composer, aesthete andinfluential music critic. He is one of the most famous Romanticcomposers of the 19th century.