Arthur Bliss’s first orchestral compositions his studies for Full Orchestra are believed to have been composed in 1920. The first performance in 1921 was conducted by Arthur Bliss. Orchestration: 2 Flutes Oboe Cor Anglais 2 Clarinets in Bflat Bass Clarinet in Bflat 2 Bassoons Contrabassoon 4 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion Harp Celesta Strings. Full score and orchestral parts are available on hire from the publishers. Duration: c. 12 minutes.

The first broadcast of the incidental music for D.G. Bridson's radio drama King Arthur was given on 23rd April (St. George's Day) 1937. The first performance of this Suite for Orchestra was given on 21st October 1995 atthe Snape Maltings Concert Hall by the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lutz Köhler. It has been recorded for Chandos by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Richard Hickox.

Arthur Sullivan's Overture From The Pirates Of Penzance arranged for amateur Orchestra by William H. Irving. This arrangement is playable by any combination which includes 1st Violin and Piano. Technical demands have been kept to approximatley Grade 4 except for the Piano part which requires a more advanced technique and the ability to adapt the part to the requirements of the group. The 3rd and 4th Horns 2nd Trombone and Tuba are optional.

Things To Come was based on a novel by HG Wells set at the end of a world war which had not yet happened and is esteemed as a prescient and beautifully logical work of cinematic art. Bliss’s music is a dramatic lushly Orchestrated work of romantic modernism.The career of British composer Arthur Bliss followed a dramatic arc from his early reputation as an enfant terrible to his tenure in maturity of the office of Director of Music at the BBC and Master of the Queen’s Music. This versatile and prolific composer wrote more than 140 works for every combination of instruments but is perhaps best known for his score for this early science fiction classic.

Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson was a #1 hit in 1951 juxtaposing the charismatic melody over a traditional tango pulse. The work captured the spirit of an era.At the height of his career in the mid-1930s Leroy Anderson began arranging for Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops Orchestra. Later Fiedler encouraged him to write his own tunes for the Pops. His compositions more than 50 in number virtually define the sound of the contemporary American pops orchestra.

Also includes musical quotes of: There's No Business Like Show Business (words and music by Irving Berlin) That's Entertainment (words by Howard Dietz music by Arthur Schwartz)

Pour célébrer le 80e anniversaire de ce compositeur tchèque-American respecté, Schott est la publication de cette note d'étude de l'une de ses nombreuses oeuvres orchestrales. Husa, né à Prag, obtient une bourse pour étudier avec Arthur Honegger et Nadia Boulanger au Conservatoire de Paris et plus tard est devenu professeur de composition et de procéder à l'Université Cornell, New York. ' Mosaïques ' a pris naissance au cours d'une période quand la musique de Husa a été influencée par le néoclassicisme de Honegger et Stravinsky mais contenait également des éléments folkloriques que l'on trouve dans les oeuvres de Janácek et Bartók. / Orchestre

Liturgique-Mit ?ber 1.200 Titeln aus Orchester- und Chorliteratur Kammermusik und Musiktheater ist die Edition Eulenburg die gr???te Partiturreihe der Welt. Sie deckt einen gro??e Teil der Musikgeschichte vom Barock bis zur klassischen Moderne ab und blickt auf eine lange Tradition zur?ck.

Overture Edinburgh was composed in 1952.There are certain elements in this work that bind it to the city of Edinburgh. The opening carries the rhythm of the word 'Edinburgh' itself. This rhythm occurs frequently throughout the work sometimes in slow tempo and sometimes in fast.

Deluxe Score-Performance time - ca. 3:45 (Includes a musical quote from Hooray for Hollywood by Richard A. Whiting and Johnny Mercer)