Fanfare Band - Grade 5
SKU:
BT.DHP-0860051-020
Composed by Jan Van der
Roost. Brilliant Marches.
March. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 1986. De
Haske Publications #DHP
0860051-020. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0860051-020).
In the course
of the two centuries
following the death of
Henry Purcell in 1695, no
British composer of any
statue was apparent.
Consequently, the
break-through of Edward
Elgar (1857-1934) as an
internationally known and
respected composer at the
end of the last century,
was of considerable
importance. As a composer
Elgar was largely
self-taught and he looked
towards the continent for
his inspiration. He is
without doubt on par with
his contemporaries such
as the somewhat younger
Richard Strauss. The
Belgian composer Jan Van
der Roost is a genuine
admirer of Elgar’s
music and on the occasion
of the fiftieth
anniversary of the
composer’s death
in 1984 he composed the
“CeremonialMarchâ
. Van der Roost was
inspired by the most
famous and frequently
played works from
Elgar’s catalogue
of works, the
characteristic
“Pomp and
Circumstancesâ€
marches, and decided to
add his own, sixth march
to the existing
collection.
