Concert Band - Grade 3
SKU: HL.44006712
Grade 3 - Score
Only. Composed by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Concert. Score Only.
Composed 2006. Anglo
Music Press #AMP159.
Published by Anglo Music
Press (HL.44006712).
UPC: 884088142230.
9.0x12.0x0.124 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Not a great
deal is known about the
life of the artist and
poet Adriaen Valerius
(ca. 1575 - 1625). He is
mostly remembered today
for his collection of 79
songs for voice and lute
(or cittern) called the
Nederlandtsche
Gedenck-clanck (literally
Netherlands sound
memories). The book is a
collection of his poems,
set to already-existing
popular melodies, and is
significant in that it is
one of the earliest
published sources of the
Wilhelmus, the Dutch
National Anthem. The book
gained national
popularity during the
long war with Spain, a
popularity that was
revived for similar
reasons during German
occupation in World War
II.