Concert Band - Grade 4
SKU: HL.44010385
Grade 4 - Score
Only. Composed by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2008. 56
pages. Anglo Music Press
#AMP244. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44010385).
UPC:
884088365240. 9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
2008 marked the
400th anniversary of the
1608 founding of Quebec
City in Canada. The Band
of Les Voltigeurs de
Quebec, an infantry
regiment of the Canadian
forces, commissioned this
piece as part of the
anniversary
celebrations.
The
folk songs of Quebec
share, for obvious
reasons, a history with
the folk songs of France,
but many can also claim
to originate in Canada.
All three movements of
this suite use different
settings of the evocative
“La'-haut sur ces
montagnes” as an
introduction, and are
then based on two popular
folk songs. The first
movement uses
“Veillée
rustique” and
“Petit Jean,”
the second uses
“À la claire
fontaine” and
“Vive les
matelots,” and the
third is based on
“C'est
l'aviron” and
“Au
cabaret.&rdquo.