Score and Parts Brass
Band (Score) - Grade 2
SKU: HL.4008553
Brass Band, Grade 2
6:36 Score. Composed
by Otto Schwarz.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Brass, Greek. Softcover.
Duration 396 seconds. Hal
Leonard #SDP13022201.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008553).
ISBN
9798350110494. UPC:
196288179825.
The
Greek poet Homer wrote
about Troy and the Trojan
War—which probably
took place in what is now
Asia Minor—in his
Iliad in the 8thcentury
B.C. Nowadays, the term
“Trojanâ€
generally refers to a
malware program that is
used to gain unauthorised
access to computers. This
use comes from the
legendary Trojan Horse,
which saw the turning
point in the battle
between Greeks and
Trojans through the
cunning of Odysseus. Let
us return to the
beginning of the story:
Paris, son of the king of
Troy, is tasked by Zeus
with judging the beauty
of the three goddesses
Aphrodite, Pallas Athena,
and Hera. Aphrodite, the
goddess of love, flatters
Paris by promising him
the most beautiful woman
in the world. Soon
afterwards, on a journey
to Greece, Paris meets
the beautiful Helen, who
immediately falls in love
with him. Since however
she is the wife of
Spartan king Menelaus,
she eventually lets
herself be kidnapped by
Paris voluntarily. The
Greeks then form a large
army and go to war
against Troy to retrieve
Helen, leading to a
ten-year siege of the
city. The city is
eventually conquered not
through combat, however,
but through OdysseusÂ’
cunning ploy. He has the
idea of building an
enormous wooden horse
with warriors hidden
inside. The horse is
placed at the gates of
the city. Thus, the
Trojans are tricked into
giving up the siege when,
despite various warnings,
they bring the horse into
the city to dedicate it
to the goddess Athena. At
night, the soldiers climb
out of the horse and open
the gate for the Greek
army. The troops storm
the city and raze it to
the ground. The royal
family and all the Trojan
warriors are
killed—only Aeneas,
the son of Aphrodite,
escapes. Later, following
many yearsÂ’
wanderings he and his
acolytes will become
known as the founders of
the Roman people. There
are various accounts of
the fate of the beautiful
Helen. She is said to
have returned to Sparta
with Menelaus and to have
ruled there until the end
of her life. Or maybe
not...