Concert Band (Score & Parts) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.48024054
Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Jon Mitchell. Windependence Master Level. Classical, Concert. Softcover. Boosey & Hawkes #M051663637. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024054). UPC: 888680678678. 9x12 inches.
A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns from the Rig Veda for military band. Always a band advocate, Holst readily agreed. In this thoroughly characteristic suite, two of Windram's settings (Hymn of the Travellers and Battle Hymn) have been edited for modern instrumentation, while a third (Hymn to Manas) has been arranged by Jon Ceander Mitchell from Holst's original choral setting.
