Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.AMP-106-030
Composed by Charles
Hubert Hastings Parry.
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Midway Series. Festive
and Solemn Music. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
2004. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 106-030. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-106-030).
Everyone will
instantly recognise this
great patriotic hymn that
is often thought of as
the second English
national anthem. This
brass band arrangement by
Philip Sparke is sure to
be used over and over
again at your
band’s
performances. Your
audience will not be able
to help themselves from
joining in with this
rousing song everytime
you use it as the final
item in any concert.
Bachs Anstellung
im Jahr 1723 als Kantor
der Thomaskirche in
Leipzig brachte die
Verpflichtung mit sich,
für jeden
Sonntagsgottesdienst eine
neue Kantate zu
schreiben. Der Choral
Jesus bleibet meine
Freude umfasst beide
Teile der Kantate und ist
ungewöhnlich kunstvoll
ausgearbeitet, mehr wie
eine der Arien denn eine
Kantate. Philip Sparkes
Transkription dieses
beliebten Kantatensatzes
ist eine wahre
Bereicherung Ihres
Repertoires.
Sir
Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
set William
Blake’s Preface
to Milton to music
for a rally of the
‘Fight for the
Right’ movement in
the Queen’s Hall,
London, in 1916. It
became more generally
known as
‘Jerusalem’
when Parry conducted it
in 1918 at a concert to
mark the final stage in
the Votes for Women
Campaign, after which it
was adopted by the
National Federation of
Women’s Institutes
(and is still sung at
meetings of WI Groups all
over Britain). Sir Edward
Elgar added his
orchestral accompaniment
in time for the Leeds
Festival of 1922, since
then it has become a
popular national hymn.
The theme is uniquely
English and there is an
undertone of 19th century
politics. Thisarrangement
by Philip Sparke is sure
to be used over and over
again at your
band’s
performances.