Quarter Military Band QMB 43-Symphonic Band (score & parts). Jacob G
SKU: HL.14030790
ISBN 9780853604488. 8.0x12.0x0.198 inches.
While Gordon Jacobs composed a vast amount of music - more than four hundred pieces -- he was particularly celebrated for his work for Viola and for woodwinds, as well as for his books on music pedagogy. Jacob had an early success with his Viola Concerto of 1926 which was premiered at a Promenade concert and which was the beginning of a series of strong contributions to Viola repertoire. This Sonatina for Viola and Piano demonstrates his sensitive writing for the instrument. It works very well when performed on clarinet as well.While many composers of the 20th century rejected serialism, atonality and other avant garde effects in favour of Romanticism, Jacob was much morean adherent to the musical models of the classic and baroque eras, while still encompassing modern harmonies. His work Music for a Festival, for symphonic wind band and brass ensemble, was used for the post-war Festival of Britain and he arranged the British national anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
SKU: HL.14026519
8.25x11.75x0.4 inches.
Quartet For Piano And Strings was written by Gordon Jacob in 1969. It was first performed in 1970 by the Bernard Richards Quartet with Bernard Roberts playing the Piano.
Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) was a British composer and arranger, and one of the last proponents of the great Edwardian musical tradition. He studied at the Royal College of Music under Stanford, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Howells, and later taught there for over forty years. He was a prolific composer, creating over seven hundred works, but he was particularly celebrated for his books on music pedagogy. He is probably best remembered for Music for aFestival, written for the Festival of Britain, and his arrangement of the National Anthem for the Coronation in 1953.
Gordon Jacob: Music for a Festival (newly engraved full score): Concert Band
