SKU: TM.07708SC
P/C in set.
SKU: ST.MB92
ISBN 9790220223259.
In his brief career George Butterworth (1885-1916) composed only a small quantity of orchestral works, but what he wrote has never subsequently been absent from the repertoire. The two English Idylls, the Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad' and the idyll The Banks of Green Willow are, with the music of his friend Ralph Vaughan Williams and of Gustav Holst, among the most exquisite statements of the English folk-song idiom. This complete and authoritative collection includes an earlier version of The Banks of Green Willow, and a fragment of an Orchestral Fantasia. Work in progress in 1914 when Butterworth enlisted to serve in the Great War, it suggests the composer setting out in a bolder direction, perhaps inspired by the example of Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony. Orchestral parts are available for rental.
SKU: TM.07708SET
SKU: AP.41911S
UPC: 038081482361. English.
Eward MacDowell (1860--1908) was best known for his compositions for piano including his suites Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces, and New England Idylls. Woodland Sketches includes his most popular short piece, To a Wild Rose. This gentle tune is beautiful in its simplicity, and is scored now for concert band in this very playable setting. (1:40) To a Wild Rose correlates to Book 2, Level 2 of Sound Innovations for Concert Band.