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Music Hall Suite for Brass Quintet (Set of Parts)

Suite of five pieces for brass quintet: two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. Set of parts.



This work was composed in 1964 at the request of the well known American tuba player Roger Bobo. It was soon taken into the repertoire of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, who gave the first BBC broadcast. The first recording was on Pye records, by the Hallé Brass Ensemble. Since then it has become a regular repertoire piece and recorded as well as broadcast all over the world.



The Suite consists of five movements, all illustrating aspects of the Burlesque Theatre, Music Hall, circus and cabaret, so popular at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. The titles of the short movements are: Soubrette Song, Trick Cyclists, Adagio Team, Soft Shoe Shuffle and Les Girls.



The five orchestral brass instruments (two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba) are exploited in a chamber music manner, but the cumulative effect has a theatrical quality in keeping with the title.

Details

Publisher: Novello
Publisher Code: NOV09008201
Publication Date: 12/2003
Pages: 31
Length: 12.00 in.
Width: 9.00 in.
Series: Music Sales America
Format: Set of Parts
ISBN: 0853606625
Voicing: Parts