Anniversary Fanfare
by William Walton
Brass Ensemble - Sheet Music

Item Number: 19774674
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Brass Ensemble 9 B-flat Tpt. (5, 7, & 9 opt.), 4 Ten. Tbn. (2 & 4 opt.), 3 B. Tbn. (3 opt.), Timp., Perc. - Medium

SKU: WO.0300

Composed by William Walton. Ceremonial fanfare. Light Concert. Score and parts. With Standard Notation. Duration 0:50. Winwood Music #0300. Published by Winwood Music (WO.0300).

This short fanfare was commissioned by EMI for a concert celebrating the company’s 75th anniversary in 1973. Walton seems to have been informed that the concert was to open with his 1953 coronation march, Orb and Sceptre; In his autograph, Walton instructs that the fanfare is to be ‘immediately followed’ by Orb and Sceptre.
Already on the first main beat of the 20-bar fanfare Walton’s characteristic crushed seventh features in the bass. Midway, at bar 12, the style modifies from crisp semiquaver movement to a slightly broader marziale incorporating a well-disguised ‘Happy birthday’ quotation.