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Pilgrims' Swing Full Score by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn Concert Band - Sheet Music

By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
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Pilgrims' Swing Full Score by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn Concert Band - Sheet Music
Concert Band (Score) - Grade 3

SKU: HL.44003104

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by Graham Lloyd. De Haske Concert Band. Original Light Music. Score Only. Composed 2005. 28 pages. De Haske Publications #1053884. Published by De Haske Publications (HL.44003104).

UPC: 884088079543. 8.2x11.75 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

The Andante from the first movement of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (often nicknamed Pilgrims' March) contains the most beautifully haunting melody supported by the simplest of bass lines and counterpoint figures. As a young musician, Graham Lloyd was so fascinated by this music he bought the orchestral score to study the notes, which at the time made little sense to him. However, he did notice that the bass line was similar to a'“walking bass line” in a standard swing tune.

In this composition Graham Lloyd uses Mendelssohn's original bass line, melodic line and counterpoint figures but gives them a swing feel. Who knows, maybe if Mendelssohn had been born a hundred years later, he could have become one of our big band leaders!

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