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Raveling, Unraveling: In Search of 'la Valse'
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Raveling, Unraveling: In Search of 'la Valse' Concert Band Score and Parts by Philip Sparke Concert Band - Sheet Music

By Philip Sparke
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Raveling, Unraveling: In Search of 'la Valse' by Philip Sparke Concert Band - Sheet Music
Score and Parts Concert Band (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.44013336

Concert Band Score and Parts. Composed by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Classical. Softcover. Duration 982 seconds. Anglo Music Press #AMP448030. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44013336).

WINNING PERFORMANCE EBBC LILLE 2016 Raveling, Unraveling - In Search of 'La Valse' was written for the Cory Band as their own-choicetest piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparke's The Unknown Journey (2014) for concert band, and the use of Ravel's La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparkes aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composers view is that little in music does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece, both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of its stunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. As the music progresses, more of the Ravel appears, surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master.

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