Eight Carol Accompaniments for Brass a 8

ISBN-13: 9780193856158 / Angielski / Nuty / 2007 / 116 str.

David Willcocks

Opis

for 4 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba, and optional percussion.
Material is also available on hire. Organ parts and scores of the fanfares are included in the sets.

O autorze

Born in 1919, David Willcocks began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, later winning scholarships to Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge. Following war service, he was elected Fellow of King's College, and later became Organist of Salisbury and Worcester Cathedrals, conducting the Three Choirs Festival whilst at Worcester. Willcocks returned to King's College, Cambridge as Director of Music from 1957-1974, with the first collection of his arrangements in the Carols for Choirs series publishing in 1961. He was Director of Music at the Royal College of Music from 1974-1984, and was knighted in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours List in 1977. Willcocks also conducted The Bach Choir for 38 years, retiring in 1998. Sir David died in September 2015.