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-———B R A N D—— A MOORSIDE SU. Gustav Holst arr. Denis Wright Second edition Geoffrey Br —-——- CONCERT BAND SERIES Catalogue No: Full Score Set (incl veore): 10013 Sore only: 11013 A MOORSIDE SUITE GUSTAV HOLST Arr. Denis Wright Second Edition Geofirey Brand Moorside Suite” is a masterpiece of Holst’s maturity. Written'fit:1928, 6:years before his death, it achieves a synthesis of his creative talent as a composer influences of 20 years earlier. 8 The title of the work alludes to a country setting but does ngédéseribe an exact location, and this is mirrored in the musical material. Folksong influence is aj t but not overt, The work was originally for Brass Band, commissigiied fGé1he National Brass Band. Championships held at the Crystal Palace, London, Epgland. is Wright was 2 musical scholar, and the transcription was carried out either during Holst’s! lifetime or shortly alter his death in 1934, The score was not published until 1983, a9d..has been re-edited by Geoffrey Brand. Interestingly, Holst himself always intended the work'to be transcribed for ‘Military Band’ and a Ist Movement and some bars of the 2nd Movement exist in manuscript in the British Library. ‘The opening Scherzo belies the serious nature of t initial statement, with its all-important leap of saxophone. This interval of a fifth is distifle fortissimo 8 bars in which the opening them whole of the First movement. svork;/ It is a light airy 6/8 in which the fifth; first heard on clarinet and alto ite draw our attention to it, before a repeated - ihe only fortissimo passage in the Holst achieves a ‘folky,’ almost modal, feel in the'#liélody by allowing the 6th of the scale to remain natural, Whereas the first Movement has a sylphiike del the breadth of the choral ee tonic‘dominant polarity. ; the second is at rest. Tranquil, especially in its simple Keyiisteucture distils the tonal tension inherent in the ‘The oboe opening (again delineating the'rising fifth of the first movement) is in F minor: a short cornet echy leads to C major forthe first statement of the chorale. ‘This leads back to F minor and a subtle development of the opening, felléiwed by the Chorale again this time in F major and now allowed to build to a fortissita clifnax before the movement fragments around the falling sixth of the opening. ° The peace is sharrered hy'a rriimphant March, We are in Bb minor again, and this movement is built on thematic contsasts: firstly the “pesante’ theme, then a hammered fanfare, followed by a Playful /eggiero tune, Like the Scherzo, dis Match has a ‘Trio the melody of which bears a definite resemblance to the Chorale of the second Movement. Most certainly this linking device was subconscious on Holst’s part, but with the pfedeminant use of the interval of a fifth, it helps to explain the feeling that the Suite is tightly-knit themat A MOORSIDE SUITE 1. SCHERZO By curraw voter rane y DENIS WRIGHT Eéited Geotigy Brand segre l=r88196) 1 rine === sj Fieecto Ove 1 Bassoons q eb cunetnet 1 PhCavinets 2) Bh alto Clarinet fi Bb nase Clarinet Bhato suxophams 3 po tenor Saxopioae bh Baritone Bb Comets baruapers| P Boris ‘Trompencs Baritone juries Bass ‘rimpst Peoreaseton © Copyright 1983 G. & M. Brand Publications Uad., Wingiave, Buck, Fagan, Second Edition © 1989 wer. Tose tas Stace AM Sie Pree on. StoBaee Time Pere. [= eS aoa A Macrae ete te Pree, =F Bans. oe asevend] rsa, az. Say Ti at, Pers. Pore. Nouri Suite ae acsuxes. To8an. Dar.siax core, The fins ‘top. [B ual. Pov. Pore. A ooniveits met 1. NOCTURNE a = = [eS a ee - ore. (ES a _ a ‘ . . “eh vr! Bie. ob. phot x ee amend ar. qe sl.Base inp, [PBS8 Pere. A.sacend| To. Fie. 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AMoumide Soin 220 23 24 ms Te an me A MOORSIDE SUITE FULL SCORE 1 1ST F HORN 1 PICCOLO 2 2ND FHORN 1 1ST FLUTE 3. 3RD F HORN 1 2ND FLUTE 3-41 F HORN 1 OBOE . 2 2 Eb CLARINET* 1 2 1ST Bb CLARINET 4 2 2ND Bb CLARINET 4 2 3RD Bb CLARINET 4 2 Eb ALTO CLARINET* 1 1ST TROMBONE 2 Bb BASS CLARINET 2 2ND TROMBONE 2 1ST BASSOON 1 “SRP TROMBONE 2 2ND BASSOON* 1 EUPHONIUM (Baritone) 2 1ST Eb ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 EUPHONIUM 4 (Baritone) 2 2ND Eb ALTO SAXOPLIONE BA 6 Bb TENOR SAXOPHONE (TRING BASS* 1 Eb BARITONE SAXOPHONE* 1 PERCUSSION 2 MALLET PERCUSSION 2 All sets sold outside USA and Canada include transposed parts for Eb Horns, Bb Trombones 4, Bb Bags 4 All sets sold on thé®:contirient of Europe also include transposed parts for Bb ‘Trombones (?), Bb Basses (Tubas) * and E> Basses (4) and (). Parts marked with anAsterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will ubviously enable a fuller realisation of the composer's intentions to be achieved. Catalogue No. 10013

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