I (Will) agree with Ellen that this could well be British band music. But then again, Joey's clue could be a feint — it doesn't say anything about the composer actually being British themself.
Still, the music recollects the RVW "English Folk Song Suite" enough that its Englishness seems a strong possibility. I don't think it can be RVW because I'm pretty sure he died in the '50s. So perhaps I'll bandwagon with Elgar, who may well have died in 1908.
Strangely, I could see this being French or Russian. I'm going to include Rimsky-Korsakov (who often favored the trombone, but I feel like he maybe died in 1906 or 1907?) and Percy Grainger because why not?
I’m a little disappointed in myself that I didn’t recognize the Notturno.
I have not listened to the entirety of Pag in a long time (nor seen it staged ever, I’m pretty sure), but my memory is of it being rather forgettable, Vesti la giubba aside. But also, anything’s gonna fail when compared to Tosca.
NTT - knowing very few composers of marches, I might timidly suggest JP Sousa (though stylistically this just doesn't quite fit) or Julius Fučík (and regrettably I am familiar with just 1 of his marches). I don't recognize the Holst or Vaughan Williams sound here, but I would agree with the others that it could be British band music.
NTT: OK . . . I'll dip my toe in the water this week. The London clue could certainly be a MacGuffin, but I'll venture that this is a British Band (not Brass Band) style and trombone. So, I'll go with British (or British adjacent) composers.
Reminds me of Elgar, Holst, Malcolm Arnold, Vaughn Williams, Sullivan (of Gilbert &), and maybe Ethyl Smith (who is all over the map). And also Australians Percy Grainger and Arthur Benjamin.
And just for fun, Herbert L. Clarke - cornet with John Philip Sousa, who wrote a number of cornet solos. But maybe something for trombone, too.
And I'll wager that none of these are the correct answer . . .
NTT: I’ll go with this being a march for brass band. I toyed with the ensemble being a wind symphony/concert band, but really, the only suspiciously non-brassy notes I heard were the very high ones, which could be from an Eb Cornet. The solo seems to be for euphonium, which also argues for brass band. I know that Listener Jeremy is a clarinetist, so guessing that he has submitted a piece with no clarinets in it is a little scary, but I’ll stick to my guns. Nationality? Well, British would be a safe guess, though lots of non-Brits also wrote for brass band. But naming a composer is the toughest part, because I don’t know the names of any of the composers of well-known brass band pieces. Who wrote Floral Dance made famouns in Brassed Off? No clue. So I will guess Elgar, because the period sounds plausible and Elgar is a wide-ranging British composer whose name I actually know. If I knew the name of the composer of Floral Dance, I would throw that in too. It’s probably too simple to be Holst, but let’s throw him in the basket too. He liked brass. Anyway, it’s a beautiful little piece -- thanks for submitting it, Jeremy. I look forward to finding out what it is so I can listen to the whole thing.
One more thought -- talking it over with a cornetist friend, we came up with Ralph Vaughn Williams as another well-known composer who wrote for brass band.
I (Will) agree with Ellen that this could well be British band music. But then again, Joey's clue could be a feint — it doesn't say anything about the composer actually being British themself.
Still, the music recollects the RVW "English Folk Song Suite" enough that its Englishness seems a strong possibility. I don't think it can be RVW because I'm pretty sure he died in the '50s. So perhaps I'll bandwagon with Elgar, who may well have died in 1908.
Strangely, I could see this being French or Russian. I'm going to include Rimsky-Korsakov (who often favored the trombone, but I feel like he maybe died in 1906 or 1907?) and Percy Grainger because why not?
I’m a little disappointed in myself that I didn’t recognize the Notturno.
I have not listened to the entirety of Pag in a long time (nor seen it staged ever, I’m pretty sure), but my memory is of it being rather forgettable, Vesti la giubba aside. But also, anything’s gonna fail when compared to Tosca.
Might I encourage you to try *guessing* the NTT even when you don't *recognize* it?
Yeah, I should. Duly chastened.
NTT - knowing very few composers of marches, I might timidly suggest JP Sousa (though stylistically this just doesn't quite fit) or Julius Fučík (and regrettably I am familiar with just 1 of his marches). I don't recognize the Holst or Vaughan Williams sound here, but I would agree with the others that it could be British band music.
NTT: OK . . . I'll dip my toe in the water this week. The London clue could certainly be a MacGuffin, but I'll venture that this is a British Band (not Brass Band) style and trombone. So, I'll go with British (or British adjacent) composers.
Reminds me of Elgar, Holst, Malcolm Arnold, Vaughn Williams, Sullivan (of Gilbert &), and maybe Ethyl Smith (who is all over the map). And also Australians Percy Grainger and Arthur Benjamin.
And just for fun, Herbert L. Clarke - cornet with John Philip Sousa, who wrote a number of cornet solos. But maybe something for trombone, too.
And I'll wager that none of these are the correct answer . . .
NTT: I’ll go with this being a march for brass band. I toyed with the ensemble being a wind symphony/concert band, but really, the only suspiciously non-brassy notes I heard were the very high ones, which could be from an Eb Cornet. The solo seems to be for euphonium, which also argues for brass band. I know that Listener Jeremy is a clarinetist, so guessing that he has submitted a piece with no clarinets in it is a little scary, but I’ll stick to my guns. Nationality? Well, British would be a safe guess, though lots of non-Brits also wrote for brass band. But naming a composer is the toughest part, because I don’t know the names of any of the composers of well-known brass band pieces. Who wrote Floral Dance made famouns in Brassed Off? No clue. So I will guess Elgar, because the period sounds plausible and Elgar is a wide-ranging British composer whose name I actually know. If I knew the name of the composer of Floral Dance, I would throw that in too. It’s probably too simple to be Holst, but let’s throw him in the basket too. He liked brass. Anyway, it’s a beautiful little piece -- thanks for submitting it, Jeremy. I look forward to finding out what it is so I can listen to the whole thing.
One more thought -- talking it over with a cornetist friend, we came up with Ralph Vaughn Williams as another well-known composer who wrote for brass band.