SKU: HL.14023538

UPC: 884088826178. 6.75x10.5x0.026 inches.

Vincent Novello was a British composer and Organist who gave the Novello publishing company its first embryonic form. Here he arranges Rule, Britannia! for Voice SATB with Piano accompaniment to introduce some contrapuntal interest in the verse.When 18th century British composer Thomas Arne included his song Rule, Britannia! in a masque based on the life of Alfred the Great that was presented at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, he could not have imagined that more than two hundred seventy years later his ditty would be known throughout the British Isles and beyond. Rule, Britannia! is widely used in the Royal Navy and British Army and is featuredeach year at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall as a national sing-along.At the time of writing, the Dutch actually 'ruled the waves,' so this song was more an exhortation than a status report. The lyrics were also a statement of civil liberty. Since Cromwell's time, Britain had had a standing army which could be turned against the native population. A standing navy, however, existed solely to protect the nation from invaders, protecting a free populace.

SKU: HL.14023528

SKU: HL.14023542

SKU: OU.9780193954137

ISBN 9780193954137. 12 x 8 inches.

Novello's original orchestral accompaniment for his arrangement of this well-loved Christmas hymn. Full score and set of parts are sold together.

SKU: TM.07214SET

Transposed: Cl 1+2, Hn 1+2, Tpt 1+2, Tbn 1+2. Chorus in English or German; English is handwritten only. Chorus sold as individual Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass parts; Chorus does not contain all voices together. Not scored for cem. Vocal Score I ed. by Vincent Novello = English Only. Vocal Score II = German or English. Clothbound score.

SKU: TM.08123XPC

Transposed: Cl 1+2, Hn 1+2, Tpt 1+2, Tbn 1+2. Chorus in English or German; English is handwritten only. Chorus sold as individual Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass parts; Chorus does not contain all voices together. Not scored for cem. Vocal Score I ed. by Vincent Novello = English Only. Vocal Score II = German or English. Clothbound score.

SKU: BT.YE0001

It was a chance visit to a second hand bookshop in Nottingham that set me on the trail of Rossini's now well-known Duetto for cello and double bass. But the story begins earlier than that. In the 1960s I was studying the double bass at the Royal College of Music with Adrian Beers, who was at that time principal of the English Chamber Orchestra, on the front desk of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and a member of the Melos Ensemble of London (then one of the leading ensembles of the world). I was working on the 'Dragonetti Concerto', as most young players do, and I wanted to find out a bit about it. My teacher said he thought the autograph manuscript might be in the British Library,which was all the encouragement I needed to secure a pass to the Reading Room so I could go and see for myself.

There, sure enough, I found a large collection of Dragonetti's autograph manuscripts, together with other bound volumes relating to his life. The papers had been lovingly collated and annotated by Vincent Novello, one of Dragonetti's closest friends, then deposited in the library before his departure to Italy in 1848, two years after Dragonetti's death. One of the volumes included a lot of letters about various engagements and music festivals, copies of orders for strings Dragonetti wanted from Italy, details about paintings he wanted to buy, and numerous invitations to private functions. The manuscript of the 'Dragonetti Concerto', of course, wasn't among the papers â?? we now know it to have been written by Edouard Nanny a century or so later.

One name that came up regularly in the documents was that of Sir George Smart. Smart had been a violinist in Salomon's orchestra and had played for Haydn at his London concerts in the 1790s. As a child he had learnt much about music from his father, who had in turn been present at many of Handel's rehearsals when he was preparing some of his major works for the first time. Smart was also a fine keyboard player, becoming organist of the Chapel Royal in 1822. As a conductor.

SKU: CA.331280

ISBN 9790007173326. Key: B flat major. Text language: English.