Intermezzo (HOLST)

SKU: CL.026-4536-01

Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb For Military Band is universally considered a band masterwork. This Build-A-Band edition places it within reach of those bands with severely limited or awkward instrumentation, making it the perfect selection for your small band with good players to sound great! This fast middle movement from the suite teaches young musicians to articulate contrasting staccato and legato passages. Optional parts for guitar, piano, bass and percussion can fill some missing holes in the band. (Also available in the Build-A-Band series: the first and third movements of this suite.).

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The Build-A-Band Series provides educational and enjoyable music for bands with incomplete or unbalanced instrumentation. Written using just four or five parts (plus percussion), these effective arrangements will work with any combination of brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments as long as you distribute the parts so that each of the five parts is covered. All of the publications in the Build-A-Band Series have been arranged to be playable with any instrumentation as long as each part is used: 1st Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part, 4th Part, and Bass Part. (Please note: In some of these arrangements the 4th Part, and the Bass Part are the same, making it possible to play those arrangements with only 4 parts.)

SKU: BT.AMP-455-010

English-German-French-Dutch.

Between 1905 and 1934, Gustav Holst was Director of Music at St Paul’s Girls School in Brook Green, London. St Paul’s Suite, written for the school’s string orchestra, was premiered there in 1913 and consists of four movements: an energetic Jig in 6/8 and 9/8, Ostinato, based on a simple 4-note theme, Intermezzo, an energetic and rhythmic dance and Finale, adapted from the Second Suite in F in which Holst brilliantly combines The Dargason and The English Dancing Master, with the traditional melody, Greensleeves.

Tussen 1905 en 1934 was Gustav Holst hoofddocent muziek aan de St Paul’s Girls School in Brook Green, Londen. St. Paul’s Suite, geschreven voor het strijkorkest van de school, werd in 1913 in première gebracht. Het werk bestaat uit vier delen: een energieke Jig in 6/8 en 9/8; een Ostinato, gebaseerd op en simpel motief van vier noten; een levendig, ritmische dans in het Intermezzo; en de Finale, een bewerking van de Second Suite in F, waarin Holst op briljante wijze The Dargason uit The English Dancing Master combineert met de traditionele melodie Greensleeves.

Gustav Holst war von 1905 bis 1934 Musikdirektor an der St Paul’s Girls’ School in Brook Green/London. Er hat die St Paul’s Suite für das Streichorchester der Schule komponiert, und sie wurde dort 1913 uraufgeführt. Die Suite besteht aus vier Sätzen: einer schwungvollen Jig im 6/8- und 9/8-Takt, dem Ostinato, das auf einem aus vier Noten bestehenden Thema basiert, dem Intermezzo, einem schwungvollen, rhythmischen Tanz, und dem Finale, das aus der Second Suite in F übernommen wurde und in dem Holst auf meisterhafte Weise The Dargason aus der Sammlung The English Dancing Master mit der traditionellen MelodieGreensleeves kombiniert.

Gustav Holst était directeur de musique de 1905 et 1934 la St Paul’s Girls’ School Brook Green, Londres. La St Paul’s Suite, une composition pour l’orchestre cordes de l’école, y connut sa première en 1913 et comprend quatre mouvements : une Jig énergique en 6/8 et 9/8, Ostinato, basé sur un thème simple de quatre notes, Intermezzo, une danse dynamique et rythmique, et Finale, adapté de la Second Suite in F dans laquelle Holst combine avec brio The Dargason, tiré du English Dancing Master, avec la mélodie traditionnelle, Greensleeves.

Tra il 1905 e il 1934 Gustav Holst fu direttore musicale della scuola femminile di St Paul a Brook Green Londra. Qui la St Paul’s Suite, scritta per l’orchestra d’archi scolastica, fu eseguita in prima esecuzione nel 1913. Essa si compone di 4 movimenti: una Giga energica in 6/8 e 9/8, un Ostinato basato su un semplice tema di quattro note, un Intermezzo, danza vivace e ritmica e un Finale, adattamento dalla Seconda Suite in Fa nella quale Holst combina brillantemente The Dargason e The English Dancing Master con la tradizionale melodia Greensleeves.

SKU: HL.44013357

UPC: 888680923044.

Between 1905 and 1934, Gustav Holst was Director of Music at St Paul's Girls School in Brook Green, London. St Pauls Suite, writtenfor the school's string orchestra, was premiered there in 1913 and consists of four movements: an energetic Jig in 6/8 and 9/8, Ostinato, based on a simple 4-note theme, Intermezzo, an energetic and rhythmic dance and Finale, adapted from the Second Suite in Fin which Holst brilliantly combines The Dargason and The English Dancing Master, with the traditional melody, Greensleeves.