Format : Study Score / Miniature
The first published edition of Malcolm Arnold's playful 1956 overture written for the Gerald Hoffnung Festival. The orchestral score includes parts for three vacuum cleaners an electric polisher and four rifles.
SKU: HL.14019800
ISBN 9780853609278. 8.5x11.75x0.435 inches. English.
Writtend for the 1956 Hoffnung Festival this piece is really the stuff of legend. Features solo efforts by 3 Vacuum Cleaners, 1 lonely Floor-Polisher and 4 Rifles.
SKU: AP.12-0571565247
ISBN 9780571565245. English.
The Fairfield Halls are built on the site of Croydon's old fair field and the music is rather reminiscent of a huge switch back ride in three-four time interspersed with a sprightly two-four prelude which seems to depict the general jollity of the fair ground. The main tune then expands to three-two time making for a grandiose finale. The general structure of the music is based on the chord of the major seventh which produces an interesting hurdy-gurdy effect.
