Format : Sheet music
Orchestration:2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F (or Horns/Saxophones in Eb) 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (Side drum Glockenspiel [1 player]) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola or Violin 3 Cello Double Bass)The famous Rule Britannia in a new arrangement by Nigel Wicken. Each verse features different sections of the orchestra. The final part has the benefit of some interesting harmonies more 'Wicken' than 'Arne'. Although no voice part is scored it is quite possible for the audience to join in at the traditional moments! The Violin 3 part is a treble clef version of the Viola partexcept for a few out-of-range notes.Duration: 4 minutes.
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.14065705