Additional information
Publisher | Faber Music |
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ISBN | 0571566111 |
Primary composer/editor/arranger | Dove, Jonathan, Littlemore, Phillip (Arranger) |
Published date | 14/10/2002 |
Forces | Wind Band |
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Handel called Britain ‘the ringing isle’ because when he moved to London, he heard bells ringing everywhere: great bells in church towers, and handbells in some of the first private houses he visited. The sound of people ‘ringing the changes’ is a peculiarly British sound of celebration, and it seems a good starting point for a piece celebrating British musical life. Within The Ringing Isle, Dove incorporates some traditional change-ringing patterns, from ‘Grandsire Doubles’, ‘Oxford Treble Bob Minor’ and his own version of ‘Plain Bob Major’. Handel’s phrase also conjures up an image of a magical island, and so this is how Dove envisaged how it must have been to approach Britain from an ocean voyage.
Publisher | Faber Music |
---|---|
ISBN | 0571566111 |
Primary composer/editor/arranger | Dove, Jonathan, Littlemore, Phillip (Arranger) |
Published date | 14/10/2002 |
Forces | Wind Band |