{ "generated": "2026-11-08T16:14:15.677Z", "count": 148, "works": [ { "id": "20000-leagues-under-the-sea", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/20000-leagues-under-the-sea/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-harper/", "title": "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "composer": "Philip Harper", "catalogueNote": "Subtitle: A Tribute to Jules Verne", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2024, "publisher": { "name": "Harper Music Publications", "catalogue": "HARP 011-030" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 94.99, "scoreOnly": 43.99 }, "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "GUS Band", "conductor": "Christopher Bond", "album": "Regionals 2026", "catalogue": "DOY CD448" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "French National Brass Band Championship", "section": "Third Division", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "North East Midlands Contest", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North American Championships", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "French Open", "section": "Second Division", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea", "summary": "including 18 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 Regional Championship test-pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "label": "4barsrest, CD review \"Regionals 2026\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd790.asp" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "No publisher or composer page was found (Harper Music Publications appears to have no website of its own), so both are left empty. Retailers give 12:30 (World of Brass and Studio Music listings on brassband.co.uk) and \"about 12 minutes\" (Stretta). Stretta's label \"Demanding\" is a retailer label and is ignored." }, { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "Harper Music Publications and HARP 011-030 come from the Stretta listing. The brassband.co.uk listings show the same code (HARP011030) only in their image file names, and one listing is filed under a \"dehaske\" supplier, which may be a distributor. The score was not seen." }, { "topic": "Year and occasion", "text": "4barsrest says it was written in 2024 for the 35th anniversary of the Orchestre de Cuivres Amiens; Brass Band Results and Stretta also give 2024. No premiere was found." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "No score sample or parts list was found, so the section is empty." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The CD's label is not named on the review page (the catalogue prefix is DOY), and its release year is not stated. The GUS Band recording dates from 2025." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "All 12 set test-piece uses on Brass Band Results are listed, all of them held. 4barsrest also names the 2025 French National Championship (Third Division) as its first set-test use. The Brass Band Results page gives that contest as 16 February 2025." }, { "topic": "Composer's other works", "text": "Not researched here." }, { "topic": "Composer's site (checked 2026-11-08)", "text": "Philip Harper's own site (philipharper.co.uk, which redirects to harpermusic.co.uk) names Harper Music Publications as the exclusive publisher of his music and Music Shop Europe as its official supplier. It has no catalogue, so it gives no grade, duration, premiere or instrumentation. Music Shop Europe returned HTTP 403." }, { "topic": "Studio Music listing (read 2026-11-08)", "text": "Studio Music sells the work (score and parts HARP 011-030, £94.99; score only HARP 011-130, £43.99, matching the prices shown) and shows Difficulty D - Advanced, Grade 4 and Duration 12.30. Harper Music Publications is not a Studio Music imprint, so these are seller's figures and are not used. Whether the Grade 4 comes from the publisher is not stated." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher (Harper Music Publications, exclusive publisher of Harper's music); official supplier Music Shop Europe", "url": "https://harpermusic.co.uk/" }, { "field": "Seller's listing, score and parts: HARP 011-030, £94.99, Difficulty D - Advanced, Grade 4, 12.30", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/harp011030-philip-harper-brass-band-20000-leagues-under-the-sea" }, { "field": "Seller's listing, score only: HARP 011-130, £43.99", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/harp011130-philip-harper-brass-band-20000-leagues-under-the-sea" }, { "field": "Composer, 2024 date and Amiens anniversary, section names, 2026 Regionals Second Section, 2025 French Championship use", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "field": "Year; Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea" }, { "field": "Publisher, publisher item number, subtitle, release year, retailer duration and difficulty label", "url": "https://www.stretta-music.dk/harper-20000-leagues-under-the-sea-nr-1713943.html" }, { "field": "Prices (score and parts £94.99, score only £43.99), retailer duration 12:30, description (five sections with introduction and finale)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/20,000_" }, { "field": "Score-and-parts listing (code HARP011030 in the image file name)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-brass-band-score-and-parts-harper-philip-studiomusic" }, { "field": "Media (GUS Band, Christopher Bond, Regionals 2026, DOY CD448)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd790.asp" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement. 4barsrest names five linked sections: The Nautilus, The Coral Kingdom, Squid Attack, Captain Nemo and Maelstrom. Retailer descriptions add an introduction and a finale. Timings not found.", "programmeNotes": "Harper based the piece on Jules Verne’s novel, which was first serialised from 1869 to 1871, and wrote it in 2024 for the 35th anniversary of the Orchestre de Cuivres Amiens. Its sections follow the submarine Nautilus through a coral reef, a giant squid attack and a portrait of Captain Nemo, ending in a whirlpool.\n\nNo publisher’s note was found online. Descriptions: 4barsrest (https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced), Brass Band Results (https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea)" }, { "id": "akhnaton", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/akhnaton/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Akhnaton", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "alienus", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/alienus/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thomas-doss/", "title": "Alienus", "composer": "Thomas Doss", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "american-sketches", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/american-sketches/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "American Sketches", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "the-ancient-temple", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-ancient-temple/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "The Ancient Temple", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "arabian-nights", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/arabian-nights/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/stephen-roberts/", "title": "Arabian Nights", "composer": "Stephen Roberts", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "arkansas", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/arkansas/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/jacob-de-haan/", "title": "Arkansas", "composer": "Jacob de Haan", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2009, "duration": "9:35", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Grade 4", "source": "De Haske / Hal Leonard" } ], "publisher": { "name": "De Haske Publications", "catalogue": "DHP 1094824-030; score DHP 1094824-130" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 104.99, "scoreOnly": 37.5 }, "movements": [ { "title": "I" }, { "title": "II" }, { "title": "III" } ], "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat I–IV", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat I–II", "3rd Cornet in B-flat I–II", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium I–II", "E-flat Bass I–II", "B-flat Bass I–II", "Timpani", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "partial, from the opening pages only", "includes": [ "Suspended Cymbal" ] } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "Dutch Nationals", "section": "Third Division", "year": 2009 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "Victorian State Championships", "section": "C Grade", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/arkansas", "summary": "including 12 set-test-piece and 31 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Hal Leonard listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009170/arkansas" }, { "label": "Concert band version (Hal Leonard listing)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/44011053/arkansas" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2025 Regional test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/61232/2025-regional-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/arkansas" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Movements", "text": "Three movements (publisher's description). The score numbers them I, II and III; titles and timings not found." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Checked against the first two pages of the publisher's sample score. It matches the standard template, except that there are two percussion staves. The percussion list is partial, from the opening pages only." }, { "topic": "Grade conflict", "text": "The publisher's parent company, Hal Leonard, lists \"Brass Band, Grade 4\". World of Brass lists \"Grade 5\" and \"Difficulty Advanced\" for the same catalogue number. The publisher-side grade is used here. Studio Music, which may show a letter grade too, returned HTTP 503 throughout." }, { "topic": "Swapped from the brief", "text": "The brief asked for a letter or verbal grade (Prima Vista, Obrasso, Bernaerts). The Prima Vista example in uk-landscape.md sits on Studio Music, which was down all session. Arkansas has a numeric grade, but it is a confirmed 3rd Section regional test piece (2025 Regional Championships, per 4barsrest)." }, { "topic": "Duration", "text": "Hal Leonard gives 9:35; World of Brass and brassband.co.uk give 9:30." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "© 2009 on the score; \"Commissioned by the Dutch National Brass Band Championships 2009\" in the score heading. Brass Band Results also gives 2009." }, { "topic": "Original medium", "text": "Original brass band work. Hal Leonard lists a concert band version too, Level 4, publisher code 1114824010 (linked under Resources). Which version came first wasn't checked." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "No commercial recording found." }, { "topic": "Composer's other works", "text": "None listed. Other de Haan brass band titles appeared only in search snippets, not on pages read." }, { "topic": "Studio Music (rechecked 2026-11-08)", "text": "Studio Music loaded on a second pass. It sells the work but does not publish it, so its letter is a retailer label and is not used. It shows Difficulty D - Advanced on both pages, Grade 5 on the score-and-parts page (DHP 1094824-030) but Grade 4 on the score-only page (DHP 1094824-130), and Duration 9:30 on both. The publisher-side Grade 4 and 9:35 (Hal Leonard) stay. Its prices (£104.99 and £37.50) match the ones already shown." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Seller's difficulty label, Grade 5, duration 9:30, price £104.99 (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1094824030" }, { "field": "Seller's difficulty label, Grade 4, duration 9:30, price £37.50 (score only)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1094824130-jacob-de-haan-brass-band-arkansas" }, { "field": "Grade, duration, publisher, publisher codes, description (score and parts)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009170/arkansas" }, { "field": "Grade, duration, publisher, publisher codes, description (score)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009171/arkansas" }, { "field": "Concert band version", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/44011053/arkansas" }, { "field": "Price, score and parts (£104.99)", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSHLDHP1094824030" }, { "field": "Price, score only (£37.50; Studio Music listing)", "url": "https://brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/arkansas" }, { "field": "World of Brass grade and difficulty label", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSHLDHP1094824030" }, { "field": "Year, commission, movement numbering, instrumentation (sample score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/DHP1094824030-Jacob-de-Haan-Brass-Band-Arkansas.pdf" }, { "field": "Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/arkansas" }, { "field": "Contest Use (2025 regional set work)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/61232/2025-regional-test-pieces-announced" } ], "programmeNotes": "Arkansas is one of de Haan’s pieces named after American states. The score says it was commissioned by the Dutch National Brass Band Championships in 2009. It is a three-movement suite on a folk tune from Arkansas, which is heard in several styles, including a ballad and a blues, before returning in its plain form at the end.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Hal Leonard (https://www.halleonard.com/product/4009170/arkansas)" }, { "id": "aubade-dawn-song-of-the-fabulous-birds", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/aubade-dawn-song-of-the-fabulous-birds/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/torstein-aagaard-nilsen/", "title": "Aubade – Dawn Song of the Fabulous Birds", "composer": "Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "audivi-media-nocte", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/audivi-media-nocte/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/oliver-waespi/", "title": "Audivi Media Nocte", "composer": "Oliver Waespi", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "aurora", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/aurora/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/joel-thoor-engstrom/", "title": "Aurora", "composer": "Joel Thoor Engström", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "ballet-for-band", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/ballet-for-band/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/joseph-horovitz/", "title": "Ballet for Band", "composer": "Joseph Horovitz", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 1983, "duration": "12:00", "publisher": { "name": "R. Smith & Company", "catalogue": "RS20006; score RS21006" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 59.95, "scoreOnly": 29.95 }, "contestUse": [ { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 1983 }, { "contest": "Area contests (English, Scottish and Welsh areas)", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 1988 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Grand Shield", "year": 1989 }, { "contest": "Area contests (English, Scottish and Welsh areas)", "section": "First Section", "year": 1997 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Trophy", "year": 2007 }, { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "First Section", "year": 2016 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Cup", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/ballet-for-band", "summary": "listing 54 set test-piece uses (a selection is shown here) and 79 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Wise Music Classical (Novello) work page, with the composer's note", "url": "https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/35566/" }, { "label": "Publisher's listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20006" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/ballet-for-band" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "Two publishers are named. Studio Music (whose site calls itself \"Studio Music with R. Smith\") and World of Brass sell the brass band edition as R. Smith & Company, set RS20006, in the \"R Smith Original Compositions\" series. Wise Music Classical lists the work, category Brass Band, under Novello & Co Ltd (World). R. Smith is shown because it sells the edition; Novello may hold the rights. Neither source gives a grade." }, { "topic": "Duration", "text": "Wise Music Classical (Novello's catalogue) gives 12 min, used here. The note on World of Brass's score listing says the piece runs \"within the space of ten minutes\". The R. Smith product pages give no duration." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Score and parts £59.95 (Studio Music RS20006, also World of Brass). Score only £29.95 is World of Brass's \"Score Only\" listing RS21006; Studio Music's RS21006 page returned 404. Studio Music also sells an \"Extra Score\" for the set (RS20006S) at £23.50." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Left empty. Wise Music Classical gives a scoring summary, \"0000/3+2Baritone Horn.0+flg+5cnt.2+btbn.2+euph/3perc\", which is not a parts list and names no basses, so it was not used. No parts list or sample score was found." }, { "topic": "Premiere date", "text": "The work was the set test piece for the 1983 National Championship (Championship Section) at the Royal Albert Hall. Wise Music Classical dates it 9 October 1983; Brass Band Results dates the contest 8 October 1983. Which band played first is not known, so the Premiere line is empty." }, { "topic": "Contest Use selection", "text": "Brass Band Results lists 54 set test-piece uses, so only a selection is shown - the 1983 commission, the area uses (1988 Championship Section, nine area contests; 1997 First Section, eight area contests; Brass Band Results lists each separately), the National Finals and Spring Festival uses. Overseas uses (e.g. Swiss, Swedish, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Australian, New Zealand and North American championships) are on Brass Band Results. The 2026 Senior Cup was held on 2 May 2026." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The double CD \"Joseph Horovitz (The Brass Band Music of)\", Polyphonic DPRL901D, includes Ballet for Band, conducted by the composer, with the CWS (Glasgow) Band and Brass Band Berner Oberland. The listing doesn't say which band plays Ballet for Band, so it isn't listed under Media." }, { "topic": "Not found", "text": "Grade (the R. Smith listing on Studio Music, checked 2026-11-08, shows no difficulty label), movement titles and timings, errata and performances." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher (R. Smith & Company), set catalogue RS20006, set price, 2016 National Finals First Section use", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20006" }, { "field": "Extra score RS20006S, £23.50; Polyphonic DPRL901D recording", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20006s" }, { "field": "Studio Music is \"Studio Music with R. Smith\", a division of the Salvation Army Trading Company", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/about-us" }, { "field": "Score-only listing RS21006, £29.95, publisher R Smith; note on the 1983 commission and the \"ten minutes\" phrase", "url": "https://worldofbrass.com/RS21006" }, { "field": "Set RS20006, £59.95, publisher R Smith & Company", "url": "https://worldofbrass.com/RS20006" }, { "field": "Year (1983), duration (12 min), publisher Novello & Co Ltd (World), scoring summary, commission for the National Championship on 9 October 1983, composer's programme note", "url": "https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/35566/" }, { "field": "Year (1983), composer, Contest Use (54 set uses, 79 own-choice)", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/ballet-for-band" }, { "field": "Set for the 2026 Spring Festival Senior Cup; three linked sections, themes from the opening fanfare", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/62726/2026-spring-festival-test-pieces-and-judges-announced" }, { "field": "Media (DPRL901D, bands, conductor, track list)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/dprl901d" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement in three linked sections, the middle one the most lyrical (composer’s note on Wise Music Classical). Section titles and timings not given.", "programmeNotes": "Horovitz wrote Ballet for Band as the Championship Section test piece for the 1983 National Championship at the Royal Albert Hall. It is music for an imaginary ballet with no stated plot, in three linked sections, and all its themes grow out of the opening fanfare, which returns at the end.\n\nComposer’s programme note: Wise Music Classical (https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/35566/)" }, { "id": "between-the-moon-and-mexico", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/between-the-moon-and-mexico/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Between the Moon and Mexico", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "beyond-the-falls", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/beyond-the-falls/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/andrew-wainwright/", "title": "Beyond the Falls – The Smoke That Thunders", "composer": "Andrew Wainwright", "catalogueNote": "Revised and expanded version (2026)", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2012, "arrangementYear": 2026, "publisher": { "name": "Prima Vista Musikk", "catalogue": "PVM205A; score PVM205AS; study score PVM205SS" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 84.95, "scoreOnly": 31.95 }, "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Black Dyke Band", "conductor": "Nicholas J. Childs", "album": "Gothique Fantasy: The Music of Andrew Wainwright", "label": "Doyen", "catalogue": "CD455" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders-revised", "summary": "revised version; including 2 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Studio Music listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/pvm205a-andrew-wainwright-brass-band-beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 National Finals test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "4barsrest review of \"Gothique Fantasy\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd806.asp" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders-revised" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Version", "text": "This page is the revised version. Studio Music and Brass Band Results say the work was first written for the GUS Band's performance at the 2012 Brass in Concert Championships and expanded in 2026 for the Black Dyke Band's recording. Brass Band Results has a page only for the revised version (the unrevised URL returned 404). Who conducted or played the 2012 performance beyond the band is not stated." }, { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "Left empty. Prima Vista Musikk's own website (primavista.no) is a placeholder with no catalogue, and no composer's page for the work was found. Studio Music, which sells the work, shows \"Difficulty E - Difficult\" and \"Duration 13.30\"; 4barsrest gives 12 minutes. Studio Music is a seller here, not the publisher, so neither its grade nor its duration is used. Studio Music uses the same letter scale for other publishers' titles, so the letter is taken to be the seller's label rather than Prima Vista's own grade (unconfirmed)." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Left empty. No preview score or parts list was found for this work." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "2012 is the original Brass in Concert version and 2026 the expansion. Brass Band Results gives 2026 for the revised piece." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Prices are from Studio Music, the seller (brassband.co.uk shows the same score-and-parts price). The study score is £21.95." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The release year of the Black Dyke CD is not stated in the review read. Track timings are not given." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "The National Championship of Great Britain First Section final was held on 19 September 2026 (Brass Band Results), at York according to 4barsrest." }, { "topic": "Composer's site (read 2026-11-08)", "text": "Andrew Wainwright's own site (wainwrightmusicmedia.com) has a page for the work. It confirms the 2012 Brass in Concert origin with the GUS Band, the 2026 expansion for the Black Dyke recording, the 2026 National Finals First Section use, and Prima Vista Musikk as publisher. It gives no grade, duration, instrumentation or premiere details, so those stay empty." }, { "topic": "Year conflict", "text": "The composer's site dates the work 2025, in its works list and on the work's page, while the same page says it was composed for 2012 and expanded in 2026. Brass Band Results gives 2026. The page keeps 2012 / 2026; 2025 may be when the expansion was written." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Composer's work page: dated 2025, 2012 origin, 2026 expansion, 2026 National Finals use; no grade or duration", "url": "https://www.wainwrightmusicmedia.com/brassband/beyond-the-falls---the-smoke-that-thunders" }, { "field": "Composer's news post: publisher Prima Vista Musikk, National Finals First Section at York Barbican, 19 September 2026", "url": "https://www.wainwrightmusicmedia.com/post/beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders-selected-for-great-britain-national-contest" }, { "field": "Composer's brass band works list (Beyond the Falls dated 2025)", "url": "https://www.wainwrightmusicmedia.com/brassband" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, origin and 2026 expansion, seller's difficulty label and 13:30 duration, description", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/pvm205a-andrew-wainwright-brass-band-beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number and price", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/pvm205as-andrew-wainwright-brass-band-beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders" }, { "field": "Study-score catalogue number and price", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/pvm205ss-andrew-wainwright-brass-band-beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders" }, { "field": "Contest Use (date 19 Sep 2026); year 2026 for the revision; original 2012 version", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders-revised" }, { "field": "2026 National Finals set work (First Section), publisher Prima Vista Musikk, 12-minute duration", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "field": "Media (Black Dyke Band, Gothique Fantasy, Doyen CD455); David Livingstone subject", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd806.asp" }, { "field": "Prima Vista Musikk website (no catalogue)", "url": "https://primavista.no/" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement. The seller’s note describes sections by rehearsal letter: an apprehensive opening, a more optimistic passage on the Scottish song A Man’s a Man for a’ That, the hardships of the expedition (letters F–L), a reflective section on the hymn Lord, Send Me Anywhere (letters L–R), and a final section (letter R to the end) ending at the falls.", "programmeNotes": "The music follows the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone on the journey that brought him to the Victoria Falls, known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, “the smoke that thunders”. Wainwright first wrote it for the GUS Band at the 2012 Brass in Concert Championships and expanded it in 2026 for the Black Dyke Band’s recording Gothique Fantasy.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Studio Music (https://studio-music.co.uk/pvm205a-andrew-wainwright-brass-band-beyond-the-falls-the-smoke-that-thunders)" }, { "id": "brass-blot", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/brass-blot/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/hakon-berge/", "title": "Brass Blot", "composer": "Håkon Berge", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "a-brussels-requiem", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-brussels-requiem/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/bert-appermont/", "title": "A Brussels Requiem", "composer": "Bert Appermont", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "burlesque-for-brass-band", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/burlesque-for-brass-band/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/rob-goorhuis/", "title": "Burlesque for Brass Band", "composer": "Rob Goorhuis", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "caliban", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/caliban/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/arthur-butterworth/", "title": "Caliban", "composer": "Arthur Butterworth", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "call-of-the-sea", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/call-of-the-sea/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Call of the Sea", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "celebration", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/celebration/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Celebration", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "a-celtic-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-celtic-suite/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "A Celtic Suite", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "ceremony", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/ceremony/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/michael-ball/", "title": "Ceremony", "composer": "Michael Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "chain", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/chain/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/piet-swerts/", "title": "Chain", "composer": "Piet Swerts", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "ciacona-seria", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/ciacona-seria/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/henk-badings/", "title": "Ciacona Seria", "composer": "Henk Badings", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "connotations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/connotations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/edward-gregson/", "title": "Connotations", "composer": "Edward Gregson", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "contest-day", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/contest-day/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Contest Day", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "contest-music", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/contest-music/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/wilfred-heaton/", "title": "Contest Music", "composer": "Wilfred Heaton", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "cuban-overture", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/cuban-overture/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/george-gershwin/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Cuban Overture", "composer": "George Gershwin", "arranger": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Overtures", "year": 1932, "arrangementYear": 2010, "duration": "10:19", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Grade 5", "source": "Philip Sparke" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Studio Music", "catalogue": "M-050-08313-9" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 64.95 }, "originalMedium": "Orchestra", "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Foden's Band", "conductor": "Michael Fowles", "album": "Sea Pictures: The Music of Philip Sparke Volume 3", "label": "Polyphonic", "catalogue": "QPRL232D", "trackTime": "10:19" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "St. Galler Kantonal-Musikfest", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2014 }, { "contest": "NSW State Championships", "section": "B Grade", "year": 2022 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/cuban-overture" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Wikipedia, \"Cuban Overture\"", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Overture" }, { "label": "Arranger's page", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/cuban-overture-gershwin-brass-band" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/cuban-overture" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Left empty. The sample showed the standard template, not checked against the score; no source for this arrangement's scoring was found, and the spec says the section stays empty when no source lists the parts." }, { "topic": "Whose grade?", "text": "The grade comes from the arranger's own site, not the publisher's (Studio Music). Studio Music's product page returned HTTP 503 all session, so its own grade, price and duration couldn't be checked." }, { "topic": "Grade (rechecked 2026-11-08)", "text": "Studio Music's product page (M-050-08313-9) loaded on a second pass and shows no difficulty letter or grade, so the arranger's Grade 5 stays as the only grade." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Not filled. Stretta (Denmark) lists €105.60, and a search snippet attributed £64.95 to Just Music, but that page didn't load. No GBP price from a page read." }, { "topic": "Cost (filled 2026-11-08)", "text": "£64.95 for the brass band set, from the publisher's own product page (Studio Music, M-050-08313-9). The page sells one item, \"CUBAN OVERTURE (Brass Band)\", and does not say whether it is score and parts; it is entered as score and parts because no separate score-only listing was found. No score-only price." }, { "topic": "Duration conflict", "text": "The publisher's page (Studio Music) gives \"Duration 10:19\", used here under the publisher-first rule. The arranger's site gives \"10 Mins\" and Stretta 10 minutes. 10:19 is also the track time of the Foden's recording on the publisher's CD, so the publisher's figure may be taken from the recording." }, { "topic": "Catalogue number", "text": "The publisher's page prints the part number M-050-08313-9 (the ISMN without the 979 prefix), used here. The arranger's site links to the same product as M050083139A." }, { "topic": "Other arrangement", "text": "Studio Music also sells a different brass band arrangement, by Phillip Littlemore (Timbercroft Publishing, TPBB-004, 6:20). It is not this work." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "2010 for the arrangement comes from Brass Band Results' year field. A search snippet suggested Just Music lists \"published 2011\" (unverified)." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "The orchestral premiere (New York Philharmonic under Albert Coates, Lewisohn Stadium, New York, 16 August 1932) is in the programme notes. No premiere of the brass band arrangement was found, so the Premiere line is empty." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "World of Brass gives catalogue number QPRL232D but no label name or release year. The publisher's page names the CD as \"Polyphonic QPRL232D Sea Pictures\", so the label is Polyphonic; the release year is still not stated." }, { "topic": "Composer's works", "text": "Gershwin wrote nothing for brass band, so the useful list here is the arranger's." }, { "topic": "Footer year", "text": "Shown as 1932 (composition), which hides the arrangement year." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher's product page - part number M-050-08313-9, price £64.95, duration 10:19, no difficulty shown, CD Polyphonic QPRL232D", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/m050083139" }, { "field": "Other brass band arrangement (Littlemore, Timbercroft TPBB-004), not this work", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/tpbb004" }, { "field": "Arranger, grade, duration (\"10 Mins\"), programme note status, purchase link to Studio Music M050083139A", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/cuban-overture-gershwin-brass-band" }, { "field": "Publisher (Studio Music London), catalogue number, ISMN 9790050083139, 10-minute duration", "url": "https://www.stretta-music.dk/gershwin-cuban-overture-nr-1145562.html" }, { "field": "Original year, title, medium, premiere, percussion", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Overture" }, { "field": "Arrangement year, Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/cuban-overture" }, { "field": "Media", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSSMQPRL232D" }, { "field": "Media (also listed)", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/brass-band-discography" } ], "programmeNotes": "Gershwin wrote the overture for orchestra in July and August 1932, after a holiday in Havana. It was first called Rumba. The New York Philharmonic under Albert Coates gave the premiere at Lewisohn Stadium, New York, on 16 August 1932. The score asks for Cuban percussion (bongo, claves, gourd and maracas). Philip Sparke’s brass band arrangement is published by Studio Music.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: not yet published. The composer’s site says notes are “available soon”: philipsparke.com (https://www.philipsparke.com/cuban-overture-gershwin-brass-band)" }, { "id": "dear-cassandra", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/dear-cassandra/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/ludovic-neurohr/", "title": "Dear Cassandra", "composer": "Ludovic Neurohr", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "devon-fantasy", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/devon-fantasy/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Devon Fantasy", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "diversions-variations-on-a-swiss-folk-song-der-heimetvogel", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/diversions-variations-on-a-swiss-folk-song-der-heimetvogel/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Diversions – Variations on a Swiss Folk Song \"Der Heimetvogel\"", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "divertimento", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/divertimento/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Divertimento", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "dynasty", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/dynasty/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/peter-graham/", "title": "Dynasty", "composer": "Peter Graham", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "eine-kleine-nachtmusik", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/eine-kleine-nachtmusik/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", "composer": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "electra", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/electra/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/martin-ellerby/", "title": "Electra", "composer": "Martin Ellerby", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "elgar-variations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/elgar-variations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/martin-ellerby/", "title": "Elgar Variations", "composer": "Martin Ellerby", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2007, "duration": "14:00", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "E - Difficult", "source": "Studio Music" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Studio Music", "catalogue": "M-050-08039-8; score M-050-08040-4" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 99.95, "scoreOnly": 49.95 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat I–IV (score shows \"1.2\" and \"3.4\")", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", "Timpani", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "partial, from the first score page only", "includes": [ "Side Drum", "Suspended Cymbal", "Clashed Cymbals" ] } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Grimethorpe Colliery Band", "conductor": "James Gourlay", "album": "Terra Australis: The Music of Martin Ellerby, Vol. 3", "label": "Polyphonic Reproductions", "catalogue": "QPRL 231D" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Brass Band Willebroek", "conductor": "Frans Violet", "album": "Elgar Variations", "catalogue": "FV003" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Black Dyke Band", "conductor": "Nicholas J. Childs", "album": "Gold", "label": "Doyen", "catalogue": "DOY CD289" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Cory Band", "album": "Now That's What I Call Brass Volume 5", "label": "World of Brass", "catalogue": "WOB 130 CD" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Cory Band", "conductor": "Robert Childs", "album": "European Brass Band Championships 2007", "label": "Doyen", "catalogue": "DOY CD234" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "European Championships", "year": 2007 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Cup", "year": 2008 }, { "contest": "English Nationals", "year": 2011 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Cup", "year": 2012 }, { "contest": "North American Championships", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2013 }, { "contest": "Tasmanian Band Championships", "section": "A Grade Brass", "year": 2017 }, { "contest": "North East Midlands Contest", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/elgar-variations", "summary": "including 42 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Composer's page", "url": "https://www.martinellerby.com/bb-elgar-variations" }, { "label": "Studio Music listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/m050080398-martin-ellerby-brass-band-elgar-variations" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 Regional Championship test piece announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/elgar-variations" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Year", "text": "2007 is the copyright year on the score's first page, which also says the work was commissioned for the 2007 European Brass Band Contest. Brass Band Results gives 2006." }, { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "The grade is the publisher's own (Studio Music publishes the work and shows \"Difficulty E - Difficult\" on its product pages; no numeric grade there). Studio Music gives no duration, so the duration is the composer's \"c. 14 minutes\". A Solid Brass Music listing seen only in a search snippet gave \"Difficulty 5\"; it is a retailer and was not used." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Taken from the first page of the score, linked from the composer's site. The score has one stave each for Euphonium, E-flat Bass and B-flat Bass; the composer's page lists \"Euphoniums 1, 2\", \"Eb Basses 1, 2\" and \"Bb Basses 1, 2\", which may mean divided staves later in the score (not checked). The composer's page lists percussion as \"TBC\". The percussion list is partial, from the first page only." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "The work was the set test piece at the 2007 European Championships (4barsrest calls this its first set-test use). No source read names a first-performance band, venue or date, so the Premiere line is empty." }, { "topic": "Movements", "text": "The composer describes a continuous sequence of contrasting sections without titles, not based on Elgar's own themes. A 4barsrest review seen only in a search snippet mentioned \"eight variations\"; not verified, so no section list is given." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "Brass Band Results also lists \"Australian Championships - Wind Band (A Grade)\", 2014, won by a wind orchestra. It is left out here because it is a wind band contest, so it was presumably a wind band version, which this page doesn't cover. Brass Band Results gives no section for the 2007 European Championships or the 2011 English Nationals. Countries are not given because no source states them (Brass Band Results' flags belong to the winning bands, not the contests)." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "From the composer's discography. No release years are given, except that the 2007 European Championships album is named for that year. The Willebroek CD's label is shown only as \"Sabam\", a rights society, so no label is given. The Cory Band \"Now That's What I Call Brass\" conductor is not stated." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Both prices are from Studio Music, the publisher. brassband.co.uk shows the same prices, plus a study score at £15.00 and a De Haske listing at £89.95 (not checked)." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, grade, contest uses mentioned", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/m050080398-martin-ellerby-brass-band-elgar-variations" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number and price, grade", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/m050080404-martin-ellerby-brass-band-elgar-variations" }, { "field": "Duration (\"c. 14 minutes\"), publisher, structure, recordings, composer's parts list", "url": "https://www.martinellerby.com/bb-elgar-variations" }, { "field": "Year (© 2007), commission, instrumentation (first score page)", "url": "https://www.martinellerby.com/_files/ugd/056565_23fe8d59427e48e3927ac7328566c07d.pdf" }, { "field": "Contest Use; year 2006 (Brass Band Results)", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/elgar-variations" }, { "field": "2026 Regional set work (Championship Section); Elgar anniversary; first set-test use 2007", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "field": "Other editions and retailer prices", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/martin_ellerby_elgar" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement: a continuous sequence of contrasting sections without titles (composer’s description).", "programmeNotes": "Ellerby wrote the work to mark the 150th anniversary of Edward Elgar’s birth, on a commission from the British Federation of Brass Bands for the 2007 European Brass Band Contest. The variations do not use any of Elgar’s themes; instead they draw on the character of his style.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: martinellerby.com (https://www.martinellerby.com/bb-elgar-variations)" }, { "id": "the-english-maiden", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-english-maiden/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "The English Maiden", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "the-essence-of-time", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-essence-of-time/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/peter-graham/", "title": "The Essence of Time", "composer": "Peter Graham", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "everybody-s-child", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/everybody-s-child/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Everybody's Child", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "extreme-make-over", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/extreme-make-over/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/johan-de-meij/", "title": "Extreme Make-Over", "composer": "Johan de Meij", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "festival-music", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/festival-music/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Festival Music", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "five-blooms-in-a-welsh-garden", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/five-blooms-in-a-welsh-garden/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/gareth-wood/", "title": "Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden", "composer": "Gareth Wood", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "four-dances-from-checkmate", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/four-dances-from-checkmate/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/arthur-bliss/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Four Dances from Checkmate", "composer": "Arthur Bliss", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "the-four-noble-truths", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-four-noble-truths/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "The Four Noble Truths", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "four-preludes", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/four-preludes/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Four Preludes", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "fowey-river-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/fowey-river-suite/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Fowey River Suite", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "fraternity", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/fraternity/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thierry-deleruyelle/", "title": "Fraternity", "composer": "Thierry Deleruyelle", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "a-french-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-french-suite/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/alexandre-boely/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "A French Suite", "composer": "Alexandre Boëly", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). 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Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "from-ancient-times", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/from-ancient-times/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/jan-van-der-roost/", "title": "From Ancient Times", "composer": "Jan Van der Roost", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "frontier", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/frontier/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/michael-ball/", "title": "Frontier", "composer": "Michael Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "the-god-particle-op-87", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-god-particle-op-87/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/rolf-rudin/", "title": "The God Particle, op. 87", "composer": "Rolf Rudin", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "text outside italics kept in title: ', op. 87'." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "harmony-music", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/harmony-music/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Harmony Music", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "heroes-of-the-north", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/heroes-of-the-north/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/peter-graham/", "title": "Heroes of the North", "composer": "Peter Graham", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2018, "duration": "10:00", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Playable by 4th section bands", "source": "Gramercy Music" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Gramercy Music", "catalogue": "He01BB; score He01BBa" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 69.95, "scoreOnly": 29.95 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", { "part": "Percussion", "includesNote": "partial, from the publisher's 19-page sample score", "includes": [ "Cymbal", "Ride Cymbal", "Triangle", "Snare Drum", "Bass Drum", "High Tom-tom", "Sleigh Bells" ] } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/heroes-of-the-north", "summary": "including 4 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Gramercy Music brass band catalogue", "url": "https://www.gramercymusic.com/BBConcert.html" }, { "label": "Studio Music listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/gramhe01bb-peter-graham-brass-band-heroes-of-the-north" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 National Finals test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/heroes-of-the-north" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Grade", "text": "Gramercy Music, the publisher, gives no numeric grade; its catalogue says the work \"is playable by 4th section bands\", which is shown here. Studio Music, which sells the work, shows \"Difficulty C - Intermediate\"; that is the seller's label and is not used." }, { "topic": "Duration", "text": "The publisher's score gives \"c. 10 mins\". Studio Music (10.00) and 4barsrest (10 minutes) agree." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "The composer's note in the score is dated March 2018 and the front matter is © 2018 Gramercy Music (UK). The first page of music is © 2019 Gramercy Music Publishing (UK), and Brass Band Results gives 2019. 2018 is used here." }, { "topic": "Catalogue numbers", "text": "As printed by Studio Music (part numbers He01BB and He01BBa). The Gramercy catalogue page gives no catalogue number." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the publisher's sample score. It has single staves for each part and a single percussion stave, and no Timpani stave on the first page. The percussion list is everything named in the 19 sample pages, which may not be the whole score. The score also asks the band for finger clicks in one passage, with optional body percussion." }, { "topic": "Movements", "text": "The variation titles are from the score headings. The composer's note calls the third one \"Mr Bjørge's Walk\"; the score heading is \"The Bjørge Walk\". The note also mentions an interlude featuring solo cornet before Frode's Dance and a closing reprise of the hymn." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Not found." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "No recording found." }, { "topic": "Commission", "text": "The commissioner is spelt \"Annundsen\" in the composer's note and by 4barsrest and Studio Music, but \"Anundsen\" in the score's dedication." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher, grade (\"playable by 4th section bands\"), prices (score and parts £69.95, additional score £29.95), description", "url": "https://www.gramercymusic.com/BBConcert.html" }, { "field": "Year (composer's note March 2018, © 2018 and © 2019), duration (\"c. 10 mins\"), commission, dedication, instrumentation and percussion, variation titles (sample score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/GRAMHE01BB-Peter-Graham-Brass-Band-Heroes-of-the-North.pdf" }, { "field": "Catalogue number, seller's difficulty label, 10:00 duration", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/gramhe01bb-peter-graham-brass-band-heroes-of-the-north" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/gramhe01bba-peter-graham-brass-band-heroes-of-the-north" }, { "field": "Contest Use (20 Sep 2026); year 2019 (Brass Band Results)", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/heroes-of-the-north" }, { "field": "2026 National Finals set work (Fourth Section), publisher, commission, 10-minute duration", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement; sections: Introduction, Mr Brevik’s Galop, Frode’s Dance, The Bjørge Walk, Hymn for Knut-Harald, Maestro Snell’s Russian Adventure.", "programmeNotes": "Henning Annundsen commissioned the work for Skodvin Skulemusikk as a tribute to brass banding in the Nordhordland region of Norway. It is a set of character variations on a five-note motif (C D E F G), each portraying a figure from Norwegian banding, including Tom Brevik, Frode Rydland, Viggo Bjørge, Knut-Harald Rydland and Howard Snell.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Gramercy Music (https://www.gramercymusic.com/BBConcert.html)" }, { "id": "high-peak", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/high-peak/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "High Peak", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "holiday-overture-for-brass", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/holiday-overture-for-brass/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Holiday Overture for Brass", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "a-holiday-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-holiday-suite/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "A Holiday Suite", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "homeward", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/homeward/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Homeward", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "impromptu", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/impromptu/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Impromptu", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "indian-summer", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/indian-summer/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Indian Summer", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 1950, "difficulty": [ { "grade": "B - Easy", "source": "Studio Music with R. Smith" } ], "publisher": { "name": "R. Smith & Company", "catalogue": "RS20054; score RS21054" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 79.95, "scoreOnly": 39.95 }, "movements": [ { "title": "The Great Chief Speaks" }, { "title": "By the Cool Waters" }, { "title": "Totem Dance" }, { "title": "Hymn to the Great Spirit" } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Ever Ready Band", "conductor": "Robert Childs", "album": "Regionals 2026", "catalogue": "DOY CD448" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "Scottish Area Qualifying Contest", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1950 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1999 }, { "contest": "North East Midlands Contest", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/indian-summer", "summary": "including 106 set-test-piece and 206 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Studio Music listing (R. Smith & Company, score and parts)", "url": "https://www.studio-music.co.uk/rs20054" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 Regional Championship test-pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/indian-summer" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Contest Use (selection)", "text": "Brass Band Results records 106 set test-piece uses. Only the UK Area/Regional Championships and National Finals uses are listed here (1950, 1999 and 2026). The rest, at county, association and overseas contests (including Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Germany), are on the Brass Band Results page. The UK final is listed under Brass Band Results' name, \"National Championship of Great Britain\"." }, { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "\"B - Easy\" is Studio Music's difficulty label. Studio Music trades as \"Studio Music with R. Smith\", so for R. Smith titles it counts as the publisher's own grade (Brass Rep rule, 2026-11-08). Solid Brass Music (US) shows \"3 (Medium)\", a retailer label that is ignored. No publisher or composer duration was found. Rechecked 2026-11-08: neither Studio Music page (RS20054, RS21054) gives a duration." }, { "topic": "Price", "text": "Studio Music lists score and parts at £79.95. A brassband.co.uk listing of the \"Brass Band Set\" (supplier slug \"rsmith\") gives £59.95. Studio Music's price is used because its listing names the publisher. No score-only price was found in the first pass; on 2026-11-08 Studio Music listed score only, RS21054, at £39.95, with the same B - Easy label." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "No parts list or score sample was found, so the section is empty." }, { "topic": "Movements", "text": "Titles from 4barsrest and Studio Music, which agree. Studio Music says the movements run on without long breaks. Timings not found." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The Regionals 2026 CD's label is not named on the review page (the catalogue prefix is DOY), and its release year is not stated. The Ever Ready recording dates from 1998. A Carlton Main Frickley Colliery CD with the second movement alone appeared only in a search snippet and was not checked." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Not found. 4barsrest says the work was first used at the Regional Championships in the year it was written, which matches the 1950 Area contests on Brass Band Results." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Composer and dates (1903–1989), 1950 date and first contest use, 1999 revival, movement titles, 2026 Regionals Fourth Section, the panel's discussion of the work's depiction of Native American culture", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "field": "Year; Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/indian-summer" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, price, series, movement titles, retailer difficulty label, programme note", "url": "https://www.studio-music.co.uk/rs20054" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number RS21054 and price (£39.95), difficulty label, no duration", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs21054" }, { "field": "Other price (£59.95)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/indian-summer-fantasy-brass-band-set-eric-ball-rsmith" }, { "field": "Retailer difficulty label (US); SKU RS20054", "url": "https://www.solidbrassmusic.com/product/ball-indian-summer" }, { "field": "Media (Ever Ready Band, Robert Childs, Regionals 2026, DOY CD448)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd790.asp" } ], "programmeNotes": "Ball wrote this four-movement fantasy in 1950, when it was set for the Third Section at the Area contests and the National Final. The movements follow a story set out in a foreword, about a chief’s gathering before winter, a girl by a lake, a dance and a closing hymn. When it was chosen for the 2026 Regionals, the music panel noted that the work reflects a limited, dated picture of Native American culture and suggested explaining that context before performances.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Studio Music (R. Smith & Company) (https://www.studio-music.co.uk/rs20054)" }, { "id": "introduction-elegy-and-caprice", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/introduction-elegy-and-caprice/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/morley-calvert/", "title": "Introduction, Elegy and Caprice", "composer": "Morley Calvert", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "journey-into-freedom", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/journey-into-freedom/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Journey Into Freedom", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "kaleidoscope-five-variations-on-the-brugg-song", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/kaleidoscope-five-variations-on-the-brugg-song/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Kaleidoscope – Five Variations on the \"Brugg Song\"", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "a-kensington-concerto", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-kensington-concerto/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "A Kensington Concerto", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "the-land-of-the-long-white-cloud", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-land-of-the-long-white-cloud/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "The Land of the Long White Cloud", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep; printed as 'The Land of the Long White Cloud \"Aotearoa\"'; grouped with the base title. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; winners column 'TBD'; table values contest='R' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep; printed as 'The Land of the Long White Cloud \"Aotearoa\"'; grouped with the base title." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "le-chant-de-l-alpe", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/le-chant-de-l-alpe/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/jean-balissat/", "title": "Le Chant de l'Alpe", "composer": "Jean Balissat", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "les-preludes", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/les-preludes/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/franz-liszt/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/bram-gay/", "title": "Les Preludes", "composer": "Franz Liszt", "arranger": "Bram Gay", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "a-london-overture", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-london-overture/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "A London Overture", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "the-lost-circle", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-lost-circle/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/jan-van-der-roost/", "title": "The Lost Circle", "composer": "Jan Van der Roost", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "main-street", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/main-street/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Main Street", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "a-malvern-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-malvern-suite/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "A Malvern Suite", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "the-maunsell-forts", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-maunsell-forts/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/john-mccabe/", "title": "The Maunsell Forts", "composer": "John McCabe", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "montreux-wind-dances", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/montreux-wind-dances/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/carl-rutti/", "title": "Montreux Wind Dances", "composer": "Carl Rütti", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "morning-rhapsody", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/morning-rhapsody/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Morning Rhapsody", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "muckle-flugga", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/muckle-flugga/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/rory-boyle/", "title": "Muckle Flugga", "composer": "Rory Boyle", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "music-for-a-festival", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/music-for-a-festival/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Music for a Festival", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "music-for-battle-creek", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/music-for-battle-creek/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Music for Battle Creek", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brass_band_sections_in_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=1380089480" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "music-of-the-spheres", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/music-of-the-spheres/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Music of the Spheres", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2004, "duration": "16:00", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Grade 6", "source": "Philip Sparke" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Anglo Music Press", "catalogue": "AMP 028; score and parts AMP 028-030" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 168.5, "scoreOnly": 42.5 }, "premiere": { "band": "Yorkshire Building Society Band", "event": "European Brass Band Championships, Glasgow", "date": "May 2004" }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat I–IV (score shows \"1.2\" and \"3.4\")", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat I–II", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium I–II", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", "Timpani (with optional Wind Machine on the timpani stave)", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "partial, from the opening pages only", "includes": [ "Bass Drum", "Mark Tree or Bamboo Chimes (\"Mark Chimes or Bamboo Chimes\" in the score)", "Suspended Cymbal", "Medium Tom-toms" ] } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Austrian Brass Band", "album": "European Brass Band Championships 2012", "catalogue": "DOYCD295", "trackTime": "17:18" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Paris Brass Band", "conductor": "Florent Didier", "album": "European Brass Band Championships 2019", "catalogue": "DOYCD394" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "British Open", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Grand Shield", "year": 2027, "scheduled": "8 May 2027" }, { "contest": "French National Brass Band Championship", "section": "Honours Division", "year": 2018 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/music-spheres", "summary": "including 154 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Composer's page", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/music-of-the-spheres-brass-band" }, { "label": "Hal Leonard listing (score)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/44004947/music-of-the-spheres" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/music-spheres" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "Checked against the first two pages of the publisher's sample score. This work differs from the standard template - there is no Repiano Cornet line and there are two Flugelhorns. The percussion list is partial, from the opening pages only." }, { "topic": "Duration conflicts", "text": "Composer's site, \"16 Mins\". Studio Music and World of Brass, 18:00. The 2012 European recording runs 17:18. A Just Music listing seen only in a search snippet gave 15:40. The composer's figure is used here." }, { "topic": "Retailer difficulty labels", "text": "Studio Music shows \"Difficulty F - Very Difficult\" plus \"Grade 6\". World of Brass shows \"Difficulty Advanced\" plus \"Grade 6\". Only the grade is used here." }, { "topic": "Media (conductor)", "text": "The conductor of the Austrian Brass Band recording is not stated. Release years of both CDs are not stated." }, { "topic": "Not verified", "text": "A Yorkshire Building Society Band (David King) CD, Egon SFZ124, 2004. It appeared only in a search summary of a 4barsrest review, and the review page returned HTTP 500. Also unverified - which band plays the work on the \"A Portrait in Brass\" CD on the composer's discography page, which lists three bands without saying who plays what." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "The premiere (YBS Band, European Championships 2004) was a contest performance, so it is left out of Performances. It was also an own-choice use, not a set test piece, so it isn't in Contest Use either. It is shown on the Premiere line; the conductor is not confirmed." }, { "topic": "Section order", "text": "Section order in the composer's note is partly unclear, so the movement description isn't a numbered list." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Title, composer, grade, duration, commission and premiere, section names", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/music-of-the-spheres-brass-band" }, { "field": "Year (© 2004 Anglo Music Press on the sample score); instrumentation (pages 1–2 of the sample score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/AMP028030-Philip-Sparke-Brass-Band-Music-of-the-Spheres.pdf" }, { "field": "Year (Brass Band Results also gives 2004); Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/music-spheres" }, { "field": "Contest Use (set work for the 172nd British Open, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 12 September 2026)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63253/music-of-the-spheres-chosen-as-british-open-set-work" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, retailer difficulty labels, 18:00 duration (read once before the site began returning 503)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/amp028030" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, retailer difficulty labels, 18:00 duration", "url": "https://worldofbrass.com/RSHLAMP028030" }, { "field": "Score-only price (£42.50)", "url": "https://brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/music-of-the-spheres-brass-band-score-only-sparke-philip-studiomusic" }, { "field": "Score publisher code AMP0283BB", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/44004947/music-of-the-spheres" }, { "field": "Media (EBBC 2012, DOYCD295)", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/25203" }, { "field": "Media (EBBC 2019, DOYCD394)", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/100535" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement. The publisher’s note names its sections: t = 0 (horn solo), The Big Bang, The Lonely Planet, Asteroids and Shooting Stars and The Unknown, plus two sections built on six “planetary” notes, Music of the Spheres and Harmonia. Order and timings of all sections not confirmed.", "programmeNotes": "Sparke wrote the work on commission from the Yorkshire Building Society Band, which gave the first performance at the European Brass Band Championships in Glasgow in May 2004. The music draws on Pythagoras’ idea of the “music of the spheres” and moves from the Big Bang to an open question about humanity’s future in space.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: philipsparke.com (https://www.philipsparke.com/music-of-the-spheres-brass-band)" }, { "id": "myth-forest-hestefallstjonn", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/myth-forest-hestefallstjonn/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/stig-nordhagen/", "title": "Myth Forest – Hestefallstjønn", "composer": "Stig Nordhagen", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "the-night-to-sing", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-night-to-sing/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/bramwell-tovey/", "title": "The Night to Sing", "composer": "Bramwell Tovey", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "oasis", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/oasis/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Oasis", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "odyssey", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/odyssey/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/kevin-norbury/", "title": "Odyssey", "composer": "Kevin Norbury", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "on-the-shoulders-of-giants", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/on-the-shoulders-of-giants/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/peter-graham/", "title": "On the Shoulders of Giants", "composer": "Peter Graham", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "partita", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/partita/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Partita", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "petite-suite-de-ballet", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/petite-suite-de-ballet/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Petite Suite de Ballet", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "portrait-of-a-city", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/portrait-of-a-city/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Portrait of a City", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "the-princess-and-the-poet", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-princess-and-the-poet/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "The Princess and the Poet", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "a-psalm-for-all-nations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-psalm-for-all-nations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "A Psalm for All Nations", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "red-earth", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/red-earth/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/roland-wiltgen/", "title": "Red Earth", "composer": "Roland Wiltgen", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "red-priest", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/red-priest/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-wilby/", "title": "Red Priest", "composer": "Philip Wilby", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "reflections-on-swan-lake", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/reflections-on-swan-lake/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/stephen-roberts/", "title": "Reflections on Swan Lake", "composer": "Stephen Roberts", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "refrains-and-cadenzas", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/refrains-and-cadenzas/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thomas-wilson/", "title": "Refrains and Cadenzas", "composer": "Thomas Wilson", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "resurgam", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/resurgam/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Resurgam", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "a-road-less-travelled-by", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-road-less-travelled-by/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "A Road Less Travelled By", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2020, "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Grade 6", "source": "Philip Sparke" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Anglo Music Press", "catalogue": "AMP 500-030; score AMP 500-130; study score AMP 500-330" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 154.99, "scoreOnly": 36.5 }, "movements": [ { "title": "Moto Perpetuo" }, { "title": "Nocturne" }, { "title": "Scherzo Finale" } ], "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat I–IV (score shows \"1.2\" and \"3.4\")", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium I–II", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", "Timpani", { "part": "Percussion I–III", "includesNote": "partial, from the publisher's 28-page sample score", "includes": [ "Bass Drum", "Snare Drum", "Suspended Cymbal", "Tam-tam", "Tambourine", "Glockenspiel", "Xylophone", "Vibraphone", "Tubular Bells" ] } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "European Championships", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2024 }, { "contest": "Australian Championships", "section": "Premier", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/a-road-less-travelled-by", "summary": "including 7 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Composer's page", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "label": "Studio Music listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/amp500030-philip-sparke-brass-band-a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"Sparke rekindled for Palanga\"", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/60090/sparke-rekindled-for-palanga" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 National Finals test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/a-road-less-travelled-by" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Duration", "text": "Left empty. The composer's page gives no duration. Studio Music, which sells the work, gives 15:30; 4barsrest gives 16 minutes. Neither is the publisher's or composer's own figure." }, { "topic": "Grade", "text": "Grade 6 is from the composer's site (Anglo Music Press is Sparke's own imprint). Studio Music also shows \"Grade 6\", alongside the seller's label \"Difficulty F - Very Difficult\", which is not used." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "2020 is the copyright year on the sample score (© 2020 Anglo Music Press) and the year of the commission. Brass Band Results also gives 2020. The composer's page footer shows 2021, which looks like a site date, not the work's." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Written for the 2020 European Championships in Palanga, which were cancelled because of Covid-19 after the music had been issued to the qualifying bands (4barsrest). The work was first played as the Championship Section set work at the 2024 European Championships in Palanga, on 4 May 2024 (Brass Band Results). That was a contest with many bands, so no single premiere band is given." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "Brass Band Results also lists the European Championships of 2 May 2020 as a set-test use, with no results. 4barsrest says that contest was cancelled, so it is left out here. Countries are not given because no source states them." }, { "topic": "Movements", "text": "Three movements, played without a break (composer's note on Studio Music; 4barsrest also names the three movements). Timings not found." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the publisher's sample score (first pages). It matches the standard band, with two Euphonium staves and three percussion staves. The percussion list is everything named in the 28 sample pages, which may not be the whole score." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Prices are from Studio Music, which sells the work. The study score is £15.99." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "No commercial recording found. A search for a 2024 European Championships CD found none." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Grade, commission", "url": "https://www.philipsparke.com/a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, grade, seller's difficulty label, 15:30 duration, composer's note (three movements without a break)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/amp500030-philip-sparke-brass-band-a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number and price", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/amp500130-philip-sparke-brass-band-a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "field": "Study-score catalogue number and price", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/amp500330-philip-sparke-brass-band-a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "field": "Year (© 2020), commission, movement titles, instrumentation and percussion (sample score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/AMP500030-Philip-Sparke-Brass-Band-A-Road-Less-Travelled-By.pdf" }, { "field": "Contest Use (dates); year 2020; description", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/a-road-less-travelled-by" }, { "field": "2020 cancellation, 2024 European set work, movement names", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/60090/sparke-rekindled-for-palanga" }, { "field": "2026 National Final set work (Championship Section, Royal Albert Hall, 3 October), publisher, 16-minute duration, commission", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" } ], "programmeNotes": "Palangos Orkestras commissioned the work for the Championship Section of the 2020 European Brass Band Championships in Palanga, Lithuania. Those championships were cancelled, and the piece was first heard as the set work at the 2024 European Championships, also in Palanga. Its title comes from Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken, but the composer says the music is abstract, with no story.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Studio Music (https://studio-music.co.uk/amp500030-philip-sparke-brass-band-a-road-less-travelled-by)" }, { "id": "rococo-variations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/rococo-variations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/edward-gregson/", "title": "Rococo Variations", "composer": "Edward Gregson", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "royal-parks", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/royal-parks/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/george-lloyd/", "title": "Royal Parks", "composer": "George Lloyd", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "a-rural-suite", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-rural-suite/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/charles-woodhouse/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "A Rural Suite", "composer": "Charles Woodhouse", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "the-saga-of-haakon-the-good", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-saga-of-haakon-the-good/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "The Saga of Haakon the Good", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "saints-triumphant", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/saints-triumphant/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-wilby/", "title": "Saints Triumphant", "composer": "Philip Wilby", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "salamander", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/salamander/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/john-mccabe/", "title": "Salamander", "composer": "John McCabe", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "sand-and-stars", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/sand-and-stars/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thierry-deleruyelle/", "title": "Sand and Stars", "composer": "Thierry Deleruyelle", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "scottish-festival-overture", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/scottish-festival-overture/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Scottish Festival Overture", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "seascapes-with-high-cliffs", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/seascapes-with-high-cliffs/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/ian-wilson/", "title": "Seascapes With High Cliffs", "composer": "Ian Wilson", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "seid", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/seid/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/torstein-aagaard-nilsen/", "title": "Seid", "composer": "Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "sinfonietta-for-brass-band-the-wayfarer", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/sinfonietta-for-brass-band-the-wayfarer/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Sinfonietta for Brass Band – The Wayfarer", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "slaidburn", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/slaidburn/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/william-rimmer/", "title": "Slaidburn", "composer": "William Rimmer", "type": "Marches", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "4th section +", "source": "Wright & Round" } ], "publisher": { "name": "Wright & Round", "catalogue": "F0239; score F0239/S" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 32, "scoreOnly": 12 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat (4 copies)", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat (2 copies)", "3rd Cornet in B-flat (2 copies)", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium (2 copies)", "E-flat Bass (2 copies)", "B-flat Bass (2 copies)", "Drums / Percussion" ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "Stenalees Contest", "section": "Fourth Section", "year": 1951 }, { "contest": "North Wales Brass Band Association March Contest", "section": "Class D", "year": 1956 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/march-slaidburn", "summary": "including 254 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Wikipedia, \"William Rimmer (music)\"", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rimmer_(music)" }, { "label": "Wikipedia, \"Slaidburn\" (village; mentions the march)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaidburn" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/march-slaidburn" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the publisher's set list. It differs from the standard template - no Timpani part is listed, and percussion is a single \"Drums / Percussion\" part." }, { "topic": "Wright & Round now prints a grade", "text": "The product page shows \"4th section +\", which reads as a section-based suitability label. This contradicts uk-landscape.md and the spec's example that Wright & Round lists no grade." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "Not found. Wikipedia and Brass Band Results give no date. The sample parts carry a Wright & Round copyright line in Roman numerals (an edition date, not the composition date) that was too small to read reliably." }, { "topic": "Copies vs parts", "text": "The publisher lists copies (\"4 × Solo B♭ Cornet\"), not separate parts I–IV, so copies are shown here." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "Wikipedia mentions a 1999 Doyen CD of Rimmer's music by Fodens Courtois Band (DOY CD080), and a radio episode list naming Wingates Temperance Band in Slaidburn. Neither track listing was confirmed, so neither is listed." }, { "topic": "Year in the footer", "text": "Omitted because it's unknown." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher, catalogue numbers, prices, grade label, set list, note (score and parts)", "url": "https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books/f0239" }, { "field": "Publisher, catalogue number, price (score only)", "url": "https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books/f0239-s" }, { "field": "Works list", "url": "https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books" }, { "field": "Composer and village background", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaidburn" }, { "field": "Composer background", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rimmer_(music)" }, { "field": "Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/march-slaidburn" }, { "field": "Sample parts (title, composer, edition copyright)", "url": "https://wrightandround.com/uploads/f0239.pdf" } ], "programmeNotes": "Rimmer wrote the march for the Slaidburn Band, named after the village. Wright & Round describes it as a long-standing best-seller and a frequent Whit Friday road march. The current edition is newly engraved and includes a full score.\n\nPublisher’s note: Wright & Round (https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books/f0239)" }, { "id": "snow-island", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/snow-island/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thierry-deleruyelle/", "title": "Snow Island", "composer": "Thierry Deleruyelle", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2024, "duration": "9:30", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "Grade 3.5", "source": "De Haske / Hal Leonard" } ], "publisher": { "name": "De Haske Publications", "catalogue": "DHP 1246510-030; score DHP 1246510-130" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 84.99, "scoreOnly": 16.99 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat I–IV (score shows \"1, 2\" and \"3, 4\")", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium I–II", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", "Timpani", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "partial, from the sample pages only", "includes": [ "Symphonic Bass Drum", "Clash Cymbals (\"Cymb. a2\" in the score)", "Tam-tam", "Suspended Cymbal", "Drum Set", "Hi-hat", "Temple Blocks (4)", "Tambourine", "Toms", "Glockenspiel" ] } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "Kantonal Musikfest Valais/Wallis", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2024, "country": "Switzerland" }, { "contest": "Jurassisch Kantonales Musikfest", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2024, "country": "Switzerland" }, { "contest": "Bernisches Kantonal-Musikfest", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2024, "country": "Switzerland" }, { "contest": "Solothurner Kantonal-Musikfest", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2024, "country": "Switzerland" }, { "contest": "Swedish National Championship", "section": "First Division", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "French National Brass Band Championship", "section": "Third Division", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/snow-island", "summary": "including 7 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Composer's brass band page (with sample score and video)", "url": "https://thierrydeleruyelle.com/deleruyelle-brass-band.html" }, { "label": "Hal Leonard listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/4008683/snow-island" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 National Finals test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/snow-island" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "Hal Leonard (the publisher's parent company) gives Grade 3.5 and 9:30. The composer's site agrees (\"Grade 3,5\", 9'30\") and adds \"3ème division\". 4barsrest gives about 10 minutes." }, { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "The score's copyright line reads \"© 2024 by De Haske Publications\" and 4barsrest names De Haske. Hal Leonard's listing names Beriato Music as publisher, in the \"De Haske Brass Band\" series, with publisher code DHP1246510030 (HL 4008683). De Haske Publications is used here, from the score." }, { "topic": "Price", "text": "£84.99 for score and parts from the brassband.co.uk listing under catalogue number DHP 1246510-030; another brassband.co.uk listing shows £79.99. No score-only price was confirmed in the first pass. On 2026-11-08 Studio Music, a seller, listed score only (DHP 1246510-130) at £16.99 and the set at £84.99; both are used. Studio Music also shows Difficulty C - Intermediate and Grade 3.5. The letter is a retailer label under the Studio Music rule and is ignored; the 3.5 matches the publisher's grade." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the composer's sample score (DHP 1246510-030), which shows score pages 1–30 with a watermark but stops before the end. It matches the standard template, with two percussion staves. The percussion list comes from the sample pages only and may be incomplete." }, { "topic": "Commission", "text": "The score says it was commissioned by the Cantonal Associations of Valais, Bern, Jura, Geneva, Solothurn and Innerschweiz for the 2024 cantonal festivals, Brass Band 2nd division. It is not shown as a premiere because no first-performance details were found." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "All seven set test-piece uses on Brass Band Results are listed, all held. Switzerland is added for the four cantonal festivals because Brass Band Results shows a Swiss flag for each winning band and 4barsrest describes Valais as a Swiss canton; Brass Band Results does not name the contest's country directly." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The composer's page links a YouTube video, and the score's heading points to an audio demo on YouTube. The performers were not identified, so neither is listed." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Price, score and parts (£84.99), seller's difficulty label and grade, duration 9:30", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1246510030-thierry-deleruyelle-brass-band-snow-island" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number DHP 1246510-130 and price (£16.99)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/dhp1246510130-thierry-deleruyelle-brass-band-snow-island" }, { "field": "Grade, duration, publisher name on the listing (Beriato Music), series, publisher code, description", "url": "https://www.halleonard.com/product/4008683/snow-island" }, { "field": "Grade, duration, division (composer's site); link to the sample score", "url": "https://thierrydeleruyelle.com/deleruyelle-brass-band.html" }, { "field": "Year (© 2024), publisher, catalogue number, commission, instrumentation (sample score)", "url": "https://thierrydeleruyelle.com/files/Snow-Island-BB--Deleruyelle-.pdf" }, { "field": "Publisher, commission, Valais and Crans-Montana background, 10-minute duration, 2026 National Finals Third Section", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "field": "Year; commission; Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/snow-island" }, { "field": "Price (£84.99, DHP 1246510-030)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/snow_island" }, { "field": "Other price (£79.99)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/National_Finals_2026" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement. 4barsrest describes a lively opening, a more reflective central section and a blazing coda. Section titles and timings not found.", "programmeNotes": "Snow Island celebrates the Swiss canton of Valais and the area around the ski resort of Crans-Montana, which gives the piece its name. Six cantonal music associations commissioned it for their 2024 festivals, where it was the set work for the second division. It was used again at the French and Swedish national championships and at the 2026 National Finals.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Hal Leonard (https://www.halleonard.com/product/4008683/snow-island)" }, { "id": "song-of-courage", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/song-of-courage/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Song of Courage", "composer": "Eric Ball", "catalogueNote": "Tone poem. New contest edition, SP&S 2026", "type": "Test Pieces", "publisher": { "name": "Salvationist Publishing & Supplies (SP&S)", "catalogue": "SPS41902; score SPS41902a" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 74.95, "scoreOnly": 37.5 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat", "1st Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "partial, from the opening pages only; Timpani is on the Percussion I stave", "includes": [ "Timpani", "Snare Drum", "Suspended Cymbal", "Triangle", "Bass Drum" ] } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Second Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/song-of-courage", "summary": "including 1 own-choice use" }, "resources": [ { "label": "SP&S listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://sps-shop.com/sps41902" }, { "label": "Sample score (contest edition, PDF)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/SPS41902-Eric-Ball-Brass-Band-Song-of-Courage.pdf" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 National Finals test pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/song-of-courage" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Editor of the contest edition", "text": "Not named. 4barsrest says the new contest edition was prepared specifically for the contest; SP&S calls it a \"New Contest Version\"; the score is headed \"(contest edition)\". None of them names who prepared it, so the editor field is empty." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "Left empty because sources disagree. Brass Band Results gives 1961. 4barsrest says Ball wrote the chorale \"A Prayer for Courage\" around the eve of the Second World War, and that it became the basis of the tone poem, with \"Stand Like the Brave\", in 1962. The contest edition is © 2026 SP&S." }, { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "SP&S gives neither. 4barsrest gives about 10 minutes; it is neither the publisher nor the composer, so the field is left empty." }, { "topic": "Series", "text": "SP&S and the score place this edition in the Judd Street Collection. 4barsrest calls it part of the \"SPS Festival Series\". An sps-shop.com page lists a separate Judd-series item, Song of Courage, at £44.95 among related products; it was not opened, and it is unclear whether it is a different edition." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the publisher's preview of the contest edition's full score (23 pages, to the final bar). It differs from the standard template - there is no Repiano Cornet or 3rd Cornet, the cornets are Solo, 1st and 2nd, there is a single Euphonium stave, and Timpani shares the Percussion I stave. Whether parts are doubled (e.g. Solo Cornet copies) is not stated. The percussion list is from the first two pages only." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "Brass Band Results records one set test-piece use, the 2026 National Finals (Second Section, York, 19 September 2026), which has been held." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "No recording found in this pass." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Not found." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher, series name per 4barsrest, contest edition, chorale and 1962 origin, 10-minute duration, 2026 National Finals Second Section", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/63505/2026-national-finals-test-pieces-announced" }, { "field": "Year (1961); contest edition published 2026; Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/song-of-courage" }, { "field": "Publisher, series, codes, prices (score and parts, score only), \"New Contest Version\", description", "url": "https://sps-shop.com/sps41902" }, { "field": "Sample score link; Studio Music listing of the same edition", "url": "https://www.studio-music.co.uk/sps41902" }, { "field": "Instrumentation, \"Tone Poem\" and \"(contest edition)\" heading, © 2026 SP&S, Judd Street Collection (sample score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/SPS41902-Eric-Ball-Brass-Band-Song-of-Courage.pdf" }, { "field": "Contest date (19 September 2026)", "url": "https://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/GREAT-BRITAIN-NATIONAL-FINALS/2026" } ], "programmeNotes": "Song of Courage is a tone poem built on Ball’s chorale “A Prayer for Courage”, written around the start of the Second World War, and on “Stand Like the Brave”. It moves from joy through fear and struggle, with a reflective central section on Christian fortitude. SP&S published a new contest edition for the 2026 National Finals.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: SP&S (https://sps-shop.com/sps41902)" }, { "id": "sounds", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/sounds/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/john-golland/", "title": "Sounds", "composer": "John Golland", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "spiriti", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/spiriti/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/thomas-doss/", "title": "Spiriti", "composer": "Thomas Doss", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brass_band_sections_in_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=1380089480" } ] }, { "id": "st-magnus", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/st-magnus/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/kenneth-downie/", "title": "St. Magnus", "composer": "Kenneth Downie", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "st-michael-s-mount", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/st-michael-s-mount/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "St. Michael's Mount", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "star-crossed-lovers", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/star-crossed-lovers/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/stephen-roberts/", "title": "Star Crossed Lovers", "composer": "Stephen Roberts", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2025, "duration": "16:30", "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 150, "scoreOnly": 25 }, "contestUse": [ { "contest": "British Open", "year": 2025 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Grand Shield", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "French Open", "section": "Elite Division", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/star-crossed-lovers", "summary": "including 2 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Composer's page (Tanglewind Music, \"Music arranged or composed by Stephen Roberts\")", "url": "https://tanglewindmusic.com/brass-band-music/" }, { "label": "Composer's video about Prokofiev, his style and the piece", "url": "https://tanglewindmusic.com/errata-list-for-star-crossed-lovers/" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"British Open announces 2025 test piece\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62182/british-open-announces-2025-test-piece" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"Roberts reveals star crossed secrets\"", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/62625/roberts-reveals-star-crossed-secrets" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/star-crossed-lovers" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Composer or arranger?", "text": "Entered as an original work by Stephen Roberts, not an arrangement of Prokofiev. Brass Band Results credits Roberts as composer with no arranger; 4barsrest calls it \"a new work\" by \"the composer and arranger Stephen Roberts\", \"based on\" Prokofiev's ballet music for Romeo and Juliet, and calls Roberts its composer. No source credits Prokofiev as composer, so there is no arranger credit and no Original Medium line." }, { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "Not found. The composer's own site (Tanglewind Music) sells the score and parts directly but does not say it is the publisher. Just Music lists it as JM107084 without naming a publisher." }, { "topic": "Grade", "text": "No grade from a publisher or from the composer's site. Just Music, a retailer, shows \"6 Very Difficult\"; ignored under the grading rule." }, { "topic": "Duration", "text": "The composer's site gives 16'30, used here. Just Music also gives 16.30. 4barsrest's articles say \"16-minute\" and \"about sixteen minutes\"." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "From the composer's site - full set with A4 score £150, full score £25. It also lists an A4 study score at £17.50 and a set-plus-two-scores offer at £165." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "The work was written for the 171st British Open (Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6 September 2025), commissioned by Martin and Karyn Mortimer. Which band played it first that day is not known, so the Premiere line is empty." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "Brass Band Results gives no section for the 2025 British Open entry, so none is shown. All three contests have been held. Brass Band Results' title for the piece is \"Star Crossed Lovers 2025\"." }, { "topic": "Errata", "text": "The composer's site has a page whose address is \"errata-list-for-star-crossed-lovers\", but it holds only the video link, no errata." }, { "topic": "Not found", "text": "Instrumentation, movements or section titles, media and performances." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Composer, duration (16'30), prices, test-piece uses (2025 British Open, 2026 Grand Shield)", "url": "https://tanglewindmusic.com/brass-band-music/" }, { "field": "Composer's video page", "url": "https://tanglewindmusic.com/errata-list-for-star-crossed-lovers/" }, { "field": "Composer (no arranger), year (2025), Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/star-crossed-lovers" }, { "field": "Commission (Martin and Karyn Mortimer), 171st British Open on 6 September 2025, \"based on\" Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935, revised for the 1940 Kirov premiere), title from Shakespeare's prologue, three cadenzas, Duke's Command and Dance of the Knights references, about sixteen minutes", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62182/british-open-announces-2025-test-piece" }, { "field": "Roberts as composer, \"based on\" Prokofiev's 1935 ballet score, 16 minutes", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/62625/roberts-reveals-star-crossed-secrets" }, { "field": "Set for the 2026 Spring Festival Grand Shield (2-3 May 2026, Birmingham)", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/62726/2026-spring-festival-test-pieces-and-judges-announced" }, { "field": "Retailer grade label, duration 16.30, catalogue JM107084", "url": "https://www.justmusicuk.com/jm107084" } ], "programmeNotes": "Stephen Roberts wrote Star Crossed Lovers for the 2025 British Open, on a commission from Martin and Karyn Mortimer. It draws on Prokofiev’s music for the ballet Romeo and Juliet, takes its title from the prologue to Shakespeare’s play, and includes three cadenzas for small groups of soloists before ending with love triumphing over hate.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: none found. The composer’s own introduction is a video: tanglewindmusic.com (https://tanglewindmusic.com/errata-list-for-star-crossed-lovers/)" }, { "id": "suite-gothique", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/suite-gothique/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/leon-boellmann/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Suite Gothique", "composer": "Léon Boëllmann", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "sunrise", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/sunrise/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Sunrise", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "sunset-rhapsody", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/sunset-rhapsody/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Sunset Rhapsody", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "symphonic-metamorphosis-on-themes-from-saint-saens-3rd-symphony", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/symphonic-metamorphosis-on-themes-from-saint-saens-3rd-symphony/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "symphonic-music", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/symphonic-music/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/paul-huber/", "title": "Symphonic Music", "composer": "Paul Huber", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "a-tale-as-yet-untold", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/a-tale-as-yet-untold/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "A Tale As Yet Untold", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; winners column lists 'N/A' for London & Southern Counties; table values contest='R' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "tallis-variations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/tallis-variations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Tallis Variations", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "thanksgiving", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/thanksgiving/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Thanksgiving", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "theme-and-eight-variations-from-enigma", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/theme-and-eight-variations-from-enigma/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/edward-elgar/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Theme and Eight Variations from Enigma", "composer": "Edward Elgar", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "themes-from-symphony-no-1", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/themes-from-symphony-no-1/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/ludwig-van-beethoven/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Themes from Symphony No. 1", "composer": "Ludwig van Beethoven", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); displayed 'Symphony No. 1' but wikilink points to Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "themes-from-symphony-no-5", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/themes-from-symphony-no-5/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/ludwig-van-beethoven/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Themes from Symphony No. 5", "composer": "Ludwig van Beethoven", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "themes-from-symphony-no-9", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/themes-from-symphony-no-9/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/ludwig-van-beethoven/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Themes from Symphony No. 9", "composer": "Ludwig van Beethoven", "arranger": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep. arranger = article subject; composer = table column 'Original Composer'; arrangement table ('Several of his arrangements have also been used'); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "third-rhapsody-on-negro-spirituals", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/third-rhapsody-on-negro-spirituals/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Third Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "three-haworth-impressions", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/three-haworth-impressions/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/gordon-langford/", "title": "Three Haworth Impressions", "composer": "Gordon Langford", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 1979, "publisher": { "name": "Chandos", "catalogue": "CHAN496" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 85, "scoreOnly": 16 }, "movements": [ { "title": "Top Withens", "duration": "5:42" }, { "title": "Three Bells", "duration": "3:24" }, { "title": "The Worth Valley Railway", "duration": "3:17" } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Black Dyke Mills Band", "conductor": "Major Peter Parkes", "album": "The Concert Sound of Black Dyke Mills Band", "label": "Chandos", "catalogue": "CHAN 4520", "year": 1992, "trackTime": "12:33" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Black Dyke Mills Band", "conductor": "Major Peter Parkes", "album": "Regionals 2026", "catalogue": "DOY CD448" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "Eidgenössisches Musikfest", "section": "First Section", "year": 1981, "country": "Switzerland" }, { "contest": "Wessex Brass Band Association", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1985 }, { "contest": "East Anglian BBA Spring Festival", "section": "Class A", "year": 1987 }, { "contest": "North American Championships", "section": "Challenge Section", "year": 1988 }, { "contest": "City of Leicester Brass Band Festival", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1989 }, { "contest": "Wessex Brass Band Association", "section": "Third Section", "year": 1995 }, { "contest": "East Anglian BBA Spring Festival", "section": "Class B", "year": 2000 }, { "contest": "West of England Bandsmen's Festival", "section": "Class D", "year": 2001 }, { "contest": "North East Midlands Contest", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "Third Section", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/three-howarth-impressions", "summary": "including 23 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "World of Brass listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSCHAN496" }, { "label": "Errata sheet, 13 January 2026 (PDF, hosted by WEBBA)", "url": "https://webba.org.uk/docs/Errata%20List%20Three%20Haworth%20Impression%2013.01.26.pdf" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 Regional Championship test-pieces announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/three-howarth-impressions" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "No publisher or composer page was found, so both are left empty. World of Brass and Studio Music listings give 12.00 minutes; the 1981 Black Dyke recording runs 12:33. No grade appears on any listing read." }, { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "World of Brass names the publisher as Chandos, in its \"Chandos Brass Band\" series, with code RSCHAN496. CHAN496 is used here because the same code without \"RS\" appears in both retailers' image file names; World of Brass adds an \"RS\" prefix to other publishers' codes too. No Chandos page for the sheet music was found." }, { "topic": "Movement titles", "text": "Chandos (CD listing) and 4barsrest give \"Three Bells\"; World of Brass and Studio Music listings give \"The Three Bells\". Timings are the track times of the 1981 Black Dyke recording (Chandos CHAN 4520), not timings from the score." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "No parts list or score sample was found, so the section is empty. The retailer listings say the set includes only three solo cornet parts." }, { "topic": "Errata", "text": "The errata sheet is linked rather than transcribed, because it does not say which edition it applies to or who issued it. Its PDF metadata names Stephen Hogger as author." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "The Chandos listing names Major Peter Parkes and David Loukes as conductors on the album without saying who conducts which work; the 4barsrest review of the Regionals 2026 CD credits the 1981 Black Dyke recording to Major Peter Parkes. The Regionals 2026 CD's label is not named (the catalogue prefix is DOY), and its release year is not stated. A Black Dyke CD on Presto could not be checked (HTTP 403)." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "All 17 set test-piece uses on Brass Band Results are listed, all held. 4barsrest calls the 2026 Regionals \"its first use as a set-test\", which conflicts with the eight earlier set uses Brass Band Results records at other contests; it probably means the first use at the Regionals. Brass Band Results files the piece under the misspelling \"howarth\" in its URL. Switzerland is added for the Eidgenössisches Musikfest because Brass Band Results shows a Swiss flag for the winning band; it does not name the contest's country directly." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Not found." }, { "topic": "Studio Music listing (read 2026-11-08)", "text": "Studio Music names the publisher as Chandos Music, series Chandos Brass Band, part numbers 496 (score and parts, £85.00) and 496Sc (score only, £16.00), and shows Difficulty C - Intermediate and Duration 12.00. Chandos is not a Studio Music imprint, so the letter is a seller's label and the duration a seller's figure; neither is used. The publisher name is left as Chandos." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher name (Chandos Music), part number 496, price £85.00, seller's difficulty label, 12.00 duration", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/chan496-gordon-langford-brass-band-three-haworth-impressions" }, { "field": "Score-only part number 496Sc, price £16.00", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/chan496a-gordon-langford-brass-band-three-haworth-impressions" }, { "field": "Composer, 1979 date, Brontë inspiration, movement titles, 2026 Regionals Third Section", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "field": "Year; Contest Use", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/three-howarth-impressions" }, { "field": "Publisher (Chandos), series, code RSCHAN496, score-and-parts price, retailer duration, movement titles, three solo cornet parts", "url": "https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSCHAN496" }, { "field": "Prices (score and parts £85.00, score only £16.00) from World of Brass and Studio Music", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/Haworth" }, { "field": "Studio Music listing (code CHAN496 in the image file name)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/three-haworth-impressions-brass-band-score-and-parts-langford-gordon-studiomusic" }, { "field": "Media (Chandos CHAN 4520, recorded January 1981, released 1992), movement timings", "url": "https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%204520" }, { "field": "Media (Regionals 2026 CD, DOY CD448; conductor of the 1981 recording)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd790.asp" }, { "field": "Errata sheet (date, scope)", "url": "https://webba.org.uk/docs/Errata%20List%20Three%20Haworth%20Impression%2013.01.26.pdf" }, { "field": "WEBBA's full name", "url": "https://webba.org.uk/" } ], "errata": "An errata sheet dated 13 January 2026, hosted by the Council of West of England Brass Band Associations (WEBBA), lists 23 items across all three movements. Most add missing dynamics, mutes, phrase marks or metronome marks; a few correct wrong notes. It also says the bells in the second movement may be replaced by glockenspiel or vibraphone. The edition it applies to is not stated. See the errata sheet (PDF) (https://webba.org.uk/docs/Errata%20List%20Three%20Haworth%20Impression%2013.01.26.pdf).", "programmeNotes": "Langford wrote the suite in 1979. Its three movements draw on the Brontë sisters and Haworth, the West Yorkshire village where they lived: Top Withens, which evokes the setting of Wuthering Heights; Three Bells, a waltz-like movement whose title refers to the sisters’ pen names; and a movement celebrating the Worth Valley Railway.\n\nNo publisher’s note was found online. Descriptions: World of Brass (https://www.worldofbrass.com/RSCHAN496), 4barsrest (https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced)" }, { "id": "three-miniatures", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/three-miniatures/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Three Miniatures", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "three-songs-without-words", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/three-songs-without-words/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Three Songs without Words", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "time-for-outrage", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/time-for-outrage/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/marco-putz/", "title": "Time for Outrage!", "composer": "Marco Pütz", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "titan-s-progress", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/titan-s-progress/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/herman-pallhuber/", "title": "Titan's Progress", "composer": "Herman Pallhuber", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" }, { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brass_band_sections_in_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=1380089480" } ] }, { "id": "tournament-for-brass", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/tournament-for-brass/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "Tournament for Brass", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='2nd', normalised by Brass Rep. composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Final' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "transitions-in-energy", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/transitions-in-energy/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/fredrick-schjelderup/", "title": "Transitions in Energy", "composer": "Fredrick Schjelderup", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "triptych", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/triptych/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Triptych", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='3rd', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "trittico", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/trittico/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/james-curnow/", "title": "Trittico", "composer": "James Curnow", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EM_for_brassband&oldid=25771979" } ] }, { "id": "the-triumph-of-time", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-triumph-of-time/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/peter-graham/", "title": "The Triumph of Time", "composer": "Peter Graham", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "un-vie-de-matelot", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/un-vie-de-matelot/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/robert-farnon/", "title": "Un Vie de Matelot", "composer": "Robert Farnon", "catalogueNote": "Subtitle: A Sailor's Life", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 1975, "duration": "10:00", "difficulty": [ { "grade": "D - Advanced", "source": "Studio Music with R. Smith" } ], "publisher": { "name": "R. Smith & Company", "catalogue": "RS20126; score RS21126" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 59.95, "scoreOnly": 29.95 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet", "Solo Cornet in B-flat", "Repiano Cornet in B-flat and Flugelhorn (one stave in the score)", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "3rd Cornet in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone in B-flat", "2nd Baritone in B-flat", "1st Trombone in B-flat", "2nd Trombone in B-flat", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium in B-flat", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", { "part": "Percussion (two staves)", "includesNote": "partial, from page 1 of the score only", "includes": [ "Timpani", "Side Drum (\"S.D.\" in the score)" ] } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "BNFL Band", "conductor": "Richard Evans", "album": "Un Vie de Matelot (Masterworks for Brass Band Volume 3)", "label": "Polyphonic", "catalogue": "QPRL069D" }, { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "Foden's Band", "conductor": "Michael Fowles", "album": "Seascapes", "label": "Doyen", "catalogue": "CD420" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "National Championship of Great Britain", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 1975 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Grand Shield", "year": 1988 }, { "contest": "Area contests (English, Scottish and Welsh areas)", "section": "Championship Section", "year": 1995 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Trophy", "year": 2002 }, { "contest": "British Open Spring Festival", "section": "Senior Trophy", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/un-vie-de-matelot", "summary": "listing 22 set test-piece uses (a selection is shown here) and 52 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Publisher's listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20126" }, { "label": "Sample score (publisher)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/RS20126-Robert-Farnon-Brass-Band-Un-Vie-de-Matelot.pdf" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/un-vie-de-matelot" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Title spelling", "text": "The publisher's spelling, \"Un Vie de Matelot\", is used. The score, the publisher's listings (Studio Music with R. Smith, World of Brass), Brass Band Results, 4barsrest and both CD listings all print \"Un\". The grammatical French form is \"Une Vie de Matelot\", which no source read for this page uses. The score's subtitle is \"(A Sailor's Life)\" and it is headed \"Theme & Variations for Brass Band\"." }, { "topic": "Grade", "text": "\"D - Advanced\" is Studio Music's difficulty label. Studio Music trades as \"Studio Music with R. Smith\", so for R. Smith titles it counts as the publisher's own grade (Brass Rep rule, 2026-11-08). On titles Studio Music only distributes, the same scale is a retailer label and is ignored." }, { "topic": "Duration", "text": "The publisher's Studio Music listings give \"10.00\", taken as 10 minutes. No other duration found." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the stave labels on page 1 of the publisher's sample score, which is a condensed score - Repiano Cornet and Flugelhorn share a stave, Euphonium has one stave, and Percussion is two staves with Timpani (B-flat, D) and side drum marked. The separate parts in the set are not listed by the publisher, so part and copy counts are unknown. There is no separate Timpani stave." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "1975 from Brass Band Results and the score's \"© Copyright 1975 by R. Smith & Co. Ltd.\"" }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Written as the test piece for the National Championship of Great Britain, Championship Section, Royal Albert Hall, 11 October 1975. Which band played first is not known, so the Premiere line is empty." }, { "topic": "Contest Use selection", "text": "Brass Band Results lists 22 set test-piece uses, so a selection is shown. The 1995 entry stands for eight area contests that each set the work in the Championship Section. Other uses include Belgian and Danish national championships, the Queensland State Championship and several UK regional festivals. The 2026 Senior Trophy was held on 2 May 2026. A retailer note that it was a 2017 First Section area piece is not on Brass Band Results and isn't listed." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "Release years and track times not stated. The Polyphonic page names the album \"Un Vie de Matelot\" and heads the track list \"Masterworks for Brass Band Volume 3\". The Foden's catalogue number is given as \"CD420\" by the 4barsrest review." }, { "topic": "Not found", "text": "Errata and performances." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Publisher (R. Smith & Company), set RS20126, set price, duration 10.00, title spelling, 1975 National Championship test piece, sample score link, Difficulty label", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20126" }, { "field": "Score only RS21126, £29.95, Difficulty label", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/un-vie-de-matelot-brass-band-score-only" }, { "field": "Title and subtitle, \"Theme & Variations for Brass Band\", © 1975 R. Smith & Co. Ltd., instrumentation (page 1 stave labels)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/RS20126-Robert-Farnon-Brass-Band-Un-Vie-de-Matelot.pdf" }, { "field": "Studio Music is \"Studio Music with R. Smith\", a division of the Salvation Army Trading Company", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/about-us" }, { "field": "Set RS20126, £59.95, publisher R Smith & Company, title spelling", "url": "https://worldofbrass.com/RS20126" }, { "field": "Title and subtitle, year (1975), Contest Use (22 set uses, 52 own-choice)", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/un-vie-de-matelot" }, { "field": "Set for the 2026 Spring Festival Senior Trophy; written for the 1975 Royal Albert Hall final; Quebec folk-song material, theme on soprano cornet then linked variations", "url": "https://www.4barsrest.com/news/62726/2026-spring-festival-test-pieces-and-judges-announced" }, { "field": "Media (BNFL Band, Richard Evans, QPRL069D)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/qprl069d" }, { "field": "Media (Foden's Band, Michael Fowles, Seascapes, Doyen CD420)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd741.asp" } ], "movementsText": "Single movement: a theme and linked variations. The score is headed “Theme & Variations for Brass Band”; the number of variations is not given.", "programmeNotes": "Farnon wrote the piece as the test piece for the 1975 National Championship final at the Royal Albert Hall. It is a theme and variations drawn from Quebec folk song, with the theme first heard on soprano cornet.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: Studio Music (https://studio-music.co.uk/rs20126)" }, { "id": "the-undaunted", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/the-undaunted/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/eric-ball/", "title": "The Undaunted", "composer": "Eric Ball", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest/Section as printed; article section 'National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain' (area contests and national finals); table values contest='Area' section='1st', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Ball_%28composer%29&oldid=1373511309" } ] }, { "id": "valerius-variations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/valerius-variations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Valerius Variations", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='N' section='4th', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "variations-on-was-lebet", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/variations-on-was-lebet/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/andrew-wainwright/", "title": "Variations on 'Was Lebet'", "composer": "Andrew Wainwright", "type": "Test Pieces", "year": 2017, "publisher": { "name": "Salvationist Publishing & Supplies (SP&S)", "catalogue": "The Judd Street Collection, SPS34058; score SPS34058A" }, "cost": { "scoreAndParts": 89.95, "scoreOnly": 44.95 }, "instrumentation": [ "Full Score", "Soprano Cornet in E-flat", "Solo Cornet in B-flat", "1st Cornet in B-flat", "2nd Cornet in B-flat", "Flugelhorn in B-flat", "Solo Horn in E-flat", "1st Horn in E-flat", "2nd Horn in E-flat", "1st Baritone", "2nd Baritone", "1st Trombone", "2nd Trombone", "Bass Trombone", "Euphonium", "E-flat Bass", "B-flat Bass", { "part": "Percussion I–II", "includesNote": "from the publisher's 27-page preview score; Timpani are written on the Percussion I stave", "includes": [ "Timpani", "Clash Cymbals", "Suspended Cymbal", "Side Drum", "Triangle", "Tambourine", "Tubular Bells", "Glockenspiel", "Xylophone", "Temple Blocks", "Wood Block", "Whip" ] } ], "media": [ { "kind": "Audio CD", "band": "International Staff Band", "conductor": "Stephen Cobb", "album": "Pulse" } ], "contestUse": [ { "contest": "Swiss National Championships", "section": "Second Division", "year": 2022 }, { "contest": "Dutch Nationals", "section": "Second Division", "year": 2024 }, { "contest": "North East Midlands Contest", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North West Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Midlands Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Scottish Championship", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Yorkshire Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "Welsh Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "West of England Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "London and Southern Counties", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "North of England Area", "section": "First Section", "year": 2026 }, { "contest": "French Open", "section": "First Division", "year": 2026 } ], "brassBandResults": { "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/variations-on-was-lebet", "summary": "including 9 own-choice uses" }, "resources": [ { "label": "Studio Music listing (score and parts)", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/sps34058" }, { "label": "Publisher's preview score (PDF)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/SPS34058-Andrew-Wainwright-Brass-Band-Variations-on-Was-Lebet.pdf" }, { "label": "4barsrest, \"2026 Regional Championship test piece announced\"", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "label": "Brass Band Results", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/variations-on-was-lebet" } ], "notes": [ { "topic": "Grade and duration", "text": "Not found. Neither the Studio Music listings nor the preview score give a grade or duration, and no SP&S or composer's page for the work was found (an SP&S shop search returned no product). The work is in SP&S's Judd Street Collection; the spec's open point on Salvation Army series as a difficulty signal is undecided, so the series is not shown as a grade." }, { "topic": "Year", "text": "2017 is from 4barsrest (\"written in 2017\") and Brass Band Results. The preview score is © 2019 Salvationist Publishing & Supplies." }, { "topic": "Publisher", "text": "Studio Music lists the publisher as \"SP&S\" in the series \"SPS Judd Street Collection\"; the score's footer reads \"The Judd Street Collection\". Studio Music is the seller, not the publisher. Under the title the score prints \"(T.B. 911)\", presumably the chorale's number in the Salvation Army tune book (not confirmed)." }, { "topic": "Instrumentation", "text": "From the publisher's preview score, which follows the Salvation Army layout (Solo, 1st and 2nd Cornets; no Repiano or 3rd Cornet). It has single staves for Euphonium and each bass, and two percussion staves. The percussion list collects every instrument named in the 27 preview pages, which reach the end of Variation V; that the preview is the whole score was not confirmed." }, { "topic": "Cost", "text": "Prices are from Studio Music, the seller; brassband.co.uk shows the same. No price from SP&S itself was found." }, { "topic": "Premiere", "text": "Not found. 4barsrest says its first set-work use was at the Swiss National Championships in 2022." }, { "topic": "Media", "text": "No recording found." }, { "topic": "Contest Use", "text": "From Brass Band Results. Countries are not given because no source states them." }, { "topic": "Composer's site (read 2026-11-08)", "text": "Andrew Wainwright's own site has a page for the work. It confirms 2017, five variations, SP&S as publisher, and the set uses at the 2022 Swiss Nationals, 2024 Dutch Nationals and 2026 Regionals. It gives no grade, duration or premiere, so those stay empty." }, { "topic": "Media (added 2026-11-08)", "text": "The International Staff Band (Dr Stephen Cobb) recording on the CD Pulse is from the composer's site, which supersedes the earlier \"No recording found\". The label, catalogue number and year are not stated." }, { "topic": "French Open section name", "text": "The composer's site calls the 2026 French Open (Amboise, 5-7 June 2026) use the \"1st Section\"; Brass Band Results calls it First Division, which is kept here." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Composer's work page: year 2017, five variations, publisher SP&S, set uses, recording on Pulse", "url": "https://www.wainwrightmusicmedia.com/brassband/variations-on-%27was-lebet%27-(2017)" }, { "field": "Composer's news post: 2026 French Open 1st Section set test, written in 2017, International Staff Band (Stephen Cobb) on Pulse", "url": "https://www.wainwrightmusicmedia.com/post/variations-on-was-lebet-to-feature-at-french-open" }, { "field": "Publisher (SP&S), series, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, description", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/sps34058" }, { "field": "Score-only catalogue number and price", "url": "https://studio-music.co.uk/sps34058a" }, { "field": "Instrumentation, percussion, variation headings, © 2019 SP&S (preview score)", "url": "https://sastudiomusic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/smf/pdf/SPS34058-Andrew-Wainwright-Brass-Band-Variations-on-Was-Lebet.pdf" }, { "field": "Year (2017), five variations, chorale basis, earlier set-work uses, 2026 Regional set work (First Section)", "url": "https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced" }, { "field": "Contest Use; year (2017)", "url": "https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/variations-on-was-lebet" }, { "field": "Retailer prices (same as Studio Music)", "url": "https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/variations-on-was-lebet-brass-band-score-and-parts-wainwright-andrew-studiomusic" } ], "movementsText": "Theme and five variations, as headed in the score: Theme (Andante maestoso), Var. I (Allegro giocoso), Var. II (Maestoso), Var. III (Agitato con brio), Var. IV (Grazioso), Var. V (Allegro giocoso). 4barsrest describes the fifth variation as fugal, leading to a return of the theme.", "programmeNotes": "The work is a theme and five variations on the German chorale Was lebet. 4barsrest describes the variations as contrasting, from a stately opening through a playful waltz to a fugal fifth variation that leads back to the chorale.\n\nPublisher’s programme note: not found. A one-line description is on the seller’s listing: Studio Music (https://studio-music.co.uk/sps34058)" }, { "id": "variations-on-an-enigma", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/variations-on-an-enigma/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-sparke/", "title": "Variations on an Enigma", "composer": "Philip Sparke", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "composer = article subject (table has no composer column); Contest = table's R/N column as printed (R = regional/area, N = national final); article section 'National Championships of Great Britain test pieces'; table values contest='R' section='Ch', normalised by Brass Rep." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sparke&oldid=1380631938" } ] }, { "id": "venus-and-jupiter", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/venus-and-jupiter/", "category": "Arrangements", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/gustav-holst/", "arrangerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/stephen-roberts/", "title": "Venus & Jupiter", "composer": "Gustav Holst", "arranger": "Stephen Roberts", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer, arranger and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "vienna-nights", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/vienna-nights/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/philip-wilby/", "title": "Vienna Nights", "composer": "Philip Wilby", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "visions-of-gerontius", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/visions-of-gerontius/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/kenneth-downie/", "title": "Visions of Gerontius", "composer": "Kenneth Downie", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia table of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). Title, composer and contest use only; not yet checked against other sources." }, { "topic": "Seed data notes", "text": "section normalised from \"Open\" to match existing pages." } ], "sourcesRead": "2026-11-08", "sources": [ { "field": "Contest use", "url": "https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Open_Brass_Band_Championships&oldid=25951051" } ] }, { "id": "vita-aeterna-variations", "url": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/works/vita-aeterna-variations/", "category": "Compositions", "composerUrl": "https://brassrep.swatland.dev/composers/alexander-comitas/", "title": "Vita Aeterna Variations", "composer": "Alexander Comitas", "type": "Test Pieces", "stub": true, "notes": [ { "topic": "Where this came from", "text": "Seeded on 2026-11-08 from the Wikipedia tables of test pieces listed under Sources (CC BY-SA 4.0). 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