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The arrangement by Henry Wood for trumpet, string orchestra and organ was known to the Soviet public as the signature tune of the shortwave BBC Russian Service, and an orchestral piece in a similar style was created which could be identified with the spirit of the British Empire. [13]
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) [1] was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his Trumpet Voluntary, a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement ceremonies.
The best-known trumpet voluntary is the Prince of Denmark's March, a composition by Jeremiah Clarke written circa. 1700. [1] It is properly a rondo for keyboard and was not originally called a trumpet voluntary. It is very popular as wedding music and was played at the 1981 wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer.
The title 'voluntary' was often used by English composers during the late Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. Originally, the term was used for a piece of organ music that was free in style, and was intended to sound improvised (the word voluntary in general means "proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent"). [1]
He also arranged a set of six preludes and fugues by Gregor Werner for string quartet. List of string quartets by Joseph Haydn; Thomas Erskine (1732–1781): Nine string quartets; François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829): Twelve string quartets: Op. 14 (1770) and Op. 15 (1772). [9] Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782): three quartets (1776)
Explosive: the Best of Bond is a compilation album by the crossover classical string quartet Bond. As well as the audio CD, the album also contains a DVD which has three music videos, a photo gallery, their complete discography, and all the tracks on Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound or 48 kHz/16 bit PCM Stereo.
This is a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions.
It toured and recorded extensively, and numerous arrangements were commissioned, many of which were bequeathed on Jones' death to the library of the Royal Northern College of Music. The ensemble recorded Leonard Salzedo 's signature fanfare for the Open University 's television transmissions.