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Title	Dynasty
Article no.	4122216
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Wind Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Bra (brass band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	United Kingdom (uk)
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Year of publication	2024
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Composer	Graham, Peter
Evaluation level of countries	C5 (Swiss highest class)
Duration	17:30
Additional info/contents	Dynasty takes the form of a Symphonic Poem, a musical form first introduced to a contest audience at the Crystal Palace in 1913 by Percy Fletcher in his work Labour and Love. Using key passages from the autobiography of Harry Mortimer, On Brass as the source for the narrative, the work opens with a four-note leitmotif (Harry's theme, “as if descending from the heavens”), and the timeline unfolds as follows: 1 - Harry: One's destiny decided at birth, “I'll make him the best cornet player in England”. 2 - War: Why do the nations so furiously rage together? Fred volunteers for military service 3 - Theatre: And suddenly “I dashed to the rescue like a hero in the silent movies I was about to get to know so well” 4 – Journey: Comfort Ye A new life and new challenges 5 – Together: Come unto me, “A golden age” 6 – Farewell: For behold, darkness “Fred's death surely marked the passing of an era” 7 – Amen: The Trumpet shall sound Listeners familiar with brass band repertoire will recognize a few pertinent quotes within the piece. In my imagination, Harry is joined by Fred on cornet and the euphoniums of Alex and Rex for the quartet cadenza from Sovereign Heritage by Jack Beaver in Together. The Amen section from Handel's Messiah provides the basis for a contrapuntal flight of fancy as the work moves towards a conclusion. Other less overt fragments contribute to the story. Dynasty was co-commissioned by the British Open Brass Band Championships for the September 2019 contest, and the Brass Band Committee VLAMO for the Belgian Brass Band Championships 2019.
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	Dynasty (brass band), full score and parts
	Dynasty (brass band), full score

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