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Dedicated to my best friend, Johnny Marshall, 1st chair clarinet in this band, TMEA All State Concert Band. Johnny and I were both All State, although we attended different schools. He was killed 4 months after this concert, 2 weeks after graduation.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
Song Info
Genre
World • Traditional European
Charts
Peak #3
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
William Walton - 1937
Rights
public domain
Uploaded
March 09, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 13.2 MB • 192 kbps • 9:37
Story behind the song
This is dedicated to my best friend, Johnny Marshall, who was the 1st chair clarinet player in this band, TMEA All State Concert Band. Johnny from Beaumont High School and myself from Kingwood French High School were both All State Musicians. 4 months after this concert and 2 weeks after graduating, he was killed in an auto accident leaving behind his new wife and daughter. Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and substantially revised in 1963. Walton composed the march originally for performance at the coronation of King Edward VIII, which was scheduled for 12 May 1937. However, Edward abdicated in 1936. The coronation was held on the scheduled day, with Edward's brother George VI being crowned instead. Crown Imperial was also performed at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, along with another Coronation March written by Walton, Orb and Sceptre. Although there was contemporary criticism of the march as "unrepresentative of the composer" and "frankly a pastiche" of the "pomp and circumstance" style, Crown Imperial is now one of the most popular of Walton's orchestral compositions. Walton derived the march's title from modernisation of a phrase from William Dunbar's poem "In Honour of the City of London": "In beawtie berying the crone imperiall" The march falls into an ABABC form: an exciting march in C major over Waltonesque long pedal points is followed by an Elgarian trio section in A flat major. Then both march and trio reappear in C again and come to a conclusion in a small heroic coda. It has been arranged for organ by Herbert Murrill. It can be found as such in A Walton Organ Album, compiled by Robert Gower, published by Oxford University Press. In keeping with the description of this work as "Elgarian", one past nickname for the march was "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6". Herbert Murrill arranged Crown Imperial for organ in 1937. Christopher Palmer prepared a version of Crown Imperial for solo organ, brass, timpani and percussion (with harp ad lib), specifically for the Laurence Olivier Memorial Service in October 1989.
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erika maximo
Apr 23, 2009
This is how a real King should reign ,with power,but never forget the joyful and delicated notes in the kingdom!Like the song performance.
Jiri Hajek - composer
Apr 12, 2009
Beautiful, excellent performance!! Your great play reminds me Arturo Toscanini... Jiri
ALEXIS PATRICK
Mar 12, 2009
Hello Again, This March is very beautiful. I enjoy listening to your great work. Have a fabulous evening in Texas, Hugs and Blessings, Lekzee