Name: Heroic Elegy (arr. John Ivor Holland) by Ernest Farrar Concert Band Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Ivor Holland
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Heroic Elegy (arr. John Ivor Holland)
by Ernest Farrar Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Heroic Elegy (arr. John Ivor Holland)

Artist Ernest Farrar

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger John Ivor Holland

Composer Ernest Farrar

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 54

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher John Ivor Holland

Level 2

Product ID 1410948

Genre Classical Patriotic 20th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

Ernest Farrar (1885-1918) was a talented composer, born in London but raised in Yorkshire, who was deprived of a long and storied career by his untimely death during World War I. He enlisted in 1915 and gained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in February 1918. At the suggestion of Charles Villiers Stanford and Ralph Vaughan Williams, he composed 'Heroic Elegy' (op. 36) in 1918 while in service, and conducted its first performance on 3 July 1918 while on leave. Farrar was summoned to France just over two months later and was tragically killed by machine gunfire at the Battle of Ephey Ronssoy later than month. The simple dedication at the top of the score reads "To Soldiers", making his final composition even more poignant. A sombre, but somehow joyful piece that wouldn't be out of place in any military or civic memorial event.

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