Name: Prelude and Irish Dance on Sussex Carol by Gregory Fritze Brass Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Musica Nova USA
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Prelude and Irish Dance on Sussex Carol
by Gregory Fritze Brass Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Prelude and Irish Dance on Sussex Carol

Artist Gregory Fritze

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Gregory Fritze

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 81

Arrangement Brass Ensemble

Publisher Musica Nova USA

Level 4

Product ID 1760564

Genre Christmas Irish Folk Classical Celtic Chamber

Instruments Euphonium Trombone Trumpet Tuba

Performance Group Brass Ensemble

Product Description

Prelude and Irish Dance on Sussex Carol was composed in 2023 for Bob Powers and the Naples Brass, who commissioned the piece for their annual Christmas concert that year. The Naples Brass was organized by Steve DeLadurantey, Director of Music and Worship Arts at North Naples Church in Naples, Florida. The ensemble has a tradition of performing several concerts a year including annual Christmas concerts in the Naples, FL area.

The Sussex Carol is a Christmas carol popular in Briton. Both the text and the tune to which it is now sung were discovered and written down by Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams who heard it being sung by Harriet Verrall of Monks Gate, near Horsham, Sussex (hence Sussex Carol). The tune to which it is generally sung today is the one Vaughan Williams took down from Mrs. Verrall and published in 1919.

* This piece calls for a Bodhrán drum, which is a drum that is used in traditional Irish music. If one is not available for performance, a tom-tom from a contemporary drum set or similar may be used.

Prelude and Irish Dance on Sussex Carol was recorded in 2024 by Bob Powers and the Naples Brass, conducted by Steve DeLadurantey. It was recorded at the recording studio at North Naples Church in Naples, Florida. It will be released later in 2025 on Mark Records.

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