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The Concord Band Box 302, Concord, MA 01742 Tel: 978-897-9969 |
Program Notes |
Giles Farnby Suite(1970)Giles Farnby, composer Gordon Jacob, arranger English arranger Gordon Jacob has taken keyboard pieces of Giles Farnby (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) and scored them for band. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (ca. 1620) was a large compilation of keyboard pieces by many English composers. Numerous compositions by Giles Farnby (1560-1640) were included in this collection. The Concord Band has performed one of Farnby’s eleven Fantasias; the only descriptive character pieces, His Humour; and Farnby’s best known work, Tower Hill. —WMT INDEX |