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Hammersmith
"Hammersmith" is one of Holst's best band pieces ever. Written in the 1930's, this is one of those rare works that started as band music, and was later transcribed for orchestra. We recommend "Hammersmith" for any skilled band! Estimated Performance Time: 14:00 Technical Notes: Hammersmith is a Prelude and Scherzo which was commissioned by the BBC military band in 1930. Holst afterwards rewrote it for full orchestra. This piece is dedicated to the author of "The Water Gypsies". Those who knew nothing of his forty-year-old affection for the Hammersmith district of London were puzzled at the title. The work is not program music. Its mood is the outcome of long years of familiarity with the changing crowds and the changing river: those Saturday night crowds, who were always good-natured even when they were being pushed off the pavement into the middle of traffic, and the stall-holders in that narrow lane behind the Broadway, with their unexpected assortment of goods lit up by brilliant flares, and the large woman at the fruit shop who always called him "dearie" when bought oranges for his Sunday picnics. As for the river, he had known it since he was a student, when he paced up and down outside William Morris's house, discussing Ibsen with earnest young socialists. During all the years since then, his favorite London walk had been along the river-path to Chiswick. In Hammersmith the river is the background to the crowd: it is a river that goes on its way unnoticed and unconcerned. The percussion part contains the snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, xylophone, gong and triangle parts. Composer(s): This piece was composed by Gustav Holst. Publisher: This piece was published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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