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The Thievish Magpie - Gioachino Rossini
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£32.95
Una Voce Poco Fa - Gioachino Rossini
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£32.95
Largo Al Factotum - Gioachino Rossini
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£39.95
William Tel Overture - Gioachino Rossini
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£27.20
William Tell March - Gioachino Rossini
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£40.00
Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saens composed The Carnival of the Animals in 1886. He regarded the work as a piece of fun and was adamant that the work would not be published in his lifetime. It was published in the year following the composer's death and the first public performance was given on 25th February 1922. It was well-received and has since become one of Saint-Saens's best-known works.This brass band transcription contains six of the original fourteen movements and opens with Introduction and The March of the Royal Lion a brief, dramatic beginning is followed by a stately march for the 'King of Beasts' that is interrupted from time to time by the lions' formidable roar, depicted by ferocious, low chromatic scales. In The Elephant, a solo B flat Bass sings a doleful song made from melodies 'borrowed' from Mendelssohn and Berlioz without apology. Next comes the relentless descending third of A Cuckoo in The Deep Woods. Fossils are clearly not animals, but some of them undoubtedly were at some point, so Saint-Saens has some fun with the xylophone rattling around like a box of old prehistorix bones. Among some little musical quotes you can listen out for 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and some references to his own 'Dance Macabre' whilst opera buffs may recognise Rossini's
Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days
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£16.00
Deep Harmony Hymnary - Parker, H - Broadhead, A
Deep Harmony, Sunset, Rossini, Lavinia, Shipley
In Stock: Estimated dispatch 1-3 working days
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£26.50
Il Turco in Italia - Rossini, G - Slinger, J
In Stock: Estimated dispatch 1-3 working days
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£26.50
L'Italiana in Algeri - Rossini, G - Greenwood, JA
In Stock: Estimated dispatch 1-3 working days
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£26.50