Argincort Variations

Michael Brand

Michael Brand

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand - British Music Publishers
Cost: Score & Parts - $55.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbal (crash and large suspended)
• Shaker
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Tenor Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The old Argincort carol is medieval and unmistakeably English. "Our King set forth to Normandie" is the refrain memorably set by William Walton in his Music for Henry V. This setting captures the fife and drum and heraldic fanfare of the battlefield.

-Program Note by Michael Brand

Media

• MP3 at G and M Brand - British Music Publishers

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
• Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
• St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
• Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)

All Wind Works

• 1812 and a Half - Novelty Item
• Angel of the North
• Argincort Variations
• Avebury Circles
• Brandenbach
• Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
• Don't Tell William
• Dreams and Fancies
• Fugue à la Gigue (as editor; tr. Holst)
• Flute Feature Chanson de Matin
• Four Temperaments for Tuba
• Glock Around the Clock
• Handel's Largo (as arranger) (1738/2007)
• Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
• Meditation (Brand)
• A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
• New York Parade
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
• Orpheus Can't Can Can
• Pioneer 10
• Portsmouth
• Prelude in the Dorian Mode (as editor with Brion; scored Grainger) (c. 1550/1937-1941)
• Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
• Sousa Confuser
• St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
• Surprise Surprise
• Swingtime Rag
• Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
• Tapestry for Tuba
• Trocadero March
• Two Spirituals
• Windpower

Resources

None discovered thus far.