Courtly Festival

Philip Gordon

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General Info

Year: 1961
Duration:
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mills Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Movements

1. Minuet for a Princess / Henry Purcell
2. Air for a Stately Occasion / Jean Baptiste Lully
3. Earl of Oxford's March / William Byrd

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This suite incorporates three tunes from the English Baroque period: 1. Minuet for a Princess (Henry Purcell); Air for a Stately Occasion (Jean-Baptiste Lully); and Earl of Oxford's March (William Byrd).

Media

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State Ratings

Arkansas: I
Florida: III
Kansas: II
Louisiana: I
Michigan: Junior High B
Oklahoma: I-A
South Carolina: III
Texas: I. Complete
West Virginia: II

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Air and March (as arranger) (1955)
Canzona for Band (1961)
Courtly Festival (1961)
Fitzwilliam Suite (1962)
Italian Masters Suite (1963/2000?)
Innovation (1965)
Invocation (1965)
A Little Bach Suite (as arranger) (1966)
Renaissance Masters Suite (1975/2002)
Russian Masters Suite (1969/2000)
Scandinavian Masters Suite (1974/1992)
Songs of Exaltation (as arranger) (1974)
Torchlight Carols (1965)
Two Carols from the Midnight Mass for Christmas (as arranger) (1690?/1980)

Resources

Gordon, P. (1961). Courtly Festival [score]. Mills Music: [New York, N.Y.].