London Suite

Eric Coates

Eric Coates (arr. Gerrard Williams)

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Subtitle: London Every Day

General Info

Year: 1933 / 1934
Duration: c. 12:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Chappell Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.95

Movements

I. Covent Garden
2. Westminster (Meditation)
3. In town To-night (Knightsbridge March) – 4:40

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This suite, subtitled London Every Day, is Eric Coates' best known work and describes three areas of London. The first, Covent Garden, is a fast tarantella. The second, Westminster (Meditation) is a slow movement. The final section In Town To-night, is subtitled Knightsbridge March. That title is from the Knightsbridge section in London, where the Royal Guards’ barracks and stables are located.

After hearing a recording of the suite, Eric Maschwitz of the BBC began using the Knightsbridge March as the signature tune for the long-running Saturday night program, In Town Tonight.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchesta (Frederick Fennell, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) – 19 May 2019
• United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor) – 8 April 2018 (College Park, Md.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Arrival of the Princess
• Calling All Workers
• By the Sleepy Lagoon (arr. Godfrey) (1930)
• The Dam Busters March (arr. Wagner) (1954/2004)
• The Dam Busters (arr. Duthoit) (1955)
• Eighth Army March
• Footlights (arr. Duthoit) (1940)
• Four Ways Suite (arr. Godfrey and Leidzen) (1928)
• High Flight (Coates)
• Holburn
• Knightsbridge March. See: London Suite
• London Bridge
• London Suite
  • Knightsbridge March (arr. Cacavas) (1933/1970)
  • Knightsbridge March (arr. Yoder) (1933/1940)
• London Suite (arr. Williams) (1934)
• The Merrymakers (arr Godfrey) (1923)
• Northwards
• Over to You
• Oxford Street (arr. Wagner) (1936/2009)
• Rediffusion
• Salute the Soldier
• The Seven Seas (arr. Duthoit) (1940)
• Sound and Vision
• Sweet Seventeen (arr. Duthoit) (1955)
• The Three Bears (arr. Godfrey (1928)
• The Three Elizabeths (arr. Duthoit) (1946)
• To-Day Is Ours (arr. Duthoit) (1940)

Resources

• Coates, E.; Williams, G. (1934). London (London Every Day) [score]. Chappell: London.
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Eric Coates." Accessed 27 May 2016