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Title	Spitfire Prelude  out of print
Article no.	4100225
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Original contemporary music (20th, 21st century)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Country of publication	United Kingdom (uk)
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Composer	Walton, William
Arranger	Bashford
Duration	3:42
Additional info/contents	Sir William Walton composed many fine film scores, most notably for Olivier's Shakespeare productions. In 1942 he was commissioned to write the music for The First of the Few, a film which told the story of the designer of the Spitfire, R.J. Mitchell. The composer later adapted music from this score for the concert hall, producing the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. The Prelude begins with a sonorous fanfare and unfolds with a broad theme in the style Walton made his own in the two Coronation Marches, Crow Imperial (1937) and Orb and Sceptre (1953).
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	Spitfire Prelude (concert/wind band)  out of print
	A Tribute to the Few, audio CD
	Best of the Royal Air Force, audio CD

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