Title	A Fugal Overture
Article no.	3168237
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
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Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	Prt (full score)
Main item	A Fugal Overture, Ha (PrtStm)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Composer	Holst, Gustav
Arranger	Noble, Paul
Additional info/contents	Gustav Holst began composition of A Fugal Overture in 1922, completing the full score in January 1923. Despite its name, the overture is not strictly fugal. It belongs to the era of neo-classicism, but apparently by coincidence, for Holst had not yet heard some of the Stravinsky and Hindemith works which set this fashion. The 'fugal' subject is full of spiky cross-rhythms - Holst grouped the eighth notes (quavers) of his 4/4 into a pattern of 3 + 3 + 2, thus giving a bar of three unequal beats. The piece is intense and exciting, and should make an important addition to the repertoire of the Concert Band.
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