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Title	A Downland Suite
Article no.	4075931
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	United Kingdom (uk)
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Year of publication	1932; 1985
Composer	Ireland, John
Arranger	Steadman-Allen, Ray
Performer	European Winds
Difficulty level	4
Additional info/contents	A Downland Suite is one of a pair of works Ireland wrote for brass band (the other being Comedy Overture) in the 1930s. Both were commissioned by the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, and this piece was completed in 1932. Prt PicFlt Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 Fag 1,2 EsClr Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Cnt 1,2,3 Trp 1,2 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb 1,2,3 Euph Tub KB Tmp Perc 1,2: -BD -MCym -SD -TamTam -Trng -Glsp -Xyl

No.	Track title	Duration	CD	Sound sample
1	Prelude	5:01
2	Elegy	3:23
3	Minuet	5:00
4	Rondo	3:20

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	Format
	A Downland Suite (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Geoffrey Brand conducts Hammersmith, audio CD
	Teaching Music through Performance in Band #2 Grade 2 and 3, 3 compact discs

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