Title	For Precious Friends Hid in Death's Dateless Night
Article no.	9319100
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Year of publication	1988
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Composer	Mailman, Martin
Lyricist	Shakespeare, William
Opus no.	Op.80
Difficulty level	5
Duration	20:00
Additional info/contents	A major contribution (and ABA/Ostwald composition winner) from this respected composer, these three movements are inspired (and titled after stanzas of) William Shakespeare's sonnets. Calling for harp, piano, and active mallet percussion, the work covers a wide gamut of stylings, from delicate hymn, to motivic fragments (over a bass marimba ostinato), to the soaring, ethereal beauty of a solo soprano vocalise (reminding one of incredible Ennio Morricone moments) rising above an exciting, loud conclusion. An ambitious work but not beyond the reach of advanced bands/wind ensembles.

Track title	Sound sample
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3

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