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Graduation Suite (Sheet music)
Edward Elgar, Jean Joseph Mouret, Michael Story
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Elgar's part songs, written in 1914 to be sung by choirs across
England. Includes Op. 71, 72 and 73 for SATB with divisions. Piano
for rehearsal only.
Dedicated to "my friends pictured within," Elgar's orchestral
showpiece started life as a simple improvisation at the piano after
a day of teaching violin in October of 1898. Upon playing the
theme, his wife Alice asked that he repeat it. This led him to
improvise variations on the melody - each variation a musical
portrait of one of their friends. Elgar ultimately expanded this
into a full-length compositon, including music portraits of Alice
and himself before orchestrating it. The premiere was given on June
19, 1899 in London's St. James's Hall under the baton of Hans
Richter. The work was popular immediately and has been part of the
orchestral canon ever since. This new score is a digitally-restored
reissue of the one first published in 1899 by Novello. In contrast
to so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes
with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to
make sure it is actually readable. As with all PLP scores a
percentage of each sale is donated to the amazing online archive of
free music scores and recordings, IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library.
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