Composer
Philip Sparke
British composer
b. 1951
448 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1951
- Birthplace
- London
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music.
His early major works include The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa", written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the BBC called Orient Express.
Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by Hal Leonard.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; composer; trumpeter; musician; music arranger; music publisher
- Education
- Royal College of Music
- Instruments played
- trumpet
- Notable works
- The sunken village
- Official website
- https://www.philipsparke.com/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 11299253
- ISNI
- 0000000114378539
- GND ID
- 134668723
- Library of Congress ID
- n85290562
- MusicBrainz ID
- cfbad94d-82f4-4bf4-aefa-a7c1bbf822ea; 3c48989b-6f49-40a4-a6be-ec8f38606cc6
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Saxophone
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord's My Shepherd (Irvine/Sparke) | See work details |
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| Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind (Parry/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven (Goss/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Champions Fanfare | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Simple Scherzo | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Romany Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Windmill Waltz | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Good Christian Men, Rejoice | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| O Come, All Ye Faithful | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Simple Serenade | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Scottish Air | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Simple Sarabande Sparke | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Marching Home | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Classical Theme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Great and Mighty Wonder | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The First Nowell | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Rockin' Trumpets | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Adagio: Euphonium Concerto No2 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Lento: Tuba Concerto | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Festival Fanfare | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Mini-Rock | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Portrait of a City - Skyline | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Sinfonietta No.3 - Scherzo | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Suite from Hymn of the Highlands-Dundonnell | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Leila's Lament | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Allegheny Aria | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Slavonic Saga | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Shepherd's Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Flexible Variations - for flexibility | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Away In A Manger | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Angels from the Realms of Glory | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| As with Gladness Men of Old | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Two Sides of the Same Coin | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| In The Bleak Mid-Winter | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| When the Spirit Soars | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Something Borrowed, Something Blue | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Nice to See You Again | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Fives and Threes | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The Day Thou Gavest (Scholefield/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Abide With Me (Monk/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The Stars And Stripes Forever | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Count Me In | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Summer Breezes | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Across Chelsea Bridge | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Some Scales | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Contrasts | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 11299253. Portrait: Wilhelm Wienemann ( Kalwien at de.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.