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
Sheet music catalogue page 3 of 10
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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| Cruise Control | See work details |
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| Highland March | See work details |
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| Wednesday Waltz | See work details |
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| Music Box Waltz | See work details |
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| Two Norwegian Folk Tunes - Wedding March Grieg/Sparke | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Year of the Dragon | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Aria - for cantabile playing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Missing Links - for arpeggios | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sierra Nevada | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Summer Isles | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Meditation | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Molto Lento: Trombone Concerto | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts Saturday Serenade | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts Sunday Scherzo | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| The Beau Ideal | See work details |
10 more instruments
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| The Fairest of the Fair | See work details |
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| London Bridge | See work details |
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| Sad Song | See work details |
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| Russian Winter | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Dynamic Start | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Air - for flexibility | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Hymn No 2 - for long phrases | See work details |
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| Cantilena 2 - for breath control | See work details |
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| Peter's Polka - for triple tonguing | See work details |
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| Two Timer | See work details |
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| Down And Up Again | See work details |
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| Fanfare No 1 | See work details |
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| Loch Ness | See work details |
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| Harvest Hymn | See work details |
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| Dance Of The Dolls | See work details |
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| Nearly Bobby Shaftoe | See work details |
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| Alpenhorn Echoes | See work details |
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| Footsteps | See work details |
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| Upside Down | See work details |
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| Ragtime | See work details |
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| Breakfast In Bed | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Dots and Dashes - for rhythm amd finger strength | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Which F sharp, which C? - for the alternate fingering of these notes | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Holy, Holy, Holy! (Dykes/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| El Capitan | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The Liberty Bell | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Nobles of the Mystic Shrine | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Semper Fidelis | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The Washington Post | See work details |
10 more instruments
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| Ballad | See work details |
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| Rush HOur | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Modal Melody | See work details |
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| Short but Sweet | 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.