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 4 of 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leapfrog - for playing large intervals | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Cantilena 1 - for breath control | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Threes, Fives and Sevens - for changing metre | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Flexible Variations - for flexibility and note centring | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| TuKu - for double tonguing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Triplets - for triple tonguing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Swiss Mountain Air - for embouchure flexibility | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Through the Key Whole - for scales and arpeggios | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Up Hill and Down Dale - for lip flexibility | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Three-legged Race | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Fanfare No 2 | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Gavottish | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Ben Nevis | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Fresh Air | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Concorde | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Number Twenty Eight | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Bit By Bit | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Jiggy Jig | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Ghost Town | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sad March | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Baroque Ballad | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| All's Well | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Carol | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Men Of Harlech | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Love Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Finger Twister No 1 - for chromatics | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Finger Twister No 2 - for chromatics | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Which E flat? - for the left hand Eb key | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| O Worship The King (Croft/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded (Hassler/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Amazing Grace (American Folk Melody/Sparke) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The High School Cadets | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| King Cotton | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| The Thunderer | See work details |
10 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Follow Me | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Missing You | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Folk Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Best Foot Forward | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Nocturne - for long note practice | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Variations - for cantabile playing | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Hymn No 3 - for long phrases | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Ups and Downs - for flexibility | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| TTTTechnical Exercise - for single tonguing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Aria - for legato playing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Georgia's Gigue - for single tonguing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| TuKu TuKu - for double tonguing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Threasy Does It - for slide technique | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Slide Tester No 1 - for chromatics | 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.