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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good King Wenceslas | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Infant Holy, Infant Lowly | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Once In Royal David's City | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| We Three Kings Of Orient Are | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Holly and the Ivy | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| While Shepherds Watched | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Unto Us Is Born a Son | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| On Christmas Night All Christians Sing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| O Come, O Come Immanuel | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Ding Dong! Merrily on high | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Silent Night | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Three Extraordinary Journeys | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Harlequin | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Harbour: Sunday Morning | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts An English Sea Song Suite | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Fiesta De La Vida | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Return Journey | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Soft-Shoe Shuffle | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Klezmer Karnival | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Land Of Hope And Glory | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| O Holy Night | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pastoral Hymn | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Painted Desert | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Professor Googleheimer's Clarinet Polka | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Mexican Holiday | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Repton Fantasy | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Parade of the Clockwork Soldiers | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Mandalen Landscapes | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Giocoso: Euphonium Concerto No2 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Molto Vivo: Euphonium Concerto No2 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Allegro: Tuba Concerto | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Agitato: Trombone Concerto | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Vivo: Trombone Concerto | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pony and Trap | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| A Victorian Ballad | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| promenade | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Could You Repeat That? | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Scales of Justice | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Waltz with Variations | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Thinking Of You | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Daydream | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Rhode Island Rag | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Jubilee Overture | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Rhapsody | See work details | See edition 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.