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Re: Romanza

Thanks Evan for this interesting bio of Alex English. It is so long ago,
I can't remenber what we did not like about his sound. Maybe we done him
wrong. Ah, we were young and foolish then.
Dave Buckley.

 howells wrote:
> 
> Alex English has a chip shop in Ripon but this may not be the same
> > guy, since he's never heard of Henry Geehl.
> 
> Alex English was a trombone player with one of the prize bands maybe 40
> years ago. When I played in Canada for a former Fairy Euph player, Wilf
> Mountain, he was always after our bones for a certain sound which we did
> not like (the sound he wanted not that he was after us). We referred to
> it as "the English Sound" so obviously we did not like the Alex English
> sound we heard on record. Maybe someone will know which band it was.
> 
> Dave Buckley.
> 
> A little history about Alex English, for the young brass plebes;)
> Alex English was an Irish Man played with Agnus Street Templemore band,
> came over to England to
> audition for the CWS Manchester band, He was a very good Euphonium player
> some of the brass men in his time said he was a better euph player than a
> trombonist.
> At the time their were to good euph players in the Co-o-p Band Dennis
> Holmes and Russell Buckley
> and the tombone section was full, he use to go round the North playing in
> slow melody contest on euph, and is specialty was a melody called Simple
> Avue by Ord Hume.
> He finished up playing 2nd Trombone for Fodens, and was a member of Men of
> Brass, the last time we herd of him , he was playing with Royal Doulton
> band with Teddy Grey he played in the midland Area contest and they won on
> Eric Ball. Tournament for Brass.
> the solo that was dedicated to him by Henry Geehl,  Romanza is a beautiful
> solo, can be played on trombone or euph, and it was thought that Henry
> Geehl herd Alex play euph and trombone many times and was so impress with
> his style of playing he dedicated the solo to him.
> there is a recording of Romanza played very tastefully by John Maines
> trombone, with the Fairy band under Walter Hargreves, also a recording by
> euphonium John Mcrea and the Ever Ready Band
> 
>	   Henry Geehl F.T.C.L. Dr. Phil.( Bonn University )Appeared in
> public as a solo pianist from the age of eight, originally intended to
> adopt the career of concert pianist and studied in London, later gained a
> scholarship to Vienna, connected with the brass band movement both as a
> composer and adjudicator since 1923 works for brass band Oliver Cromwell,
> On the Cornish Coast, Sinfonietta Pastorale, In Tudor Days and Festival
> Overture, written much orchestral, instrumental, paino and vocal music, was
> Professor of Pianoforte, Composition,Orchestration, Brass and Military Band
> Scoring. Examiner and Lecturer at Trinity Collage, London In most of Henry
> Geehl's works he wrote some triffic eb and Bb bass parts.
> ----------
> > From: David W. Buckley <davebuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Romanza
> > Date: 05 November 1997 01:03
> 
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