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Re: Masters Test Pieces - Wilfred Heaton

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Subject: Re: Masters Test Pieces - Wilfred Heaton
From: "jeremy wise" <jeremy.wise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:20:47 -0000
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 Hi David
> I'm also thrilled that Contest Music has been chosen - it's a
> terrific piece which is great for players and audiences alike.
> Ironic though that this piece was rejected and mothballed for many
> years because it was considered 'too modern' at the time, with the
> consequence that the composer became entirely disenchanted with
> composing for band, and perhaps with composing at all.
>

The treatment dished out to Wilfred Heaton both in the contesting movement
and the SA is a disgrace - his piece Toccatta Oh the Blessed Lord was dumped
on the shelves of the SA for years. His Partita is the most magnificent work
for band that I have ever heard and it started life in the 1940's as an
orchestral piece.

Maybe, on this basis, I will grow to like Songs for BL and Salamander in
another 40 years - or perhaps not.

Jeremy


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