Walton, William: Orb and Sceptre

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Walton: Orb and Sceptre

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This famous march was commissioned for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The stirring music, skilfully conveyed in this arrangement, offers everything from sweeping melodies to playful syncopations and magnificent fanfares. This piece has often been paired with Walton's Crown Imperial.

ISBN: 9780193532854 (0193532859)

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This is an individual re-print of the arrangement that appeared in OUP's A Walton Organ Album (ed. Robert Gower) in 1996 . . . it is worth comparing it with William McKie's transcription, published in the year of the Coronation . . . Inevitably, perhaps, there are passages where McKie's and Gower's solutions are identical; but there are plenty where they are not. In essence, Gower's transcription does not contain as much of the musical detail at McKie's . . . But this is not to suggest that Gower's arrangement is an over-simplification of the music. Indeed, the art of transcribing orchestral pieces for the organ lies in knowing what to omit . . . most organists will find that there is quite enough in the Gower to give a very satisfactory rendering of Walton's intentions, without the virtuoso demands of the McKie . . . In conclusion, this reissue of this very playable arrangement is welcome

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