
Thanks for the comments so far...
I did already know a few of the minor things, like who it was dedicated to etc (i do have a borrowed score), and having just done a bit of analysis in uni with German Romanticism I've done about the Tristan Chord etc, which I'm sure will be used in my essay!
I'll give the British Bandsman suggestion a try... I'm lucky enough to know someone who gets them all so hopefully they'll beable to fish out this particular article

if not, I'll try get in touch with the Bandsman direct and see if they can forward me the certain magazine it was in...
James: Yea, if you're interested in reading my essay when it's done, I'll certainly pass you on a copy...
and yes, some people do forget that saying whether they like the piece or not, will not help with the analysing of the piece... in fact, it would be a whole load of blurb which isn't answering the question :roll: ... no extra marks for that is there! lol...
This is a university assignment, not done by free choice, but the choice of the piece is... most people are doing the simplest pieces to analyse... Tristan is more of a challenge I feel ;-) and yes, looking and analysing other composers pieces, does improve your own writing a lot... I've done this for the last 2/3 years, and my writing is certainly different now to what it used to be when I started out!
I'm always looking at conductors scores trying to make "in-mind" sense of the piece and getting to know deep inside the music...
What would be great to know, is how Martin Ellerby actually wrote the piece... did he actually sit down working out all this stuff (and theres some fantastic writing in it) or was it a sit down at Sibelius job? :lol: ... Well!! You never know!! lol...
What do the "more experienced" people think, about using a recording of a piece to go with the essay...?... I'm not sure whether to put in my essay about comparisons in how different bands and conductors have approached looking at the piece... I have 4 different recordings so far... and then Leyland will be cracking down to doing the piece for the Areas of course... so no doubt I'll be recording the rehearsals leading upto the contest... certainly should get into the mind of Garry Cutt! :lol:
Anyhoo, keep the comments coming!

Thanks again!

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