Titles in this category are currently being re-categorised into new sections in the website which are INSTRUMENT SPECIFIC to make your browsing easier - these new sections already exist.
Once this process has been completed over the next few weeks this section SOLOS will disappear, and you will look for solos by INSTRUMENT.
A new Euphonium solo, which is dedicated by the composer to the "forgotten soloists in the band". Composed in a slow melodic song-like style, every section has their moment to shine whilst accompanying the soloist. The piece is playable by most levels of bands and the solo Euphonium line can be replaced with any Bb instrument.
You can view the Solo Cornet part as a PDF image of this work on your computer, by clicking on the "MORE DETAILS" button on the right - this will the PDF image for you to sample.
Categories: Solos, SALVATIONIST MUSIC Composer: Leonard Ballantine
A traditional gospel spiritual originally written in 1905 by Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel, the song is most associated with actress-singer Ethel Waters. The song has been covered extensively in gospel music, with notable versions by Shirley Caesar, Marvin Gaye, Kirk Franklin and the Family, Lauryn Hill and Tanya Blount (from Sister Act 2), Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Dottie West, Barbara Mandrell and Jessica Simpson.
When I set out to arrange traditional Christmas carols I was determined that they should not be yet another run-of-the-mill, strophic, verse-by-verse version of our Christmas heritage. I have tried to treat each carol in the collection as the basis for a Petite Fantasie - a continuous, single-movement of variations on the original tune. Of course, the carol is heard in its traditional form at some point during the arrangement but hopefully its appeal is enhanced without destroying the traditional concept. In particular, I Saw Three Ships becomes a Gigue while the Coventry Carol and Veni, Veni, Emmanuel inevitably are modal. The collection is, in all, a delightful mixture of musical styles through the ages." Leslie Pearson
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