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Guy Woolfenden
Guy Woolfenden

Born
12.07.1937

Died
15.04.2016

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Der Englische Komponist Guy Woolfenden genoss seine musikalische Ausbildung am Christ's College in Cambridge. Seit 1962 ist er Musikalischer Leiter der Royal Shakespeare Company. In dieser Funktion komponierte er mehr als 150 Werke um die Aufführungen musikalisch zu umrahmen. So hat er in vielen seiner Kompositionen Themen von Shakespeare übernommen.

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Mockbeggar Variations

Mockbeggar Variations

Gallimaufry

Gallimaufry

S.P.Q.R.

S.P.Q.R.

Illyrian Dance

Illyrian Dance

Gallimaufry

Gallimaufry

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Music by Guy Woolfenden

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Mockbeggar Variations

Mockbeggar Variations

This work was composed in 1991 to a commission from Berkshire County Music Service, whose headquarters were then in Mockbeggar House - hence the title. A short introduction leads to the theme, which...
Concert Band
ARI004
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Gallimaufry

Gallimaufry

Illyrian Dances - SPQR - Suite Francaise - Mockbeggar Variations - Deo Gracias - Full Fathom Five - Gallimaufry
CD (Compact Disc)
T8916
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S.P.Q.R.

S.P.Q.R.

S.P.Q.R. (Senatus Populusque Romanus - the senate and people of Rome) was commissioned as part of the centenary celebrations of Warwickshire County Council, and the composer’s response was to...
Concert Band
ARI003
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Illyrian Dance

Illyrian Dance

Some of the thematic material for this suite of three dances is adapted from music originally written for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The precise location of Illyria was not important to...
Concert Band
ARI002
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Gallimaufry

This suite for concert band was inspired by Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays and derived from music written for the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions, which opened the Barbican Theatre, London in...
Concert Band
ARI001
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