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Rude Mechanicals
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Brass Ensemble, Trombone Quartet Bass Trombone, Trombone - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1889331
Composed by David Lancaster. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. 41 pages. UYMP #1447968. Published by UYMP (A0.1889331).Rude Mechanicals was commissioned by the Slidin’ About trombone quartet in 2016 - the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In my work there are two specific references to the bard’s plays: firstly, the title refers to the group of rustic characters who put on a heartfelt performance to conclude A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the link to the sound world of the trombone quartet seemed quite clear in my mind. When I was close to completing the work in late October 2016 I learned of the passing of my friend and former brass teacher Michael Antrobus to whom I owe a considerable musical debt. Consequently, the coda of the piece (in complete contrast to the rest of the music) is slow and sustained and is prefaced by a famous quotation from Act IV of Shakespeare’s The Tempest: ‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little lives are rounded by a sleep’. This final chorale was somewhat influenced by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ choral setting of that same text: Mike loved English music. The music is in six distinct parts, each part emerging from a unison repeated note which is passed around the quartet.
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