Sea Drift for Brass Quintet by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

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This brass quintet arrangement captures the subtle textures of the composer’s chromatic harmonies inspired in the original vocal octet by a poem by T. B. Aldrich. Born of an African father, Coleridge-Taylor was an early 20th century English composer and conductor who was an influential advocate for Black composers. One of Coleridge-Taylor's rare A Cappella compositions for vocal SATB double choir arranged for brass quintet, Sea Drift is infused with descriptive tone-color painting highlighting the tragic story of the merchant sailor who perishes in a stormy sea to the despair of his lover onshore. The arrangement is for two B-flat trumpets with alternate C trumpet parts, horn with alternate flugelhorn part, trombone with alternate horn part, and tuba. The recording is of the entire edition.

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