Wagner – March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet) – Score Digital Download

Wagner - March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet) - Score Digital Download

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This arrangement by Robin Benton uses just two of the numerous themes from Richard Wagner's overture to his 1868 opera The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The opening theme represents the Mastersingers themselves. This dignified melody is stated and then developed contrapuntally, leading to the second theme – this theme is used in the opera for the entry of the Mastersingers. The music builds to a climax that introduces a short reprise of the majestic Mastersingers theme, and triumphant fanfares bring the piece to a rousing finish.

Wagner - March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet) - Score Digital Download
Wagner – March of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Brass Quintet) – Score Digital Download

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This arrangement by Robin Benton uses just two of the numerous themes from Richard Wagner's overture to his 1868 opera The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The opening theme represents the Mastersingers themselves. This dignified melody is stated and then developed contrapuntally, leading to the second theme – this theme is used in the opera for the entry of the Mastersingers. The music builds to a climax that introduces a short reprise of the majestic Mastersingers theme, and triumphant fanfares bring the piece to a rousing finish.

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Benton, Robin

Robin was born in Nottingham and studied music at London University and Bath Spa University. He has an ARCM diploma in Military Bandmastership. He learned the G Bass Trombone as a teenager, later switching to Tenor Trombone and playing in orchestras, theatre bands and big bands. As a schoolteacher he ran a children's Wind Band, which won a McDonald's Child of Achievement Award for their performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Robin's march The Music Makers was premiered by the Royal Doulton Band after it won the Owen Owen Composing Competition. In 2006 he enjoyed conducting his prize-winning March of the Heroes (scored for Handbells and Brass) at the 12th International Handbell Symposium in Brisbane, and conducting his march Olympic Gold (also scored for Handbells and Brass) at the 2012 Symposium in Liverpool. In 2008 he was a winner in the British Trombone Society's Composing Competition and his Dance Suite for Junior Trombone Quartet was premiered by trombone players from the Black Dyke Band. Robin's music for instruments and voices is published in both the UK and the USA. Now retired, as well as composing and arranging, Robin enjoys playing Trombone in the Bath Community Big Band and is an active member of the Bath Archery Club. His compositions include three works for orchestra and a number of pieces for small ensembles.

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