IDES MARCH

By Derek Bremel

Ides March was commissioned by William Brine in 1990, Bermel’s first commission. Brine requested that the work be a march suitable for performance at both a wedding and a funeral. Although originally titled Brine’s March, when the composer learned that the march was to receive its premiere on 15 March, he changed the title to Ides March in a humorous nod to the Shakespearean admonition Beware the Ides of March; in his youthful view a sentiment appropriate for either a wedding or a funeral. However, a line from Cole Porter was the inspiration behind the major key to minor key interplay of the work: ‘What could be any finer? But how strange the change from major to min or, every time we say goodbye’, a line that captured the composer’s attempt to write a march that did justice to both the melancholy and triumphant. Series: Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band Series

Contents

1. Conductor Score & Parts

Retail Price: $59.95

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Publisher/Record Label Info: Faber (Alfred Publishing)

Product Details: Wind Ensemble Arrangement

Grade: 3 (Medium)

Product Code: 12-0571564887

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