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Steve Martland (Composer)

Beat the Retreat

for eleven players
11 player
All instruments must be amplified and should be played without vibrato.
Product number: LSL 2896-01
Edition: Performance material
Series: Beat the Retreat
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Description

This is dancing music. The use of a ground bass suggests formal Baroque models but the shifted beats and polyrhythms also evoke Latin American, and near the end, ‘techno’ dance music.

Orchestral Cast

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More Information

Title:
Beat the Retreat
for eleven players
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1995
Duration:
13 ′
World Premiere:
July 3, 1995 · Cheltenham (UK)
Everyman Theatre
Cheltenham Festival 1995
Steve Martland Band · Conductor: Steve Martland

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the BBC for the Pucell Tercentenary
Series:
Beat the Retreat

Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 2896-01

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Steve Martland (Composer)

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