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Jansma, Jilt – Sparke, Philip: Towards the Western Horizon

score and parts

Setting: Concert Band
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 0:06:55
Weight: 1.206 kg
Published: 2009
Publisher: De Haske
Item number: AMP273-010
Other reference: AMP 273-010
ISMN: 9790570292738
The inspiration for this piece came from the address of the person who commissioned the work: Morse Street, Houston, Texas. It pays tribute to the immense skill of the engineers who succeeded in submerging a wire across the Atlantic to send messages in morse code from America to Europe. This technical ingenuity provided the perfect source of material for a transatlantic musical message. This work explores the vast expanse of the Atlantic and makes use of Irish melodies to celebrate the point where the cable enters into the Atlantic Ocean.

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