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Brass Band SKU: BT.SMM050018124 Composed by Philip Sparke. Score Only. Studio Music #SMM050018124. Published by Studio Music (BT.SMM050018124). Cambridge Variations was commissioned by Philip Biggs and Richard Franklin with funds provided by All England Masters Brass Band Championship Ltd for their 1992 contest. The basis of the variations are the six musical notes in the word“Cambridge”, (CABDGE), used mostly in reverse. The work falls into five sections (variations), which are all (to some extent) derived from the six-note row.

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