Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture Tchiakovsky is currently unavailable

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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.883768 Composed by Tchiakovsky. Arranged by Phil Lawrence. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 194 pages. Phillip Lawrence #3561191. Published by Phillip Lawrence (A0.883768). Why not Romeo & Juliet. In the Frank Wright days of orchestral transcriptions certain things already had to be in place with the work itself, key or transpose-ability, tesssitura, time length, and over all technical difficulty. All these had to be weighed out before pen hit paper. Out of the many overtures we know transcribed for brass band we know they work and are playable, hard in the days, but easier now.This wasn’t so with Romeo & Juliet all the clauses above weighed against it, but there was one attempt I believe but fell foul for some of the reasons. But here we are now in the 21st C of banding, pieces now written for band are frightening in terms of technical ask. So in 2003 I wanted to fill the rep with the greatest missing overture of all time standing at 16 minutes with the best known tune in the business. One aspect of my score is that the Euph's and basses all have their own separate parts to dovetail in fast semiquaver passages and extended long notes. Indeed a labour of love it took me some weeks, and yet as far as I know, no band has taken it on. It seems these days that commitment of this input is only given to the contest & the test piece (am I wrong?). So there you have it a 19th C Overture of great fame for the 21st C band.  This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).