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Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1191828 Composed by Dame Ethel Mary Smyth. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Classical,Opera,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 218 pages. John Ivor Holland #791335. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1191828). "The Wreckers" is an opera in three acts, composed by Dame Ethel Smyth to a libretto in French by Henry Brewster. The theme for the opera came from walking trips that Smyth took across Cornwall, where she visited places where shipwrecks had happened; these dramatic scenes spurred Smyth on and morph into both a dramatic, but romantic opera. After spending considerable energy in trying to get the work performed in French, the first performance took place in a German translation by John Bernhoff in Leipzig (11 November 1906). Smyth persisted in her attempts to see it staged elsewhere, but it was not until the conductor Thomas Beecham championed the work that a complete, staged performance was achieved in England in 1909. Thereafter performances have been rare. Thanks to an appearance at the BBC Proms on 31 July 1994 (presented to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death) this laid the foundations for subsequent performances. The 'Overture' is performed quite often as a standalone piece, encapsulating the drama and romance of the opera in just over 8 minutes - a splendid addition to the repertoire for modern concert 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).