Music and film
Film music is popular with our member orchestras. We have a comprehensive collection in our library worth exploring.
Richard Adler
Adler co-composed the music and lyrics for numerous musicals including The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, both of which won Tony awards for best musical and best score. Recordings of his biggest hit songs, You Gotta Have Heart, Hey There, Hernando's Hideaway, Whatever Lola Wants, Steam Heat, Rags to Riches, Another Time, Another Place, and Everybody Loves a Lover, have sold over 30 million copies.
Here is Hernando's Hideaway from the Pajama Game
Selections from The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees are available from our library
Contact our Library team for further information.
Women composers
We are exploring the many works in our catalogue by women composers and arrangers.
With over 100 women represented, there is plenty to discover.
Minette Allton
Minette Allton was born on 13 April 1916 in Oakland, California, USA. She is a composer, known for Sixpack Annie (1975), They Ran for Their Lives (1968) and Trauma (1962). She married William F. Wilson in 1954 and had three children
https://composers-classical-music.com/a/AlltonMinette.htm
Here is I Get Sentimental written by Minette Allton and performed by Nat King Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjMUYq5NFE
We have a manuscript version of this work arranged by Bruce Campbell in our Library
Listen
What makes your audiences smile?!
Here is a number that would make a perfect programme filler or encore.
Clockwork Clown - Edward White
Repertoire ideas
Here are some works recently loaned from our library to member groups:
La Morena - Cecile Chaminade
Caribbean Serenade - Louise Craven
Seguidilla - R. Repini
Fancy Dress Suite - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Our Classical World
Our library is not just about light music. We have a significant collection of lighter opuses from the western classical tradition.
Here are some suggestions:
Wand of Youth Suite (2nd Suite Op.1b) - Edward Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances (Op. 27) - Edward Elgar
Composer Spotlight
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875–1912) was a pioneering British composer and conductor from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Often compared to Gustav Mahler, his exceptional talent and influence in classical music were widely recognised But here are some other works that may not be as familiar:
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Savings Available
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Music groups can order multiple orchestral sets at a reduced rate. Here are the details.
Orchestral Music sets for sale
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