A modernist influence between Martin Ellerby’s piece for wind band Paris Sketches: Homages for Wind Band exists. There is a need to examine the influence of modernist composers Ravel, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Satie, and Berlioz and Ellerby’s piece for wind band. Through careful examination, these distinct modernist compositional techniques will be clearly illustrated.
Introduction
Martin Ellerby was born in England in 1957. He studied composition with Joseph Horovitz at the Royal College of Music and later privately with Wilfred Josephs. He has written in most forms of music including 5 symphonies, 12 concertos, and a large-scale Requiem for choir and orchestra. Paris Sketches: Homages for Wind Band was commissioned by a consortium of schools put together by Richard Jones for the 1994 Huddersfield Conference. Receiving its first performance by the Cleveland Youth Wind Orchestra, John MacKenzie in Ripon Cathedral on 26, July 1994 was the conductor. Martin Ellerby's Paris Sketches offers four short scenes 1) Saint-Germain-des-Prés recalls a Ravel bell-like sunrise, 2) Pigalle is …show more content…
Les Halles is an old market area, a Parisian Covent Garden and, like Pigalle, is comprised of a series of related but contrasted episodes. The climax, of Les Halles, quotes Berlioz's Te Deum, which was first performed in 1855 at the church of St. Eustache. Most significant is the church of St. Estache is located in the district of Les Halles (the most notable entrance so far takes place in m. 85 and m. 105). A gradual crescendo, initiated by the percussion, prefaces the material and the work ends with a backward glance at the first movement before closing with the final bars of the Berlioz Te Deum. The quick tempo, fanfare atmosphere, and dramatic changes in color create a bustling and busy effect indicative of the open market district of Les Halles,