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Elisabeth Serenade
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Elizabethan Serenade The "Elisabethan Serenade" is one of the best-known works by the British composer Ronald Binge (1910-1979). Binge was a famous representative of the British Light Music. The Serenade’s catchy and lovely melody was first published as "Andante cantabile". However, in 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II became the Queen of England, the composer changed the title to "Elizabethan Serenade", presumably to express the optimistic mood of the new Elizabethan age. The "Elizabethan Serenade" was also used as the theme tune for a popular BBC radio programme, and various authors created song texts for it in a variety of languages. In the German-speaking world, the most successful version was certainly that of the Günter Kallmann Choir from the 1960s.
Serie Sound Classics No. 14
Grade Level GB: 4-5 Grade Level USA: 3 (Intermediate) Composer: Binge, Ronald Arranger: Bittmar, Zbysek Genre: Concert Piece Performance time: 00:03:23 Publisher: Rundel Size: A4 Info: Full Score + Parts Rundel Order Number: MVSR2113 Release Date: 2004
The "Elisabethan Serenade" is one of the best-known works by the British composer Ronald Binge (1910-1979). Binge was a famous representative of the British Light Music. The...
Born in Derby (UK), Binge was one of the most respected and successful English composers of his generation. His father, a capable pianist, died in 1920 of wounds received during the war, leaving the family in straitened circumstances, without money to pay for Binge to attend music college. Instead, he obtained work as a cinema organist, which enabled him to learn a great deal of light repertoire...
Zbysek Bittmar was born on 16th October, 1934 in Ostrava. Jazz was the focus of his musical activities. Altough he was an autodidact, he worked for 30 years for the orchestra of the broadcast in Ostrava, as saxophonist, arranger and composer. The beginning of his compositional career is connected to broadcast, with dance music and jazz. Later he created bigger works, like "Missa...