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Music Inspired by Cornwall   Written for the Cornwall Youth Brass Band.   The first public performance was by the Cornwall Youth Brass Band conducted by Eric Ball in 1964.   Used as a contest test piece including: 1968: West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Class C) 1968: Regional Championships of
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Music Inspired by Cornwall   Written for the 1974 Golden Jubilee West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Bugle Contest).   Used as a contest test piece including: 1974: West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Class A) 1999: West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Class B)   From the West of England Bandsmen’s Festival
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Eric Ball in Cornwall By Phillip Hunt (Lef A Vrest – Voice of Brass)   “The Mozart of the Brass Band Movement” was how Dr Roy Newsome memorably described Eric Ball, the highly regarded Composer, Adjudicator and Conductor.  Eric Walter John Ball was born in Kingswood near Bristol on 31st
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Inglis and Peggy Gundry © Gundry Family   The Gorseth Fanfare, written for the Cornish Gorsedh, was re-discovered in recent years and is now played at each annual Gorsedh Esedhvos   This recording features the Cornwall Youth Brass Band conducted by Alan Pope Reproduced here by kind permission of the
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Racca: Cornish Tunes for Cornish Sessions Project 1995 – 1997 The Racca Project recorded 146 traditional Cornish dance tunes and airs and a further 105 compositions from groups and individual performers involved with Cornish music between 1995 – 1997. The Editorial team comprised 0f Frances Bennet, Hilary Coleman, Nick Crowhurst,
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