The Ringing Isle 总谱

亨德尔称英国为'铃声之岛'，因为当他搬到伦敦时，他听到到处都有钟声响起：教堂塔楼上的大钟，以及他拜访的一些私人住宅中的手铃。人们 "敲响变化 "的声音是英国特有的欢庆之音，这似乎是一首赞美英国音乐生活的乐曲的良好起点。在《铃声之岛》中，多夫融入了一些传统的变奏曲式，包括 "Grandire Doubles"、"Oxford Treble Bob Minor "和他自己版本的 "Plain Bob Major"。亨德尔的这句话也让人联想到一个神奇的岛屿，因此多夫设想了从远洋航行接近英国时的情景"

作曲家: Dove, Jonathan
乐器: Wind Band
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Handel called Britain ‘the ringing isle’ because when he moved to London, he heard bells ringing everywhere: great bells in church towers, and handbells in some of the first private houses he visited. The sound of people ‘ringing the changes’ is a peculiarly British sound of celebration, and it seems a good starting point for a piece celebrating British musical life. Within The Ringing Isle, Dove incorporates some traditional change-ringing patterns, from ‘Grandsire Doubles’, ‘Oxford Treble Bob Minor’ and his own version of ‘Plain Bob Major’. Handel’s phrase also conjures up an image of a magical island, and so this is how Dove envisaged how it must have been to approach Britain from an ocean voyage.