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The Lone Ar-ranger (score & parts) - 4BSN

Composer: Buttall, Philip R.

Publisher: T.D. Ellis

Edition: 38825

$19.95

The Lone Ar-ranger
(With apologies to Rossini)
for bassoon quartet
by Philip R. Buttall

So. Many. Themes.  This ridiculously fun piece incorporates a ton of themes within the framework of the William Tell Overture.  A real crowd-pleaser!  Snippets include:

Campdown Races
Oh, Susanna
Wait Till the Sun shines, Nellie
March of the Toy Soldiers
Scotland the Brave
Floral Dance (Cornish folk tune)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Xmas carol)
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?
Charlie Is My Darling (Scottish)
[No-one seems to know this – me, neither]*
Rule Britannia
English Country Garden
Polly Put the Kettle on (Nursery Rhyme)
Keep Right On To the End of the Road
Hallelujah Chorus
Brahms Hungarian Dance in G minor
Tambourin (Rameau)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
A-Roving (English folk song)
A Life on the Ocean Waves (Reg. March Royal Marines)
Widdecombe Fair (West-Country folk-song)
Bobby Shafto [Bass part]
There Is a Tavern in the Town
Do Ye Ken John Peel? (Scottish) [Bass part]
Campdown Races
Deck the Halls (Xmas) [Bass part]
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Here Comes the Bride!
Peter & the Wolf (Prokofiev)
Dixie
Surprise Symphony (Haydn) [Bass part]
Iolanthe (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Green Grow the Rushes O (English folk-song)
The Hebrides Overture (Mendelssohn)
English Folk Song Suite (Vaughan Williams) [Bass part]
Hail the Conquering Hero (Handel)
Gavotte (Gossec)
Finlandia (Sibelius)

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