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Title	Cake Walk Phantasy
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	click here
Series title	Original Compositions Series
Year of publication	1984
Price	106.91 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Milray, Peter
Arranger	De Meij, Johan
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	D4 (German upper level)
Duration	4:21
Additional info/contents	The 'Cake Walk' is - just like the 'Quickstep'; the 'Schottisch'; the 'Rag' and the 'Quadrille'- a popular American dance from the second half of the last century. Both the rhythmic and the melodic structure of the Cake Walk display a clear relationship with ragtime and jazz and even a composer like Claude Debussy has availed himself of these influences in his music ('Le petit Nègre' and 'Golliwogg's Cake Walk'). The word 'Cake Walk' has yet another meaning in Holland; it is the name of a well-known centre of attraction at a fair: a system of planks and stairs - continuously moving up and down - devised to 'test' the fairgoer's sense of equilibrium. The same goes for this composition: the frequent changes in metrum - from even to odd - really call for a 'rhythmic equilibrium' of both conductor and orchestra! The "Cake Walk Phantasy" was originally written for brass music and was scheduled as a 'compulsory piece' at the big VARA Brass Band Festival 1983 in Dronten (Netherlands). At the request of composer Peter Milray, Johan de Meij created an arrangement for harmony and brass orchestra. It is a cheerful, powerful work with, as already said, many rhythmic effects and a 'bluesy' trombone solo in the quiet middle section. Prt Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 Fag EsClr Clr Solo + 1,2,3 BClrt ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Trp 1,2,3,4 Hrn in Eb+F 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2 (BC+TC) Brt in C 1,2,3 (BC) Brt in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Euph in C+Bb Tub 1,2 (BC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) KB Perc
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	Format	EUR
	Cake Walk Phantasy (concert/wind band), full score and parts	106.91
	Cake Walk Phantasy (concert/wind band), full score	19.57
	Best of Johann de Meij, 3 compact discs	43.13
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