The Drumfire Was Incessant, and Continued All Night With Unabated Fury by Andrew Harrison Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Andrew Harrison

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Andrew Harrison

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 31

Arrangement Piano Solo

Publisher Phantom Dog Music

Level 5

Product ID 1321723

Genre Classical Contemporary Historic 21st Century

Instruments Piano

Product Description

The Drumfire Was Incessant, and Continued All Night With Unabated Fury is a solo piano piece, inspired by Newton Wanlisss harrowing account of the Battle of Pozieres in his 1929 war biography The History of the 14th Battalion, A.I.F. The Battle of Pozieres ran between July and August 1916, as part of the First World Wars Somme Offensive. The composition focuses on the days leading up to August 9th, 1916, when my great-great uncle Private Leslie Robins, an infantryman in the 14th Battalion, was shot and wounded.

In the early stages of writing the piece, whilst conducting preliminary research into the Battle of Pozieres, I was struck by the disparity between the British High Commands notion of formulating a plan for the battle, and the actuality of what occurred once soldiers went over the top into no-mans land. This dichotomous concept exerting control over an inherently fluid and dynamic situation I found to be most intriguing. It segued neatly into my aesthetic explorations of the role of improvisation (a dynamic process) within a larger notated context (a controlled environment). I decided that this dichotomy would play a fundamental role within the piece.

Australian pianist Zubin Kanga commissioned The Drumfire for his 2012 Spectrum concert series. The piece was given its world premiere on August 11th 2012 at the Melbourne Recital Centre, and was also performed at the Independent Theatre in Sydney on August 16th 2012.

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