Love's Greeting

This work was composed by Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934), one of Britain's leading Romantic composers, in 1899 when he was 33 years old.

In fact, this song was given to him as a present when he proposed to his future wife, Caroline Alice Roberts. It's wonderful.

At the time, Elgar was still an unknown composer, but after this work was published, its beautiful melody and romantic atmosphere captured people's hearts, and his fame gradually grew, and today he is considered the greatest composer in the history of British music. He has come to be regarded as one of the greatest composers.

This work, which is also his debut work, has been arranged for a brass quintet.

However, this composition is different from the usual composition, and the horn part is replaced by a euphonium. (Of course, you can raise the octave and play it on the horn.)

For me, the euphonium is an instrument that has a strong tone that is masculine, but also has a softness, which matches the melody of this work. . . This is completely subjective, but I felt that way, so I decided to organize it like this this time.

Additionally, each instrument has a breath symbol. ⒱

Those with parentheses say, ``If you want to take a breath additionally, do it here...!''

The ones without parentheses were written with the idea of ​​``take a breath here...!''.

However, of course, lung capacity differs from person to person, so try to find a place where the overall flow is as comfortable as possible. (This arrangement is based on the original violin x piano)

Also, the melody is given to the four parts, so I think I was able to create an arrangement that would be fun to play, so please give it a try.

(Tuba has no melody. Sorry.)

(From Google Translate)