• Composition: 1959
• First Performance: Friday, 5 June 1959. Westminster Hall, London. The State Trumpeters. For the Queen’s entrance at a NATO Parliamentary Conference.
• Duration: Under 1 minute
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C69
• Instrumentation: Trumpet in E-flat, 7 trumpets in B-flat (three are optional), 2 tenor trombones, 2 bass trombones (second is optional)
• Manuscript: The British Library, Manuscript Collections. Manuscript Add. 59813, “Macnaghten Concerts Collection Vol. XVII”. The second manuscript in this volume of the collection. Autograph full score. 7 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press, 1972. Materials available for purchase:
A Queen’s Fanfare | 1972 | Full score | ISBN 019 3681862 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
1972 | Set of parts | ISBN 019 3681994 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
• Recordings:
Ensemble | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
Philharmonia Orchestra | Sir David Willcocks | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8998 | 0’43” |
The Wallace Collection | Stephen Layton | 2002 | Hyperion CDA67330 | 0’42” |
The Band of the Scots Guards | Major R. J. Owen | 2002 | SRC 107 | 0’43” |