Howard Snell's Music

Soon to be available in the next couple of weeks, another BEETHOVEN - THE BATTLE SYMPHONY: Beethoven's War Symphony that gave Tschaikovsky the idea for 1812.

I used this for many many outdoor concerts with Fodens and Desford, and most memorably (for me) at one of my Royal Albert Hall Gala Concerts with a light show, full battle scenes with muskets, cannons and competing English and French Fanfare Trumpets.

Duration: 12 minutes approximately, according to repeats.

IAN PORTHOUSE will be rehearsing and performing The BATTLE SYMPHONY at his Brass Band Course this summer.

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HOWARD SNELL MUSIC is an obvious name for a publisher of music, but why and what is RAKEWAY?

At the time I started to publish music, my wife Angela and I, plus four children who are now thoroughly middle-aged, lived in rural Staffordshire, as middle England as it is possible to get.

Our house was at the junction of a Roman road... part of it was in fact built over the road... and an ancient british, pre-celtic road. The road is in use to this day, only slightly updated. In old English it was called the Rake-Way. It seemed a suitable choice especially with its history and its character of always trying to follow the highest ground.

We lived there for many years before moving on to something completely different... (go to Howard Snell Music page for continuation)