Homage To S. Pickwick ESQ, PPMPC

Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. is the 9th piece in Claude Debussy’s second set of préludes. It is characteristic for its eccentric shifts in expression and often melancholy or sentimental tone. It is also notable for incorporating the opening refrain from “God Save the Queen” a.k.a. “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”.

Overall, this arrangement is grade 4, but a high piccolo trumpet passage makes it grade 5.

For 11 piece brass ensemble and percussion

• Piccolo Trumpet 1 in B♭
• Trumpet 2 & 4 in B♭
• Flugelhorn
• 2 Horns
• 2 Trombones
• Bass Trombone
• Euphonium
• Tuba
• Percussion (Suspended cymbal, Glockenspiel)

This arrangement is part of our Boulder Brass Signature Series.