The Hall of Valhalla

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1 The Hall o Valhalla rom The Hammer o Asgard David Marlatt The Hall o Valhalla is the second movement to the three art suite The Hammer o Asgard, an original soundtrack style comosition or brass and ercussion. sing Norse mythology as the theme, The Hammer o Asgard introduces and exlores the gods and other characters that make u these amous stories. The other movements to this suite are Thor and Loki and the Battle With the Frost Giants. arts may be doubled (or more!) to add to the eic sounds throughout this iece. ercussion arts are crucial to a successul erormance and, at least, 5 layers are required to cover all arts. There is an otional narrator art hich could be read beore the erormance o this movement: Asgard, the Norse kingdom o the gods. Floating high in the sky and connected to the orld o humanity by the rainbo bridge Birost. It is here that Odin, king o the gods, sits on his throne, overseeing various creatures ranging rom giants to dars, rom valkyries to humans. When a orthy erson dies in battle, a Valkyrie comes and brings their soul to the Hall o Valhalla here they can live or all eternity. The ourney to Valhalla is very subdued, but hen the dead irst see the gates o the REVIEW mighty hall, their ae and amazement is indescribable. The ONLY hall is immeasurable in size and illed ith so much luxury and ealth that no man could ever ish or anything again. lease contact the comoser i you require any urther inormation about this iece or his availability or commissioning ne orks and aearances. david.marlatt@enmusic.com David Marlatt is a comoser, arranger, conductor and clinician. He has comosed ieces or concert band, string orchestra, brass quintet, trumet ensemble, iano, tuba and trumet. His riting style is diverse and he has ritten or a ide range o diiculty levels rom very young concert band to roessional ists and chamber ensembles. His azz based trumet ensemble ieces Groovy Vam and A Coconut Named Alex have been ell received by audiences everyhere and his concert band comositions are ound on many estival lists in both Canada and the nited States. He has also arranged/transcribed over 1000 ieces o reertoire including South Arican olk songs, traditional Christmas carols, tangos, ieces rom the Baroque to the Romantic eras such as Monteverdi madrigals, a large suite o music rom Handel s Messiah, Largo rom Ne World Symhony and even Mahler s First Symhony. Along ith many erormances by elementary, high school and college ensembles, roessional erormers o his orks include: Matthias Hos, ens Lindemann, The Canadian Brass and Ne York hilharmonic Brass Quintet, the ITG Mass Trumet Ensemble, Toronto Festive Brass, Foothills Brass Quintet, WO Brass Choir and Brassroots. Mr. Marlatt is a trumet layer ho obtained a music education degree rom the niversity o Western Ontario, Canada. He as rincial Cornet in the Whitby Brass Band or 6 years and ounder o the trumet ensemble Trumets in Style. As a erormer, he has layed in azz bands, brass quintets, orchestras, concert bands, brass bands and eriod instrument ensembles. ISBN: CATALOG NMBER: BC18105 COST: $30.00 DRATION: :15 DIFFICLTY RATING:Medium-Diicult Brass Choir.enmusic.com

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5 Tt 1 Tt 2 Tt 3 b Hn b b b REVIEW ONLY Euh Tim b b THE HALL OF VALHALLA g.

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11 Tt 1 Tt 2 b b b b b b n. n b n. Ÿ 3 Tt 3 Hn Euh b b b b b b b b b b b b - b b b - - b b b b b b b n b b n b - - n b b b b b b b b b b. b. b b b b b Tim b + THE HALL OF VALHALLA g. 10 F æ Sus. Cym. + 3 æ

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