Elgar Variations

Sources

All read 8 November 2026.

• Publisher, catalogue number, score-and-parts price, grade, contest uses mentioned: https://studio-music.co.uk/m050080398-martin-ellerby-brass-band-elgar-variations
• Score-only catalogue number and price, grade: https://studio-music.co.uk/m050080404-martin-ellerby-brass-band-elgar-variations
• Duration ("c. 14 minutes"), publisher, structure, recordings, composer's parts list: https://www.martinellerby.com/bb-elgar-variations
• Year (© 2007), commission, instrumentation (first score page): https://www.martinellerby.com/_files/ugd/056565_23fe8d59427e48e3927ac7328566c07d.pdf
• Contest Use; year 2006 (Brass Band Results): https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/elgar-variations
• 2026 Regional set work (Championship Section); Elgar anniversary; first set-test use 2007: https://4barsrest.com/news/62714/2026-regional-championship-test-piece-announced
• Other editions and retailer prices: https://www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/search/martin_ellerby_elgar

Notes

• Year. 2007 is the copyright year on the score's first page, which also says the work was commissioned for the 2007 European Brass Band Contest. Brass Band Results gives 2006.
• Grade and duration. The grade is the publisher's own (Studio Music publishes the work and shows "Difficulty E - Difficult" on its product pages; no numeric grade there). Studio Music gives no duration, so the duration is the composer's "c. 14 minutes". A Solid Brass Music listing seen only in a search snippet gave "Difficulty 5"; it is a retailer and was not used.
• Instrumentation. Taken from the first page of the score, linked from the composer's site. The score has one stave each for Euphonium, E-flat Bass and B-flat Bass; the composer's page lists "Euphoniums 1, 2", "Eb Basses 1, 2" and "Bb Basses 1, 2", which may mean divided staves later in the score (not checked). The composer's page lists percussion as "TBC". The percussion list is partial, from the first page only.
• Premiere. The work was the set test piece at the 2007 European Championships (4barsrest calls this its first set-test use). No source read names a first-performance band, venue or date, so the Premiere line is empty.
• Movements. The composer describes a continuous sequence of contrasting sections without titles, not based on Elgar's own themes. A 4barsrest review seen only in a search snippet mentioned "eight variations"; not verified, so no section list is given.
• Contest Use. Brass Band Results also lists "Australian Championships - Wind Band (A Grade)", 2014, won by a wind orchestra. It is left out here because it is a wind band contest, so it was presumably a wind band version, which this page doesn't cover. Brass Band Results gives no section for the 2007 European Championships or the 2011 English Nationals. Countries are not given because no source states them (Brass Band Results' flags belong to the winning bands, not the contests).
• Media. From the composer's discography. No release years are given, except that the 2007 European Championships album is named for that year. The Willebroek CD's label is shown only as "Sabam", a rights society, so no label is given. The Cory Band "Now That's What I Call Brass" conductor is not stated.
• Cost. Both prices are from Studio Music, the publisher. brassband.co.uk shows the same prices, plus a study score at £15.00 and a De Haske listing at £89.95 (not checked).