Slaidburn

General Info

Difficulty:: 4th section + (Wright & Round)
Publisher:: Wright & Round (F0239; score F0239/S)
Cost:: Score and Parts – £32.00 | Score Only – £12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Soprano Cornet in E-flat
Solo Cornet in B-flat (4 copies)
Repiano Cornet in B-flat
2nd Cornet in B-flat (2 copies)
3rd Cornet in B-flat (2 copies)
Flugelhorn in B-flat
Solo Horn in E-flat
1st Horn in E-flat
2nd Horn in E-flat
1st Baritone
2nd Baritone
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (2 copies)
E-flat Bass (2 copies)
B-flat Bass (2 copies)
Drums / Percussion

Programme Notes

Rimmer wrote the march for the Slaidburn Band, named after the village. Wright & Round describes it as a long-standing best-seller and a frequent Whit Friday road march. The current edition is newly engraved and includes a full score.

Publisher’s note: Wright & Round

Contest Use

Full contest history, including 254 own-choice uses: Brass Band Results

Works for Brass Band by This Composer

Partial list: marches in Wright & Round's current catalogue. Years not found.

Original Works

The Australasian
The Cavalier
The Cossack
Cross of Honour
Dawn of Freedom
The North Star
Punchinello
Viva Birkinshaw

Resources

Categories: Compositions | Marches

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Sources

All read 8 November 2026.

Publisher, catalogue numbers, prices, grade label, set list, note (score and parts): https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books/f0239
Publisher, catalogue number, price (score only): https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books/f0239-s
Works list: https://wrightandround.com/products/brass-band/marches-march-books
Composer and village background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaidburn
Composer background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rimmer_(music)
Contest Use: https://www.brassbandresults.co.uk/pieces/march-slaidburn
Sample parts (title, composer, edition copyright): https://wrightandround.com/uploads/f0239.pdf

Notes

Instrumentation. From the publisher's set list. It differs from the standard template - no Timpani part is listed, and percussion is a single "Drums / Percussion" part.
Wright & Round now prints a grade. The product page shows "4th section +", which reads as a section-based suitability label. This contradicts uk-landscape.md and the spec's example that Wright & Round lists no grade.
Year. Not found. Wikipedia and Brass Band Results give no date. The sample parts carry a Wright & Round copyright line in Roman numerals (an edition date, not the composition date) that was too small to read reliably.
Copies vs parts. The publisher lists copies ("4 × Solo B♭ Cornet"), not separate parts I–IV, so copies are shown here.
Media. Wikipedia mentions a 1999 Doyen CD of Rimmer's music by Fodens Courtois Band (DOY CD080), and a radio episode list naming Wingates Temperance Band in Slaidburn. Neither track listing was confirmed, so neither is listed.
Year in the footer. Omitted because it's unknown.