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Philip Sparke
Person · male · United Kingdom · London · born 1951 · recording since 1992
British composer
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Also known as Phillip Sparke · Phillip Sparke · 菲利普·斯帕克
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Orient Express
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography203 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1357093681
Biography
Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music.
His early major works include The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa", written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the BBC called Orient Express.
Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by Hal Leonard.
Notable achievements
1997 Sudler Prize - Dance Movements
2000 Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians - Services to brass bands
2005 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - Music of the Spheres
2011 BUMA International Brass Award - Contributions to brass music
2016 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - A Colour Symphony
2018 International Award - Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic
National Championships of Great Britain test pieces
A number of Philip Sparke's compositions have been chosen as test pieces in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. His pieces have been selected for various sections, both at the area contests and the national finals.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:17
1Music for a Festival: I. Con Brio4:162Music for a Festival: II. Andantino4:303Music for a Festival: III. Vivo3:414Jubilee Overture6:095Mountain Song6:576Concert Prelude3:507Fanfare, Romance and Finale: I. Fanfare2:378Fanfare, Romance and Finale: II: Romance1:579Fanfare, Romance and Finale: III. Finale2:4810Orient Express8:0511The Land of the Long White Cloud "Aotearoa"12:272012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 54 tracks · 1:03:16
1A Knight's Tale (Trombone)0:492Romanza (Es Tuba)1:093Strollin' (Trombone)0:574Waltz for E. (Horn)0:505One, Two, Three! (Euphonium)0:426Puppet's Dance (Horn)0:407A Walk in the Rain (Trombone)0:558My Lady's Pavan (Horn)1:029Hangin' with Monti (Euphonium)1:1110Tennessee Rag (Eb Horn)1:1811Haunted House (Es Tuba)0:5612High Street (Horn)1:0313Rondo Olympia (Euphonium)1:2514Sicilienne (Es Horn)1:1115Broken Dreams (Horn)1:1216Purple Shade (Eb Horn)1:2717How's Tricks? (Horn)0:4518Summer Sound (Eb Tuba)1:0519A Knight's Tale (Bb)0:5420Romanza (Bb)1:1021Strollin' (Bb)1:0222Waltz for E. (Bb)0:5623A Walk in the Rain (Bb)1:0524My Lady's Pavan (Bb)1:0725Hangin' with Monti (Bb)1:1626Tennessee Rag (Bb)1:2127Rondo Olympia (Bb)1:3028Sicilienne (Bb)1:2029Broken Dreams (Bb)1:2130Purple Shade (Bb)1:4931A Knight's Tale (Eb)0:5232Romanza (Eb)1:1433Strollin' (Eb)1:0034Waltz for E. (Eb)0:5635A Walk in the Rain (Eb)1:2136My Lady's Pavan (Eb)1:1237Hangin' with Monti (Eb)1:1938Tennessee Rag (Eb)1:2339Rondo Olympia (Eb)1:3940Sicilienne (Eb)1:1641Broken Dreams (Eb)1:2142Purple Shade (Eb)1:3943A Knight's Tale (F)0:5144Romanza (F)1:1145Strollin' (F)1:0246Waltz for E. (F)0:5747A Walk in the Rain (F)1:0448My Lady's Pavan (F)1:0649Hangin' with Monti (F)1:1850Tennessee Rag (F)1:2151Rondo Olympia (F)1:3352Sicilienne (F)1:2253Broken Dreams (F)1:1954Purple Shade (F)1:32
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Philip Sparke head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Sparke.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cfbad94d-82f4-4bf4-aefa-a7c1bbf822eadiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cfbad94d-82f4-4bf4-aefa-a7c1bbf822eacore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349008seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sparkebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sparke
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
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Image: Wilhelm Wienemann ( Kalwien at de.wikipedia ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1349008 · MusicBrainz: cfbad94d-82f4-4bf4-aefa-a7c1bbf822ea
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