Soldiers in the Distance from 'Fantasies for Piano'

Arthur Benjamin was an Australian musician who worked for much of his life in England as a composer and teacher. This work is taken from his ‘Fantasies for Piano’, published in 1933, and is a brilliant depiction of a far-off march. The soft pedal should be used throughout, while there is virtually no sustaining pedal, apart from where marked. Drums are imitated with the low left hand chords, and the music should always be kept as soft as possible.

Selected from Grade by Grade - Piano Grade 4. The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 pianist.