Magna Carta Overture

Magna Carta Overture for Concert Band is a bold musical journey into the past. This "Great Charter" was forced upon King John of England by a group of his subjects, known as the feudal barons, in an effort to limit his powers by law and protect their interests. It proclaimed certain liberties and that by law no "freeman" could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today. This composition is at the mid-grade level (Grade 3).