Princess Alexandra’s Minuet is a movement from Alan Bullard’s Palace Dances (originally for flexibly scored woodwind ensemble/orchestra). It was Princess Alexandra (later Queen Alexandra) after whom Alexandra Palace was named when it opened in 1863.
These arrangements are for clarinet quartet (3 Bb, one Bass), saxophone quartet (AATBar) or string quartet (2 vns, via, cello). The scores are available as downloads, including a score and set of parts.
Scrolling Score – clarinet quartet
Purchase details – clarinet quartet: Sheet Music Direct, or Sheet Music Plus
Scrolling Score – saxophone quartet
Purchase details – saxophone quartet: Sheet Music Direct, or Sheet Music Plus
Scrolling Score – string quartet
Purchase details – string quartet: Sheet Music Direct, or Sheet Music Plus
[Palace Dances was written for the Palace Band, an amateur woodwind ensemble who rehearse near Alexandra Palace in North London. Alexandra Palace was named after Princess Alexandra, later Queen Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII.]
Score and parts of the complete Palace Dances, (flexibly scored for woodwind orchestra / ensemble) are also available from Colne Edition