Release Date: 06 March 2026
Label: Nimbus Music Publishing
Packaging Type: Paper Back Book
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9790708219835
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Gavin Higgins
Description
Urban Fairy Tales is a set of eight short miniatures inspired by various fairy tale characters. Though this is really a fun, silly piece, fairy tales often reveal dark truths about human nature, asking us to question our deepest fears and passions. Even in a world dominated by consumerism, drug use and celebrity, the collections of tales from the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen continue to resonate with people young and old. So when I was commissioned to write this piece I wondered, 'what would Cinderella do if she was living in urban London in the 21st Century...?' Gavin Higgins
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Augusta Read Thomas
Richard Blackford
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Gavin Higgins
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Augusta Read Thomas
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Richard Blackford
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Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Ekstasis [for string sextet] - NMP1321](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219712.jpg?v=1765961184&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Augusta Read Thomas - Augusta Read Thomas: Bebop Kaleidoscope - Homage to Duke Ellington [for chamber orchestra] - NMP1382](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229322.jpg?v=1765961082&width=700)
Augusta Read Thomas
Gavin Higgins
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Four Faerie Folk Songs (2025) [for female voice and piano] - NMP1353](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708229032.jpg?v=1764148094&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Drop Dead (2008) [for soprano saxophone or clarinet] - NMP1330](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219804.jpg?v=1764148091&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Cruelty Has A Human Heart (2020) - Full Score [for chorus (SATB), piano & cello] - NMP1348](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219989.jpg?v=1764148085&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
![Gavin Higgins - Gavin Higgins: Cruelty Has A Human Heart (2020) - Vocal Score [for chorus (SATB), piano & cello] - NMP1349](http://propermusic.com/cdn/shop/files/9790708219996.jpg?v=1764148086&width=700)
Gavin Higgins
Piatti Quartet/Fidelio Trio
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