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Biffo's March was written in Summer 1999 at the request of Louis Martinus, who wanted an easy march for his catalogue. The piece is a standard march with a trio section that is calmer and more elegiac. The two themes combine at the end. It is called Biffo's March, because some years ago when I was writing the music for a play, the author gave me a small toy bear as a good luck mascot for the production. I called him Biffo, and he happened to be sitting on the desk in my study when I sat down to write the march. It exists in three formats: Wind band, Brass band and Fanfare band.