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The 'Sonata Vox Gabrieli', commissioned by the International Trombone Association,became very quickly after its publication in 1973 a world bestseller. The beautiful, deeply expressive, intense, neo r...

These '24 Studies' have been transcribed from the fugues of 'The Well-Tempered Clavier', Book I, written by J.S.Bach in 1722. The use of each of the twelve major and minor keys offered a unique collec...

The study repertory for the orchestral trumpeter is sparce compared to that of most other orchestral instruments. Many etudes for trumpet are approached from a purely technical viewpoint and often lac...

The founder of The Brass Press publishing house (taken over by Editions Bim in 1999) asked me to write a new work for trumpet alone. The result was 'Cascades', which was offered to all members of the...

Adaptation for euphonium solo of one of Allen Vizzutti's best-known works. Three basic ideas structure the work: the angular and intervallic overture, the fingering combinations with crossed accents a...

1. Si suoni la tromba One of the most difficult arias in the set, this piece employs a prominent extra-harmonic note (the e''-sharp in the cadence of measure 40 - achieved on the natural trumpet by ''...

Ernst Sachse's 'Concertino in Eb' was published in 1871 by G.W. Stratton in Boston with the following instrumentation: > Solo Eb Cornet (Bb Cornet/Bb piccolo Trumpet) > 1st Bb Cornet > 2nd Bb Cornet >...

Trumpet parts in C or D