Master Brass Series - LudwigMasters

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator composed Concertino, Op. 41 in 1913. Originally scored for trumpet and orchestra, it is also frequently performed in a versi...

SEGUIDILLAS - "Repetitions and Ostinatos for Tuba Ensemble" was commissioned by Stephen E. Panoff for R. Winston Morris and Symphonia. Seguidillas (literally, something that repeatedly goes on and on...

This work by the long-lived French composer Henri Büsser (1872-1973) for the advancing trombonist is dedicated to Monsieur Henri Couillaud, Professor at the Paris Conservatory and trombone soloist.

This exciting work for brass choir (German title: DER STREIT ZWISCHEN DAVID UN GOLIATH) tells the Biblical tale of David and Goliath in eight compositions. Approx. performance time 14 minutes.

This exciting work for brass choir (German title: DER STREIT ZWISCHEN DAVID UN GOLIATH) tells the Biblical tale of David and Goliath in eight compositions. Approx. performance time 14 minutes.

This concert suite includes five movements, each characterizing musically the mood or feeling generated from William Shakespeare's OTHELLO and prefaced by a quote from the text itself. Resulting from...

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) composed the Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone (Sonate pour Cor, Trompette et Trombone) in 1922, and it was premiered on January 4, 1923, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élys...

Originally written in 1899 by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, and later orchestrated by the composer, Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) remains one of the enduring...

Written in 1802 for English Horn by Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842), these Two Sonatas (Due Sonate) are extremely useful as works of study, since only few solo pieces are available for this instrument. Th...

This collection of Six Quartets, Op. 35, for horns was written in 1910 by Russian composer Nikolai Tcherepnin. Quartet titles: 1. Nocturne; 2. Ancienne chanson allemande; 3. La chasse; 4. Choeur dansé...

A collection of short, romantic works for Horn and Piano. With moderate difficulty and pleasing melodies, these pieces serve well as both a teaching tool and an addition to a recital for the younger p...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) wrote his three-movement CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND MILITARY BAND in 1877. It premiered on March 16, 1878 at a Russian Naval Base concert with Marine Officer Leonov...

Drei Equale (Three Equali) for Four Trombones, WoO 30 was written in 1812 on a trip Beethoven took to Linz. Beethoven was friends with the kapellmeister, Franz Xaver Glöggl, of the cathedral in Linz w...

Bruce Broughton's Concerto for Tuba was originally written as a Tuba Sonata (M158791). The wind ensemble (A671202) and orchestra (A899602) concerti arrangements are available seperately from the publi...

French horn player Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864) composed many works for his instrument during his career as performer and horn professor at the Paris Conservatoire. This collection of Twelve Ea...

German composer and virtuoso hornist Franz Joseph Strauss (1822-1905) saw his Nocturno, Op. 7 for horn and piano published in 1864. One of the most frequently played works for horn in the standard rep...

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) a good hornist who played in orchestras while still a student, wrote his Rêverie for horn and piano during this period. A very romantic work, it takes full advantage of...

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), the French lawyer-turned-self-taught-composer wrote his LARGHETTO for Horn in 1875. Resembling an opera aria for French Horn, the work is very lyrical and achingly expre...

Franz Josef Strauss (1822-1905 was a German composer and virtuoso horn player. He was the principal horn player of the Bavarian Court opera and taught at the Royal School of Music in Munich. The studi...

This more difficult work for horn, written in 1862, is a beautiful vehicle for the horn, requiring a great deal of sensitivity from the performer. Humble and unassuming, though sophisticated, it requi...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed ROMANCE in F Major, Op. 36 in 1874, scoring it for horn or violoncello with orchestra or piano. The version for horn and piano premiered on February 14, 1874 in Paris with...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote many chamber works for wind instruments in an effort to increase the sparse repertoire. His CAVATINE, Op. 144 (1915) constituted his single foray for the trombone...

Composed for the 1906 Paris Conservatory trumpet competition and dedicated to the trumpet professor of the conservatory, Merri Franquin.

Written in 1911 by Henri Büsser (1872-1973) as a Paris Conservatory audition piece, Andante and Scherzo, Op. 44, is a wonderful contribution to the solo trumpet literature.

Little Fiesta is a fun, catchy, and short piece for solo tuba and piano accompaniment. It consists of a polka-tango, a trio, and a recapitulation of the initial polka-tango theme. Within the trio, the...