2 trumpets

24 Advent and Christmas songs for the elementary level on the trumpet. The songs are easy to play for beginners in the first, second or third year of learning. They can be played alone or as duets. The range suits other instruments like the cornet,... Read more

Bicinia, two-part music of the Renaissance and early Baroque, were pieces frequently used for teaching of counterpoint and style. For modern trumpeters, they are challenging and valuable resources in the training of rhythmic flexibility, imitation,... Read more

Orlando Gibbons’ (1583-1625) duets for treble instruments, edited here for two trumpets (in C, Bb or flugelhorn), hold extraordinary musical value. These Six Fantasias give one a taste of Gibbons’ genius and a look into the character of the Golden... Read more

The students will  become acquainted with various styles, and also acquire a feeling of the character of each piece. Read more

TOURNAMENT is intended to loosely portray three elements of a medieval tournament, while showing the variety of style and tonal color inherent in the members of the trumpet family. The work is in 3 movements (performed continuously, with no breaks)... Read more

At first glance, these trumpet duets are typical of trumpet music from Baroque England. Generally, the range of the duets is consistent with that of contemporary English works, requiring the fourteenth partial and higher only infrequently. In... Read more

A short-lived music journal entitled Fanfare was published for a few years in the early twenties, its distinguishing feature was a centerfold containing short fanfares composed especially for the issue. Practically all the major composers in Europe... Read more

In 1824, Schott in Mainz published a trumpet method by C. Eugène Roy. The original includes these duets in an antiquated mixed pitch configuration: the first voice for a high E flat trumpet, the second being in Bb. These have been transposed here... Read more

The 52 «Pieces for Trumpets and Kettledrums» date from 1685. Their titles recall the great court spectacles, with placenames like Versailles, Fontainebleau, Vincennes, L'Orangerie, Le Palais Royal, Les Thileries etc. Read more

The duets printed here include two sets of «Airs,» one each attributed to (James?) Oswald and the otherwise unknown «Mr. Messing» [«Mr. Brass» in German]. The duets present a nice range of difficulty from quite easy to rather difficult and should be... Read more

These duos were mainly conceived with music school students in mind, but advanced players will also enjoy them. The principal goal is not a systematic training in two-part parallel rhythmic sequences but rather that the student or the second player... Read more

The duets published here, which were played by the Salem Moravians, consists of chorales, marches, minuets, and polonaises. They were probably recreational and not church music. The Moravians brought many musical manuscripts and prints with them to... Read more

The duets published here, which were played by the Salem Moravians, consists of chorales, marches, minuets, and polonaises. They were probably recreational and not church music. The Moravians brought many musical manuscripts and prints with them to... Read more