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New compositions for brass - Neue Werke für Blechblasinstrumente
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Music of Mechanical Trumpets
For one to 12 Tumpet(s) and Timpani
edited and arranged by
Gerhard Stradner and Edward Tarr
Volume I:
Intrada and Sonata of the Trumpeter Automaton of Ferdinand, Archduke of Tyrol (1582)
ISMN M-2054-0995-1
Volume II:
Trumpet Music
of Renaissance Frigates
ISMN M-2054-0996-8
Volume III:
Trumpet Flourishes from Old Austria
ISMN M-2054-0997-5
Die Hintergrundgeschichten erzählen die beiden herausragenden Musikwissenschaftler in einem spannenden Essay in deutsch/english.
See the other two Volumes (more)
New compositions for natural-trumpet-Ensemble
-David Buhl. Six Fanfares for 4 trumpets (1799) and Six Quick Step Marches for 4 trumpets (1806). Edited and arranged by Edward H. Tarr and Jean-François Madeuf. Wolfgang G. Haas Musikverlag Koeln e. K. , ISMIN M-2054-1031-2. Pub. 2009.
-Anon. 18th century. 61 Tiroler Aufzüge for 3 or 4 trumpets and timpani. Edited and arranged by Hildegard Hermann-Schneider and Albert Hiller. Wolfgang G. Haas Musikverlag Koeln e. K. ISMN M- 2054-0673-8. Pub. 2007
-Anon. 12 Berliner Stadtschloss-Fanfaren for 3 natural trumpets and timpani. Edited and arranged by Horst Pichler. Wolfgang G. Haas Musikverlag Koeln e. K. ISMN 2054-1124-4. Pub. 2009
These three recent editions brought out by Wolfgang G. Haas Musikverlag Koeln e. K. are a most welcome addition to the natural trumpet ensemble repertoire. They bring a variety of interesting and enjoyable music to the table. The collection of music from the Tirol is from the Stams Collection and is part of the monastic archive of the Cistercians at Oberinntal. It represents a small part of the rich treasures of the Tirol. The extensive notes are only in German for this edition and the Berliner edition as well. (I thank Steve Plank for his expertise in translating them for me.). In this handwritten source, only two of the three parts are complete. A substantial part of the first clarino is lost and some of the second clarino as well. The editors used the Weyarn collection in Bavaria as a model in which to reconstruct the missing parts. They do a most convincing job as the fanfares have a completely authentic sound. It is quite obvious that they have well absorbed the stylistic subtleties of clarino writing. The writing is relatively conservative with a modest range. The first part ascending to a’’ above the staff and the parts are mostly in duple time and some times in 6/8. The writing takes an occasional rhythmic flourish, such as in fanfare no. 41 with a figure of 16th note triple followed by two 16th notes.
As Horst Pichler explains, the holdings of the famous Königlichen Hausbibliothek in the Berlin Stadtschloss are a veritable treasure trove for Prussian trumpet ensemble music of the 18th and 19th centuries. This material was forgotten until 1889 when Georg Thouret began to catalogue the material. The 12 Aufzüg MM 223 in the Thouret Catalogue survive in four handwritten single parts: clarino primo, clarino secondo, clarino princibalo, and timpani. Pichler has noted that the 4th fanfare “Aria Moderato” is based on motives from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s opera Das rote Käppchen from 1788. Given a few years for the dissemination of the new work the editor has placed the date of the collection to be about 1790. These short pieces are a bit more expansive than the collection from the Tirol. The first part ascends to a high c’’’ and the others adhere to the standard register. They are in 4/4/, 2/4, 3/4 , and 3/8.
The pieces by David Buhl (1781-1860) are the most interesting of the three editions in review here. According to Tarr and Madeuf, and as featured in an article by Bryan Proksch in the 2008 issue of the HBS Journal, Buhl was one of the founders of the French school of trumpet playing and part of a lineage that extended to his nephew F.G.A. Dauverné (1799-1874), up to Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889), and beyond. Buhl had a distinguished career with many honors. The fanfares, some of which are titled, are in 4/4, 2/4, 6/8, and 3/8 time and display a real compositional inventiveness. The six quick steps (Pas Redoublès) have the characteristic 16th note triplet figures giving these pieces a sparkling rhythmic drive. These 12 short works are published here for the first time in a modern edition.
Wolfgang G. Haas Musikverlag Koeln e. K. has provided a fine service to the brass community with these new modern performance editions.
-- Jeffrey Nussbaum (more)
At the beginning of each New Year children and young people ("Sternsinger") go from house to house and ask
for a contribution for poor children of the third world. By way of thanks and as a token they write the letters C+M+B
in chalk above the front door, which stands for Christus mansionem benedicat (may Christ bless this house). This hymn
comes from the monastic office of the church, " the Magi saw the child and brought him gold, frankincense and myrrh".
Bernhard Krol wrote this work for trumpet, horn and organ, which is based on this Gregorian hymn.
- Krol, Bernhard
The legend of the Three Kings (Dreikönigslegende) Op. 181 for Trumpet, Horn and Organ
Hymn "Magi videntes parvulum" - ISMN M-2054-0824-4
In our new series FIRST BAND and YOUNG BAND there are numerous titles which have been published
and which fit very well in the autumn and Christmas seasons.
FIRST BAND No. 1 "A Shepherd's Christmas"
for 3 instruments [trumpets, horns, trombones, tubas] can be performed as solo or in a (mixed) ensemble.
The editions can also be performed on woodwind instruments [flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, saxophones].
Inhalt:
- Auf, auf, ihr Hirten
- Kommet ihr Hirten
- Laufet ihr Hirten
- Kindelein zahrt, von guter Art
- Ich steh an deiner Krippe
- Lob Gott ihr Christen
FIRST BAND Nr. 3 -
„Easy Christmas Songs“
for 3 instruments [trumpets, horns, trombones, tubas] can be performed as solo or in a (mixed) ensemble.
The editions can also be performed on woodwind instruments [flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, saxophones].
Inhalt:
- God King Wenceslas
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Jingle Bells
- Marry‘s Boy Child
