SKU: CY.CC2858

* Rienzi is an early opera in five acts first performed in 1842. It was Wagner's first success. The overture is a barnburner with great brass writing.
* Mr. Kempton's exciting arrangement for 4-part Trombone choir of 7 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.
* Listen to Mr. Kempton's Trombone Choir perform his arrangement below.

SKU: HL.14003793

ISBN 9780711975286. 8.5x11.75x0.057 inches.

Score and Parts. Arranged for 4 Trombones.

SKU: M7.DOHR-23009

ISBN 9790202010099. German.

SKU: CY.CC2855

String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589 was composed in May 1790 and is the second of the Prussian Quartets in four movements:
1. Allegro, 2. Larghetto, 3. Menuetto, 4. Allegro assai
The quartet, written in the style of Haydn, is dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm II, the King of Prussia, an amateur cellist.
This excellent arrangement by Charles Vernon of the Chicago Symphony for Trombone quartet is about 24 minutes in length and is appropriate for virtuoso performers.

SKU: CY.CC2889

Ryan Diefenderfer's clever arrangement of the Traditional Christmas carol God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen for Trombone Quartet begins as a Bass Trombone feature ballad with accompanying jazz chords. Then it ramps up to a jazz waltz giving all parts a good workout.
This almost 4-minute work is appropriate for advanced performers.
The sound track below is a rough digital example of the arrangement.

SKU: CY.CC2823

James Haynor has arranged three short liturgical works by Thomas Tallis for Trombone Quartet. Tallis was the first English composer to set English words to music for the Church.
1. If you love me
2. Verily, verily I say unto you
3. Gloria Patri
Number 1. is his most famous anthem, written in English as decreed by King Henry VI.
Number 2, also an anthem, but to be used during the Anglican communion service.
Number 3, Gloria Patri is a Doxology or short hymn of praise to God used by Catholics and high Anglicans.
These three short works total about 3 1/2 minutes in length.
The music is appropriate for moderately advanced performers, the first player should have a good high C (the first part is in tenor clef).

SKU: CY.CC2287

Malcolm Forsyth is one of Canada's leading composers. A Trombonist himself, Mr. Forsyth's writing for the instrument is brilliant. This 12 minute work is in three movements & is suited for advanced performers. An excellent contemporary work.

SKU: CY.CC2949

ISBN 9790530057681.

The English Suites are an early set of six suites written for harpsichord around 1718-1720. The name English has come from a claim that these works may have been composed for an English nobleman.
This very imaginative arrangement for Trombone Quartet by Mr. Burgstahler is appropriate for advanced performers and is in eight movements:
Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Sarabande embellished (added by the arranger), Gavotte I, Gavotte II and Gigue.
This arrangement can be played in its entirety or even just a few of the movements, still with much satisfaction for the performers.

SKU: BT.SCHBB2800160

4 Trombones. Dean, B.

SKU: CY.CC2446

Twenty-four of Johann Sebastian Bach's immortal fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier (in all major and minor keys) have been brilliantly transcribed for four Trombones by Ralph Sauer, former Principal Trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Volumes 1 & 2 contain all (1-24) of these 24 fugues for advanced performers. This collection of the Fugues is the first of its kind and will become the gold standard of Bach Fugues for Trombonists.
Parts 1 and 2 are in Tenor clef and parts 3 and 4 are in only in bass clef.

SKU: HL.35023472

UPC: 888680052829. 8.5x11 inches.