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By D. Fellows. For brass quintet. Quintet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press ...
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By D. Fellows. For brass quintet. Quintet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press
$18.00
Centone II German Baroque Dances for Brass Quintet
Centone II German Baroque Dances for Brass Quintet
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Brass Quintet Euphonium,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.817182 Composed by Andreas Hammerschmidt. Arranged by Richard Dec...
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Brass Quintet Euphonium,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.817182 Composed by Andreas Hammerschmidt. Arranged by Richard Decker. Baroque,Chamber,Multicultural,World. 69 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #6711831. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.817182). A contemporary of the famous Heinrich Schütz, Andreas Hammerschmidt was a prolific composer of both German church and instrumental music in the mid-17th century. Taken from two of his instrumental collections written between 1636-1639, this eclectic Baroque Dance Suite (Paduan, Aria, Galliard, Courente, Mascharada) written in the tradition of English influenced suites from northern and central Germany provides plenty of solo lines for all of the players. If you are looking for that early music option for your recital program Centone II will give your program a dynamic start. The edition is arranged for a brass quintet of two B-flat trumpets with alternate C trumpet parts, horn in F, trombone and tuba. A recording of the complete edition is included.See more than 70 mixed brass ensemble publications with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for inexperienced to advanced musicians with music ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary new works for trios, quartets, quintets, brass choir and brass band. Many of the mixed brass ensemble editions include alternate and substitute parts being alternate C trumpet parts for B-flat trumpet parts, flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, horn substitute for trombone and treble clef euphonium substitute for trombone. See also 50+ homogeneous brass group editions with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for horn, trumpet and trombone ensembles. Check out the Music of Black Composers Series with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus with 25 arrangements for mixed brass ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others. All ensemble publications include recordings of the entire edition.  Use this link to Cherry Classics Music to see Richard Decker arrangements of Cherubini’s Sonata in F for Solo Horn and Wind Ensemble and Coleridge-Taylor’s Sea Drift for Trombone Octet.
$18.95
Herbert L. Clarke - The Southern Cross for Solo Cornet with Brass Quintet
Herbert L. Clarke - The Southern Cross for Solo Cornet with Brass Quintet
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810733 Composed by Herbert L. Clarke. Arranged by Geoffrey Bergler. 20th Century,Folk. Score and part...
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810733 Composed by Herbert L. Clarke. Arranged by Geoffrey Bergler. 20th Century,Folk. Score and parts. 19 pages. Gordon Cherry #1986139. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.810733). Cornet solos are an important part of the American Brass tradition. The Southern Cross is one of Clarke's most well known Cornet solos and was written in 1911, dedicated to the Australians and first recorded by the composer with Orchestra the next year  for Victor Records. During 1911, Clarke was the solo Cornetist of the Sousa Band while the band was on a world tour that included visits to South Africa, Tazmania and Australia from March through to August. Below is a photo of the Sousa band from their 1911 tour. Clarke is sitting in the front row 5th in from the right with his moustache and his Cornet on his lap. He assuredly composed this solo to perform on that tour. The Southern Cross is a constellation that is only seen from the southern hemisphere and features the five stars of the Cross from the 1901 design of the Australian flag. This 5-minute virtuosic arrangement by Geoffrey Bergler features not only the Cornet, but a bit of all the other four members of the Brass Quintet. Instrumentation is for: 2 Trumpets in B-flat (Trumpet 1 solo, Trumpet 2 also plays Piccolo) Horn, Trombone Tuba/Bass Trombone The sound track features Mr. Bergler from his student days as Cornet soloist.
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Arrival of the Queen of Sheba for Brass Quintet
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba for Brass Quintet
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792256 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Terrett, Keith. Baroque,Classical,Opera,Renais...
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792256 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Terrett, Keith. Baroque,Classical,Opera,Renaissance. Score and parts. 11 pages. Gordon Cherry #4764761. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792256). Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba is one of his many biblical oratorios and was first performed in 1748. Sheba, the powerful Queen and her entourage travels to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem to meet the wise King Solomon. Tradition states that after Solomon correctly answered riddled that she asked, a romance developed. From this encounter Sheba bore Solomon's child, King Menelek, the founder of the Ethiopian empire. This arrangement of about 2 minutes in length, for Brass Quintet with optional timpani is for advanced performers. The 1st B-flat Trumpet part can be performed on Piccolo Trumpet or E-flat trumpet. The work has a joyous, regal and fanfare-like feel.
$17.50
Aria "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme for Brass Quintet
Aria "Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme for Brass Quintet
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Brass Quintet Euphonium,Flugelhorn,Trombone,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.817134 Composed by Giacomo Puccini. Arranged by Charles Decker. 19t...
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Brass Quintet Euphonium,Flugelhorn,Trombone,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.817134 Composed by Giacomo Puccini. Arranged by Charles Decker. 19th Century,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,World. 32 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #3578531. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.817134). This trumpet feature of the familiar and impassioned tenor aria Che Gelida Manina from Puccini's beloved opera La Boheme is a solo showcase in the tradition of Opera Without Words instrumental arrangements. The brass quintet arrangement is scored for two trumpet in B-flat with alternate C trumpet parts, horn in F with flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, trombone and tuba. The audio file is an actual performance by a brass quintet of the entire work and not a computer playback of the score. If looking for more trumpet solo features with quintet check out Charles Decker Music Press with Sheet Music Plus editions of Clarke’s Carnival of Venice, Verdi's Caro Nome from Rigoletto, Rossini's Non Piu Mesta from Cinderella, Sasche Concertino for Eb Cornet of 1871, and use this link to Kendor Music for my brass quintet arrangements of Clarke's Bride of the Waves and Nestico’s Portrait of a Trumpet. See more than 70 mixed brass ensemble publications at Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for inexperienced to advanced musicians with music ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary new works for trios, quartets, quintets, brass choir and brass band. Many of the mixed brass ensemble editions include alternate and substitute parts being alternate C trumpet parts for B-flat trumpet parts, flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, horn substitute for trombone and treble clef euphonium substitute for trombone. See also 50+ homogeneous brass group editions with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Press for horn, trumpet and trombone ensembles. Check out the Music of Black Composers Series wih Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Press with 25 arrangements for mixed brass ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others. All ensemble publications include recordings of the entire edition.  For more Charles Decker brass quintet editions use these links Kendor Music and Cherry Classics Music to see listings of arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, H.L. Clarke, Debussy, Dukas, Elgar, Falla, Holst, Ives, Nestico, Rachmaninoff, Satie, and Tchaikovsky.
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Spring Cleaning Rag for Brass Quintet
Spring Cleaning Rag for Brass Quintet
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811003 Composed by Don Clark. Blues,Jazz,Ragtime. Score and parts. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #4726575. P...
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811003 Composed by Don Clark. Blues,Jazz,Ragtime. Score and parts. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #4726575. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.811003). New original Rag for Brass Quintet by Canadian Trumpet legend Don Clark. This short rag has all of the trademarks and is a breeze to play and to listen to. Scored for 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
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Spring Cleaning Rag for Brass Quintet
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810907 Composed by Clark, Don. Ragtime. Score and parts. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #3680179. Published b...
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Brass Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810907 Composed by Clark, Don. Ragtime. Score and parts. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #3680179. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.810907). New original Rag for Brass Quintet by Canadian Trumpet legend Don Clark. This short rag has all of the trademarks and is a breeze to play and to listen to.Scored for 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
$7.50
The Fightin' 55th (for Brass Quintet & Percussion)
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Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1158199 Composed by Dr. Daniel N. Thrower. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,March,Patriotic...
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Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1158199 Composed by Dr. Daniel N. Thrower. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,March,Patriotic. 32 pages. Https://gildedmusicpress.com/ #758476. Published by https://gildedmusicpress.com/ (A0.1158199). There is nothing more quintessentially military than the grand sound of marches at special military events. Hundreds of marches have served their purposes through the many decades of military tradition in the United States of America. This 3.5-minute march was composed for the occasion of the change of command of the 55th Wing—“The Fightin’ 55thâ€â€”under Air Combat Command, located at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The ceremony took place on June 14, 2019, which was also Flag Day. The new march served as a grateful tribute to the outgoing Commander, Colonel Michael H. Manion, and a welcoming gesture to the new Commander, Colonel Gavin P. Marks. Printed copies of the score were presented to the Commanders before the ceremony, and the march was premiered as the final pre-ceremony musical selection. The opening motifs are strongly reminiscent of the introductory measures of the “Air Force Song†most commonly played by Air Force brass quintets. Keeping in tradition with the form of most marches, the “Trio†section presents new material in a new key (down a fifth), with a contrastingly quiet dynamic. The opening motif of the Trio strain is a mutation, or a paraphrase, of “Anchors Aweighâ€, emphasizing the joint-force nature of the 55th Wing. The melody is repeated with a louder dynamic and a countermelody in the horn, and then is repeated once more with increased excitement in the accompaniment, variety of dynamics, and even a temporary key shift. Straying from the form most used by the “March Kingâ€, John Philip Sousa, Dr. Thrower omitted a fourth or final strain, and instead he modulated the key back to the original B-flat major and brought back the melodic content from the first strain. This form predates Sousa, and was more commonly used in Europe and early America. It smacks of “sonata formâ€, and even the modern formal designation of “recapitulating march†alludes to sonata form. The final recapitulating strain repeats with an obbligato soaring above it in the first trumpet part, now on piccolo trumpet. The march ends with a short coda that brings back the opening motivic allusion to the Air Force Song. Due to the selected formal structure, this march, “The Fightin’ 55thâ€, is much more unified than most typical marches. The very nature of military marches (including America’s beloved “Stars and Stripes Foreverâ€) displays four or even five completely unrelated melodies, or strains, throughout. The incorporation of thematic structure similar to that found in sonata form indeed makes “The Fightin’ 55th†an appropriate and even artistic concert march.
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