Trumpet Voluntary is the name given to some English
keyboard pieces from the Baroque era. A trumpet
voluntary is most commonly played on the organ using
the trumpet stop, hence the name. The most celebrated
trumpet voluntary is the Prince of Denmark's March, a
composition by Jeremiah Clarke written circa. 1700. It
is properly a rondo for keyboard and was not originally
called a trumpet voluntary. It is very popular as
wedding musicand was played at the 1981 wedding of
Charles, Prince of Wales, a...(+)
Trumpet Voluntary is the name given to some English
keyboard pieces from the Baroque era. A trumpet
voluntary is most commonly played on the organ using
the trumpet stop, hence the name. The most celebrated
trumpet voluntary is the Prince of Denmark's March, a
composition by Jeremiah Clarke written circa. 1700. It
is properly a rondo for keyboard and was not originally
called a trumpet voluntary. It is very popular as
wedding musicand was played at the 1981 wedding of
Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer. This
piece, particularly in a well-known arrangement for
trumpet, string orchestra and organ by Sir Henry Wood,
was incorrectly attributed for years toHenry Purcell.
It is now known to have been the work of Clarke.