DLoeffler

I would like some suggestions for trumpet/brass literature. The music library at Uni of South Carolina, where I am an adjunct this academic year, has some good stuff. However, there is not a lot in terms of volume for the trumpet/brass students to choose from.

Specifically, I am looking for suggestions in the following areas:

Trumpet Trio, 4tet, 5tet, 6tet, etc...
Brass Trio - any combination that includes trumpet
Brass 4tet - any combination that includes trumpet
Brass 5tet

The library does have some pieces, but it is rather limited. I have already started a list and know that many of you will be able to add to it. Then, when I give the librarian a list of pieces, she will hopefully have a budget to order at least half of them.

Thanks

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Drew Loeffler
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rowuk

I live in Germany, and we have a web shop here with a fantastic overview of essentially everything in print.

www.spaeth-schmid.de

Click on the english flag and off you go!

Without knowing your playing capabilities it is hard to recommend literature....

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ilikethetrumpet

I live in Iowa City, and there's a surprisingly hip and uncommonly well-stocked music store tucked away in a storefront basement. Eble Music is slow to get unto cyberspace (http://host.giant.net/~eble-web/index.php3) but if you can find traces of something in print, i.e. finding it on a cd or in a bibliography, their wind chamber music holdings are impressive. They even have a fair number of manuscript editions.

Depending on the era you're going for, check out musicarara.com . Musica Rara produces editions that typically have a great deal of integrity. In particular, check out the Heinrich Biber sonatas. There are several for two trumpets, one for seven, and one for eight (which, I think, is at the end of Wynton's "Baroque Music for Trumpets.") Lully's always a pleasant composer, and there's a three trumpet work there. The early baroque (early 17th century) in Italy was such a fertile time for brass writing in addition, and there are so many quality, innovative brass works from that time that have yet to hit the mainstream repertoire simply because there is so much of it! If you find something from there that ends up working really well, let me know.

EDIT: WHOA, ROWUK, THAT CATALOGUE IS AMAZING!

ilikethetrumpet

Oh, one more thing: there's a really fun Poulenc brass trio that's worth checking out. I know there are some recordings of it.