Trumpet
The Trumpet belongs to the brass family of instruments dating back to 1500BC. Well-known classical trumpeters include Maurice André, Alison Balsom, Tine Thing Helseth and Wynton Marsalis. Well-known jazz trumpeters include Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie. Notable composers of Trumpet repertoire include Aaron Copland, J.S. Bach, Franz Josef Haydn, Henri Tomasi, Paul Hindemith, George Enescu and Sergei Rachmaninov.
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Highlighting Unaccompanied Brass
16th Apr 2020
Welcome to the third instalment of our series of articles highlighting unaccompanied instrumental repertoire, exploring some of the most popular and well-known solo pieces. In this article we look at unaccompanied brass publications.
Popular Composers: Trumpet
- Arban, Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent (1825–89)
- Armitage, Dennis
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
- Baratto, Paolo
- Barclay, Ted
- Bruckner, Anton (1824–96)
- Clarke, Herbert Lincoln
- Debons, Eddy
- Gershwin, George (1898–1937)
- Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
- Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
- Joplin, Scott (1868–1917)
- Kadlec, Jirka
- King, Karl Lawrence
- Michel, Jean-François
- Miller, John
- Moren, Bertrand
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Naulais, Jerome (b.1951)
- Noris, Günter
- Purcell, Henry (1659–95)
- Reift, Marc
- Rocha, Gilles
- Strauss, Johann (1825–99)
- Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681–1767)
- Telman, André
- Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
- Wedgwood, Pamela
- Willener, René
- Worek, Michal
Popular Artists & Groups: Trumpet
- Alpert, Herb
- Andre, Maurice
- Aznavour, Charles
- Beatles, The
- Bower, 'Bugs'
- Brown, Clifford
- Canadian Brass, The
- Collins, Phil
- Davis, Miles
- Ecklund, Peter
- Evans, Bill
- Gillespie, Dizzy
- Goldman, Jean-Jacques
- Gordon, Andrew D.
- Hallyday, Johnny
- Jania, Patrice
- Johnson, J. J.
- Lennon, John
- McCartney, Paul
- Miller, Glenn
- Mintzer, Bob
- Montana, Hannah
- Morton, Jelly Roll
- Motion, David
- Pacific Coast Horns
- Sandoval, Arturo
- Sedaka, Neil
- Simone, Nina
- Swift, Taylor
- Waller, Thomas 'Fats'
- Zottola, Bob
- Zottola, Glenn
