By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Four part Trombone Choir. Romantic choral. Advanced. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics

By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Trombone Quartet. Romantic German. Intermediate. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics

Trombone Quartet - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2475

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by David Mathie. German romantic. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2475).

Equali were works written for equal, or similar, instruments; in the eighteenth century they were almost always used for funeral services and usually employed a quartet of trombones. The most famous of these were the three Beethoven wrote for the Linz Cathedral in Austria on All Soul's Day 1812. Two of these were adapted later for male voices and were sung at Beethoven's funeral.

These pieces are some of the most famous works for trombones, no doubt due to the fact that they were composed by Beethoven. They were commissioned by Franz Xaver Gloggl, Kappelmeister of the city of Linz, while Beethoven was visiting his brother. According to later accounts by Gloggl's son, although his father had a complete collection of trombones (soprano, alto, tenor, bass or quart) the three Equali were performed by a traditional quartet of alto, tenor and bass trombones.

This edition offers a compromise: the original score and parts are given exactly as written in the complete works, and a version designed for the less experienced players: the three movements are transposed down one step, edited with minor musical suggestions, and all four parts are written in bass clef.

Dr. Mathie has done the Trombone world a great service in bringing this great work in its two forms to publication.

Trombone Quartet - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2768

Composed by Various. Arranged by Frank Gazda. Various liturgical choral quartets. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2768).

Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for intercession from the Virgin Mary. The prayer has often been set to music.

Frank Gazda has beautifully arranged four musical settings of the prayer for Trombone Quartet or four-part Trombone Ensemble by: Jacob Arcadelt (Renaissance), Johann Joseph Fux (Baroque), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Classical) and Giuseppe Verdi (Romantic).

Alth ough originally composed as four-part choral settings, they work perfectly for the Trombone. Each piece stands on its own as a work of beauty, or the four can be performed as a whole. They are at a moderately advanced level of difficulty.

4-part Trombone Ensemble - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2978

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Jeff Reynolds. French Ligurgical. Score & parts. 20 pages. Cherry Classics #2978. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2978).

ISBN 9790530057971.

Jeff Reyolds has arranged a beautiful setting of the Saint-Saens Veni Creator Spiritus (Come Creator Spirit, a 9th Century Pentecost plainsong hymn) for 4-part Trombone Ensemble. The original work for TTBB men's chorus and optional Organ was written in 1858. Saint-Saens was a Roman Catholic Church organist in his early years and produced a volume of music that was easy to sing.
Mr. Reynolds calls this music Church Polyphonic style that came out of the late Renaissance and endured for a couple centuries into the Romantic period.
This work begins with a beautiful unison chant and moves into four polyphony sections concluding with a soft Amen.
The music is of moderate difficulty with the first part in tenor clef.

Trombone quartet - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2636

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Cory Mixdorf. Romantic. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2636).

Dvorak's fairytale opera Rusalka is one of his greatest works and the 1st Act aria Song to the Moon is so well loved that it is often played in concert and arranged for instrumental performance.

Cory Mixdorf's five-minute arrangement retains the magic of this wonderful music with a Trombone quartet version for advanced performers.

Trombone Quartet - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2755

Composed by Anton Bruckner. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. German Romantic. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2755).

Bruckner's Pange Lingua motet, composed in 1868 is a hymn by the thirteenth-century theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas. The setting of the simple hymn is chorale-like, with the same music used for all three verses, and a lovely Amen being added to mark its finish. The text haunted Bruckner since his early years and he wrote a few settings of it during his lifetime. The music with all of its simplicity has some unexpected dissonances.

Mr. Sauer's lovely arrangement of about 3 minutes in length is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.