Trumpet
SKU:
HL.48181441
Composed
by Guillaume Balay.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL20975.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48181441).
UPC: 888680841515.
9.0x12.0x0.064
inches.
“Guil
laume Balay (1871-1943)
served in the French
military as a prolific
Cornet player, having won
first place in the 1894
Cornet Award competition
at the National Academy
of Music in Paris. His
compositions were popular
in the Cornet and brass
repertoire at the time,
including his Prelude and
Ballad, adaptable to
Cornet or Saxhorn with
Piano accompaniment. This
Balay work remains within
the brass repertoire to
this day and is suitable
for intermediate to
advanced level players.
The Prelude is in 4/4
meter and exploits the
full range of the
instruments. There is
also much use of
flourishing semiquaver
passages. The Ballad is a
much more measured than
the first movement and is
in 2/4 time. The texture
is predominantly
melody-dominated
homophony with the
occasional use of
call-and-response between
the melody instrument and
Piano accompaniment. This
quirky, two-movement
piece by Balay provides
the intermediate to
advanced Cornet or
Saxhorn player with a
fun, alternative
performance
piece.â€.