SKU: BR.DV-32027

ISBN 9790200425192. 9 x 12 inches.

Bicinia - unaccompanied duos - have been known to us from the fifteenth century onwards. So quite early on it was customary tu practise this type of musical exercise, which later, especially during the Romantic period, achieved great popularity as the duo or duett. Equal numbers of this sort of instrumental duo were composed for nearly all wind and string instruments. On the other hand, only a small amount of compositions for two trumpets have come down to us. In order to play any music which progresses beyond pure fanfare on a natural (valueless) trumpet, it is necessary to make use of the clarion register (the top third of the natural harmonic). And if such a melody is to be accompanied by a second part, only the few natural notes lying below it are left, or else this high register itself, which calls for great virtuosity on the part of the trumpeter. As well as this, we must remember the fact that trumpet-playing was only allowed for the trumpeters of a royal court, army, staff, or for the field-trumpeter of a prince, plus a few council, city, and church musicians, who were bound by strict guild and corporation rules. Thus in spite of the preference for its festive sound, the spread and handing down of trumpet music was almost reduced to nothing under these circumstances. As well as this, pride of place and profession rivalry and envy amongst musicians contributed in large part. In England the situation was somewhat freer. Here pretty little trumpet duos originated, including, amongst others, those written by Handel for his master-trumpeter Valentin Snow and the Royal Sergeant-trumpeters of the Shore family. An especially happy exception was the diocese of Olmiitz. Here there was a capable group of musicians of the chapel royal with the brilliantly talented group of trumpeters and the field-trumpeter Pavel Vajvanovsky, who also composed himself. These trumpeters in the service of his prince-bishop played many sacred and secular pieces, all for several instruments. It was for them also that Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber wrote the 12 double trumpet sonatas we present here. On the other hand, the representatives of the authorities in Germany ensured strict observation of all edicts and regulations. Even the celebrated Bach-trumpeter and towm-piper Gottfried Reiche was never allowed to be portrayed with a proper trumpet due to the priveleges of court and field trumpeters. In order to represent him as one of the greatest masters of his time and art, however, the painter placed an instrument similar to a corno-di-caccia in his hand, together with a sheet with a small piece for virtuoso clarion. When we try in spite of these difficulties and adverse circumstances to gather a collection of musically valuable and characteristic examples of popular pieces for two trumpets from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it is in the first, place in order to acquaint modern trumpeters with something of the wealth of music, which can also be well played on a modern trumpet with valves. The originally used trumpets correspond to modern ones in the keys of C and D, but this does not mean that many of the pieces cannot be transposed to a more comfortable register. On top of this, we have tried to give a picture of the baroque court and field trumpeter, as well as of the mysterious clarion trumpeter, with the help of musically popular material. The origin of most of the pieces used is no longer clearly discernable. In most cases we possess second- or third-hand copies which have been handed down, and show signs of frequent use. A few cases where modernization of the second part obviously did not take place until the invention of stops, have been re-shaped into their supposed original form. A series of further dynamic details were left, and marked as optional suggestions in brackets. Kurt Janetzky

z.T. mit Pauken und B.c.

SKU: BT.DHP-1125079-400

ISBN 9789043141321. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) wrote several solo unaccompanied works, such as the six suites for Cello, and many sonatas and partitas. Frits Damrow has worked on 22 such solo works to arrange them for trumpet solo and make Bach accessible to all trumpetplayers. The CD includes demonstrations by Fritz Damrow.

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) schreef meerdere solowerken zonder begeleiding. Voorbeelden hiervan zijn zes suites voor cello en diverse partitas en sonates voor fluit en viool. Trompetvirtuoos Frits Damrow bewerkte tweeëntwintig van dezesolowerken voor trompet. Hij maakte daarmee de solomuziek van deze geniale componist toegankelijk voor alle trompettisten. Damrow zélf speelde de bijbehorende cd in.

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) schrieb mehrere Solowerke ohne Begleitung, wie z. B. die sechs Suiten für Cello und diverse Partitas und Sonaten für Flöte und Violine. Frits Damrow bearbeitete 22 solcher Solostücke für Trompete und machte damit die Solomusikdieses genialen Komponisten allen Trompetern zugänglich. Auch die CD spielte der Meistertrompeter selbst ein.

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) a composé un grand nombre dÅ?uvres pour instrument solo, comme par exemple les Six Suites pour Violoncelle seul, et autres pièces et sonates pour Violon ou Fl te Traversière. 22 dentre elles ont été arrangées par Fritz Damrow,rendant de véritables pépites musicales accessibles aux trompettistes. Sur le CD joint au recueil sont enregistrées toutes les pièces interprétées par Fritz Damrow lui-même.

J. S. Bach scrisse molti testi per strumento solo senza accompagnamento, come per esempio le sei suite per violoncello e diverse Partite per violino. Frits Damrow ha arrangiato per tromba 22 soli, rendendo così accessibile ai trombettisti solistiquesta splendida musica. La traccia con la versione demo è eseguita dallo stesso Frits Damrow.