Trumpet and Trombone Duet
in 4 movements - advanced
SKU: CY.CC2778
Composed by Elizabeth
Raum. Contemporary.
Booklet. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2778).
Four Elements
was originally composed
for Violin and Bass
Trombone and was written
as a Christmas present
for the composer's
sister, Priscilla, and
her husband, Bass
Trombonist, Gordon
Hallberg who performed
with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.
Raum
was experimenting with
tone rows at the time and
the row is first stated
in the first six notes in
the Trombone part
followed by the next six
in the Violin
part.
The titles
of the movements, from
the Four Elements, are
descriptive of the moods
of each
movement.
Water
has the lines of the
instruments flowing, as
in a river with swirls
and
eddies.
Earth
has Jazz influences which
are intended to give an
Earthy quality to the
second
movement.
Air,
with mutes, glissandos,
and quasi unmeasured
rhythm, seeks to
float;
The
finale Fire is crackling
with excitement.
Trombonist,
David William Brubeck,
asked Raum if she had
anything written for
trumpet and trombone as
he frequently performs in
a duo so she adapted the
violin part in Four
Elements for
trumpet.
The
work can be performed by
advanced
performers.
Two
scores are provided,
including one for C
Trumpet and the other for
B-flat Trumpet. The
Trombone part can be
performed with an
f-attachment Tenor
Trombone or Bass
Trombone.
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