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Page45 #11, Allemande
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - October 24, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 45 Number 11, Allemande, performed by David Summer. This third duet in the series by Joseph Boismortier is an Allemande. An allemande is a moderate tempo dance form that was popular during the baroque. An allemande is generally the first or second...
Page44 #10, Gigue
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - October 10, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 44 Number 10, Gigue, performed by David Summer. This second duet in the series of duets by Boismortier is another Gigue and again it's in 6/8 time at a fast tempo, played "in 2". The student may be challenged by the tied over dotted quarter notes ...
Page43 #9, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - September 26, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 43 Number 9, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French composer active in the first half of the 1700s. Boismortier was one of the first composers to make an income from publishing his compositions rather than ...
Page42 #8, Maestoso
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - September 12, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 42 Number 8, Maestoso, performed by David Summer. Maestoso, the defacto title of this duet, again means "march-like". Other synonyms include majestic, stately and dignified. This duet is also in 3/8 and includes some dotted 16th - 32nd note figure...
Page41 #7, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - July 25, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 41 Number 7, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. This is another good duet for studying 6/8 played in 2. The student has to be able to hear continuous eigth notes in order to place all the eigths correctly. To help with this, the teacher might ...
Page40 #6, Andantino
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - July 11, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 40 Number 6, Andantino, performed by David Summer. This duet is in a time signature that may be unfamiliar to a student, 3/8. It may take some time for a student to get used to seeing and playing the 32nd notes. The teacher should point out that t...
Page39 #5, Tamburin
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - June 27, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 39 Number 5, Tamburin, performed by David Summer. Nicolas Chédeville was an 18 century French composer who wrote many pieces for the musette or hurdy-gurdy. This duet, with its many scale passages, was probably well suited to the amateur hurdy gur...
Page38 #4, Rondo
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - June 13, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 38 Number 4, Rondo, performed by David Summer. Michel de la Barre, the composer of this duet, was also a famous flutist. He is credited with being the first composer to publish music for solo flute. This duet does have a somewhat delicate, flute-l...
Page34 #1, Rondinetto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - May 30, 2010 12:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 34 Number 1, Rondinetto, performed by David Summer. The composer of this duet, Louis A. Saint-Jacome, was also a solo cornetist and musical arranger. Originally from Paris France, Saint-Jacome moved to London, England where he worked as a musical ...
Page30 #5, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - May 16, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 30 Number 5, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. This is the last duet in the series of 5 duets by French composer Pierre François Clodomir. The teacher should take the opportunity to point out the various scales and arpeggios that are clearly ...
Page28 #4, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - May 02, 2010 12:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 28 Number 4, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. This duet, by Clodomir, should be played with a light tongue and strict observance of the staccato markings. These carry through almost the entire duet with only brief respites. These are marked ...
Page27 #3, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - April 18, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 27 Number 3, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. This next duet by French composer Pierre Clodomir consists of 6 short sections, with a key change in the middle of the duet. The second to last line also changes key, to D major, although the cha...
Page26 #2, Moderato
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - April 04, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 26 Number 2, Moderato, performed by David Summer. This is the second duet in the series of 5 duets by French composer Pierre François Clodomir. When presenting this duet to a student, the teacher should point out the G arpeggio in the 1st and 3rd ...
Page25 #1, Moderato
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - March 21, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 25 Number 1, Moderato, performed by David Summer. This duet begins a section of 5 duets by Pierre François Clodomir. Clodomir, a 19th century French composer, wrote a brass method book, published in 1870 entitled "Méthode élémetaire de cornet à pi...
Page24 #22, Giga
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - March 07, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 24 Number 22, Giga, performed by David Summer. A Giga like the previously titled duet "Gigue" is a lively baroque dance originating from the British jig. Again, this is 6/8 time at a fast tempo, played "in 2". That is, heavily accenting the first a...
Page24 #21, Musette
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - February 21, 2010 12:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 24 Number 21, Musette, performed by David Summer. A Musette is probably best known as the name of an instrument that is similar to a bagpipe. It was popular in the 1700's and used in a wide variety of music including chamber music and operas. The p...
Page23 #20, Minuet
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - February 07, 2010 12:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 23 Number 20, Minuet, performed by David Summer. This minuet, by Haag, is evocative of summer concerts in the park, especially in the trio section of the duet. Recall that a "trio section" is the third section of a piece and generally changes key, ...
Page22 #19, Jumping Dance
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - January 24, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 22 Number 19, Jumping Dance, performed by David Summer. This duet is reminiscent of the previous duets that were imitative of a hunting horn, except this time the image is meant to be of a dance that includes jumping in the air. There are some back...
Page21 #18, Time Study
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - January 10, 2010 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 21 Number 18, Time Study, performed by David Summer. This is a rhythmically interesting duet because of all the meter changes. These are indicated in the unusual time signature. The almost constant meter changes can prove a real challenge for a stu...
Page20 #17, Andante
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - December 27, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 20 Number 17, Andante, performed by David Summer. This duet is simply entitled Andante, which translates roughly to "at a walking pace". The second part of the piece makes use of a simple, but effective descending line in the Trumpet 2 part, which ni...
Page20 #16, Processional
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - December 13, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 20 Number 16, Processional, performed by David Summer. A processional is generally a slow march tune. Think of the "Bridal March" or "Pomp and Circumstance". The tempo marking "maestoso", meaning march-like, reflects this. A processional is also tho...
Page18 #15, Lustily
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - November 29, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 18 Number 15, Lustily, performed by David Summer. This is another duet with an interesting tempo marking, open to interpretation. I'm taking this one to mean "with exuberance". Call and response sections are another feature, along with a poco allargand...
Page18 #14, Allegretto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - November 15, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 18 Number 14, Allegretto, performed by David Summer. Here is another duet that changes time signature midway through the piece. This time the composer is Walrad Guericke and the duet is probably from his collection of duets for two recorders. ...
Page17 #13, Allegro
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - November 01, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 17 Number 13, Allegro, performed by David Summer. This third, and last, duet by Metger is fairly complex rhythmically when both trumpet parts are played together. It’s rare to see the rhythm pattern "dotted-eighth, sixteenth, eighth" played against...
Page16 #12, Merrily
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - October 18, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 16 Number 12, Merrily, performed by David Summer. This second duet by Metger, while not strictly a cannon, contains many imitative passages. It's a happy sounding duet, clearly living up to it's tempo marking, "Merrily". Again, since the second tru...
Page15 #11, Allegro non troppo
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - October 04, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 15 Number 11, Allegro non troppo, performed by David Summer. Like a previous duet this is a "cannon", a musical imitation. It's titled simply Allegro non troppo, meaning fast, but not too fast. The metronome setting for this performance is qua...
Page14 #9, Larghetto
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - September 20, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 14 Number 9, Larghetto, performed by David Summer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is not a name you often see associated with the trumpet. Mozart's works for wind instruments concentrated on the flute and clarinet. This duet was likely originally a duet f...
Page13 #8, Chorus from Preciosa
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - September 06, 2009 12:00 - 54 seconds ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 13 Number 8, Chorus from Preciosa, performed by David Summer. Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic. He was one of the first composers of the Romantic school of music. Von Weber is probably best known ...
Page12 #7, Gigue
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - August 09, 2009 12:00 - 57 seconds ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 12 Number 7, Gigue, performed by David Summer. A Gigue is an energetic dance, in a fast 6/8. This is a lively baroque dance form that originated from the British jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the en...
Page12 #6, Adagio
Selected Duets for Trumpet Podcast - July 26, 2009 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelected Duets for Trumpet, Page 12 Number 6, Adagio, performed by David Summer. Simply entitled Adagio, this 18th Century duet can prove a challenge for students in a several areas. First is keeping a steady tempo at this slow tempo. Students are prone to rush, especially when pl...
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