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Trumpet ensembles (in alphabetical order, durations are in parenthesis):
AVE VERUM CORPUS by Mozart transcribed by Howard
Buss for trumpet quartet - 4 Bb, or 3 Bb and one Bb
bass (or baritone or trombone). A bass
clef part is included for the 4th part in case a bass trumpet is not available.
This rendition of one of Mozart’s most sublime works makes
an outstanding feature number for a recital as well as a musical
offering in church. (3’30”) Grade III. Score sample: Excerpt.pdf
Sound samples: Excerpt 1 (the opening).mp3, Excerpt 2 (the ending).mp3
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
BLAZONS FIVE (2016) for 5-part trumpet ensemble. This spirited composition makes a rousing concert feature, a festive work for a special event, or an impressive contest piece. It is scored for 5 Bb trumpets with player 1 doubling on a Bb piccolo. (7’45”) Grade V.
Sound Samples: Excerpt 1.mp3; Excerpt 2.mp3; Excerpt 3.mp3, Excerpt 4.mp3
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
CANZONA by Florentio Maschera (1540-1584) transcribed
by Howard Buss for trumpet quartet : 4 Bb, or 3 Bb and one Bb bass (or baritone or trombone).
A bass clef part is included for the 4th part in case a bass trumpet is
not available. An optional Eb part is included as a substitute for part 1.This late Renaissance work is written in a stirring
imitative style.
(2'30") Grade
III. Sound sample: Excerpt.mp3 - Score Sample.pdf
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
DRY BONES, the well-known African American spiritual (the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, the leg bone's connected to the...) arranged for trumpet quartet - 3 Bb & one Bb bass (or
baritone or trombone) by Howard
Buss, makes a memorable concert feature as well as a rousing musical
offering in church. Multiple players may be used on each part.
The introduction begins hymn-like, then breaks out in a jubilant jazzy section. This is followed by a more traditional rendering of the spiritual; however, as the music reaches its climax, the jazz "licks" from the introduction are brought back as counterpoint against the main melody of the spiritual. For a bit of humor, just as the work ends, there is a "tongue-in-cheek" plagal cadence.
(2’30”) Grade IV.
Score Sample.pdf Sound Samples: Excerpt 1.mp3, Excerpt 2.mp3
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
FESTIVE OVERTURE (2003) for 8-part Bb trumpet ensemble. Joyous and energetic sections contrasting with subdued, and at times,
mystical passages. Much color interest is added by the use of mutes, as well as by player 1 doubling on piccolo trumpet and
player 6 doubling on Flügelhorn. Commissioned for Jay Coble and
’30”) Grade V.
Score Sample.pdf
- Sound samples: Excerpt 1.mp3, Excerpt 2.mp3, Excerpt 3.mp3
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
PRELUDE AND INTRADA (2006) for four Bb trumpets features lyrical writing, and spirited
rhythmic drive. The Prelude is a combination of fanfare and lyrical sections as well as tonal and polytonal harmonies. Intrada is in an ABA-Coda format and features crisp, energetic rhythms and lyrical contrapuntal writing. Multiple players may be used on the parts. (5’15”) Grade V.
Transposed score sample.pdf; Sound Samples: Excerpt 1.mp3; Excerpt 2.mp3
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
RENDEZVOUS for four
B-flat trumpets & one percussion was commissioned for and premiered at the 1994
International Trumpet Guild Conference. It opens with a stirring
fugue (the percussionist performs the subject on the xylophone). Following
the opening section are an intriguing series of passages featuring contrapuntal
writing and the use of ostinati. The work culminates in an intense and
exciting finale. Rhythmically and harmonically, the music is influenced
by jazz. Percussion:
suspended cymbals, temple blocks, tam tam, tomtoms, and finger cymbals. The percussion writing employs primarily 2 mallet technique with some
use of 4 mallets on the xylophone in a passage of repeated eighth note
chords. Rendezvous was first performed during
the 1994 I.T.G. Conference by percussionist David Collier and trumpeters James
Ketch, Charles Gates, Roy C. Griffen and Craig Hurst.
(8’) Grade
V. Sound Samples: Excerpt 1.mp3; Excerpt 2.mp3; Excerpt 3.mp3
Video on YouTube
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
RICERCARE ON C by Andrea Gabriel (1510-1586)
transcribed by Howard Buss for trumpet quartet : 4 Bb, or 3 Bb and one Bb bass (or baritone or trombone.) A bass clef part is included for the 4th part if a bass trumpet is
not available. This late Renaissance work is written in a stirring
imitative style. Particularly interesting are the meter changes involving metric modulations, a trait found in much of the dance music of the day. (2’30”)
Grade III.
- Sound sample: Excerpt.mp3 - Score Sample.pdf
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
THE WALLS OF JERICHO (2003) for solo Bb trumpet & six-part Bb trumpet ensemble was composed for Dr. Jay Coble and the University
of South Florida Trumpet Ensemble. Inspired by the Biblical story of Joshua
and the Battle of Jericho, the music is characterized by a juxtaposition
of intense, energetic sections with subdued passages. A great deal of
color interest is added by the sensitive use of mutes in the solo and
ensemble parts, as well as by the players on parts one and four doubling
ügelhorn. (8’45”) Grade V.
Sound Sample 1.mp3; Sound Sample 2.mp3 - Score Sample.pdf
Music available from Cimarron Music Press
Trumpet Music Index:
Click on an instrumentation link, works are listed in alphabetical order within each category.
Solo trumpet, unaccompanied
Trumpet with one other instrument, or voice, or electronic recording (includes trumpet & piano)
Trumpet ensembles
Trumpet solo with percussion ensemble
Trumpet in chamber music - trios
Trumpet in chamber music - quartets (includes standard brass quartets)
Trumpet in chamber music - quintets and larger (includes standard brass quintets)
Trumpet and orchestra
Howard J. Buss, Composer
Trumpet Music, graded catalog of sheet music. Trumpet solos, duos, ensembles, chamber music and recordings.