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A fanfare trumpet, also called a herald trumpet, is a brass instrument similar to but longer than a regular trumpet (tubing is the same length as a regular Bb trumpet but not wrapped), capable of playing specially composed fanfares. Its extra length can also accommodate a small ceremonial banner that can be mounted on it.
In the portrait, Reiche holds a coiled natural trumpet (Ger. Jägertrompete, trans. hunting trumpet) in his right hand. In his left hand, he holds a sheet of manuscript music on which is written a short Abblasen or fanfare. The musical notes are depicted accurately in the painting, and the fanfare has been transcribed and performed by several ...
The piece is usually performed in the key of D, and it spans two octaves of the trumpet's range. A vinyl recording of a version by Don Smithers , played on an eight-foot baroque trumpet , was used as the theme song to the long-running CBS News Sunday Morning for almost 20 years until CBS opted to switch out the vinyl recording with a clearer ...
Joan Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (No. 5) for 4 trumpets; Kenny Wheeler, Trumpet Quartet; Charles Wuorinen, Epithalamium for 2 trumpets; Big Epithalamium for 8, 12 or 16 trumpets. La Monte Young, The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer for 8 trumpets; John Zorn, Antiphonal Fanfare for the Great Hall for 6 trumpets
Fanfare & Fiesta is an album by the Hugh Ragin Trumpet Ensemble, led by trumpeter Ragin, and featuring guest artist Clark Terry on flugelhorn and vocals, along with trumpeters Dontae Winslow, James Zollar, and Omar Kabir, pianist Craig Taborn, bassist Jaribu Shahid, and drummer Bruce Cox.
A fanfare has also been defined in The Golden Encyclopedia of Music as "a musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person", such as heralding the entrance of a monarch [3] (the term honors music for such announcements does not have the specific connotations of instrument or style that fanfare does).
The Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings & timpani No. 1 (Suite De Symphonies, Première Suite de Symphonies) is a composition by Jean-Joseph Mouret. [1] [2] The first movement of this piece, the rondeau, is widely known and commonly used in weddings, and notably on the PBS program Masterpiece. [3]
These include the bugle and older variants of the trumpet and horn. The trumpet was a natural brass instrument prior to about 1795, and the horn before about 1820. In the 18th century, makers developed interchangeable crooks of different lengths, which let players use a single instrument in more than one key.