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A trumpet voluntary is a voluntary – a musical composition for the organ – played using the trumpet stop.Trumpet voluntaries are associated with the English Baroque era and usually consist of a slow introduction followed by a faster section with the right hand playing fanfare-like figures over a simple accompaniment in the left hand.
The Prince of Denmark's March (Danish: Prins Jørgens March), commonly called the Trumpet Voluntary, was written around 1700 by the English composer Jeremiah Clarke, the first organist of the then newly-rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral. [1]
The title 'voluntary' was often used by English composers during the late Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. Originally, the term was used for a piece of organ music that was free in style, and was intended to sound improvised (the word voluntary in general means "proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent"). [1]
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) [1] was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his Trumpet Voluntary, a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement ceremonies.
The hospital's chapel organ was Handel's gift, and Handel himself directed eleven performances of Messiah there, so raising £7,000 for the charity. Continuing yet again in Handel's footsteps, Stanley was elected a governor of the Hospital in 1770, and from 1775 until 1777 he directed the annual performance of Handel's Messiah in aid of the ...
The double-faceted baroque organ of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella.Notice the en chamade pipes (trumpets) protruding outwards from its lower part.. En chamade (French: "to sound a parley") refers to powerfully voiced reed stops in a pipe organ that have been mounted horizontally, rather than vertically, in the front of the organ case, projecting out into the church or concert hall. [1]
Since this still lacks scientific confirmation, rampant speculation continues about potential extra-terrestrial theories for these "trumpet noises." But don't count NASA as a UFO-doubter just yet.
Voluntary – Free form piece, usually for organ, played as part of a church service. Trumpet voluntary – Voluntary intended to be played using the organ trumpet stop. Gavotte from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 5, 1723