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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.
For many years, the Trumpet Voluntary remained the European Service signature tune of the BBC World Service. [10] [11] It is the corps march, both slow and quick, of the British Army's Royal Army Chaplains' Department. [12]
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.
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707) (attributed to Henry Purcell), Trumpet Voluntary (International Music Company) Michel Corrette (1709–1795), Two Divertimenti, Op. 7. (International Music Company) Gaston Dufresne Develop Sight Reading (Charles Colin Music) Ernst August Friese, 10 Studies For Trumpet (International Music Company, 1970)
James Curnow (born 17 April 1943) is a composer of music for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written arrangements of music pieces such as Trumpet Voluntary.
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.
He established that ‘Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary’ was by Jeremiah Clarke. [4] He was also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. In addition, he was also interested in local history, architecture, poetry and was librettist for several works by his friend Patrick Hadley. [5] [2] [3]