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A Trumpeter's Lullaby is a short composition for solo trumpet and orchestra, written by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1949. The two and a half minute piece was premiered on May 9, 1950, by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler conducting and French-born American Roger Voisin as trumpet soloist. [1]
The trumpet repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral or, more commonly, band parts written for the trumpet.Tracings its origins to 1500 BC, the trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.
Orchestral trumpet players are adept at transposing music at sight, frequently playing music written for the A, B ♭, D, E ♭, E, or F trumpet on the C trumpet or B ♭ trumpet. Piccolo trumpet in B ♭ , with swappable leadpipes to tune the instrument to B ♭ (shorter) or A (longer)
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) [1] was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did.
Tom Harrell at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival. Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) [1] is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by Jazz Journalists Association, Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from DownBeat magazine, [2] SESAC Jazz Award, BMI (Broadcast Music ...
Porter started in the New York jazz scene in the 1990s while studying classical music under the trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis at the Juilliard School. [13] He is a long-standing member of the Absolute Ensemble, directed by Kristjan Järvi, with which he has recorded nine albums, one of which Absolution was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002, [14] [15] and another Mix, Bach ...
After studying at Hofstra University, New York University, Columbia University and Merton College, Oxford, [1] where he was awarded a D. Phil. (Ph.D.) in the history of music in 1967, Smithers became associate professor at Syracuse University and, thereafter, Docent for the History of Music and Musical Performance at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 1975.
Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer from New Orleans.He has been influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan and says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C.