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Gottfried Reiche. Gottfried Reiche (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈʁaɪçə]; 5 February 1667 – 6 October 1734) was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. [1][2] Reiche is best known for having been Johann Sebastian Bach 's chief trumpeter at Leipzig from Bach's arrival there in 1723 until Reiche's death. [3][4]
The baroque trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. [ 1 ] Its designed to allow modern performers to imitate the natural trumpet when playing music of that time, so it is often associated with it. The term 'baroque trumpet' is often used to differentiate an instrument which has added vent holes and other modern compromises, from an ...
A trumpet concerto is a concerto for solo trumpet and instrumental ensemble, customarily the orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Although comparatively rare compared to concertos for other instruments, some major composers have contributed ...
Frank E. Holton was born March 10, 1858, in Allegan, Michigan to farmers Otis (b. 1827) and Hanna A. (b. 1829) Holton. He grew up with three sisters: Emma E. Holton, Alice Holton and Leona Holton. [2][3] By the time he was 34, Frank Holton was an accomplished trombone player and principal trombone of the Sousa Band, a role that would later be ...
Trumpet Concerto (Musgrave) Thea Musgrave 's Trumpet Concerto was written in 2019 for the trumpeter Alison Balsom (to whom it is dedicated) on a commission from the Cheltenham Music Festival, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Its world premiere was given by Balsom and the City of Birmingham Symphony ...
The natural trumpet was probably first used as a military instrument in Ancient Egypt. The trumpets depicted by the artists of the Eighteenth Dynasty were short straight instruments made of wood, bronze, copper or silver. According to the Classical writers, the Egyptian trumpet sounded like the braying of an ass.
Trumpet. Formerly of. Charlie Barnet, Count Basie. Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts for Nat Towles.
Lindberg was born in Danderyd. As a youth, he learned to play the trumpet, and subsequently began to learn the trombone at age 16. He originally borrowed a trombone to join his friends' Dixieland jazz group, inspired by records of Jack Teagarden. He attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, where his teachers included Sven-Erik Eriksson.