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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.
Abblasen is a trumpet fanfare attributed to Gottfried Reiche. In Haussmann's famous portrait of Reiche, he is seen holding a scrap of paper with two lines of melody written on it. Abblasen is a reconstruction of what appears to be on the manuscript in Haussmann's painting.
"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" – 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Written specifically for the opening ceremonies. In a 1996 re-release, the opening trumpet fanfare was replaced with "Bugler's Dream", a previous Olympic Theme written by Leo Arnaud. This recording has been used as the theme for NBC's Olympic coverage ever since.
[1] Occasionally, the fanfare is repeated one or more times in the same key or in successively higher keys, or is preceded by a lead-in vamp. In 1958 the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and in the spring of 1959 the Dodgers put on sale, at $1.50 apiece (equivalent to $16 in 2024), 20,000 toy trumpets capable of playing the six notes of ...
Pastorale: for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano, (1996) Original version was the middle movement of Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for flute, horn, and piano; A Philharmonic Fanfare: for Trumpet, Horn, and Trombone, (1997) An Elizabethan Songbook: for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano, (1998) Original for mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano
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 fanfare takes approximately 40 seconds to perform [2] and is one of Stravinsky's major miniatures. [1] The textures are canonic and recall Stravinsky's late twelve-tone technique. It is widely based on rhythmic patterns and the intervals between the two trumpets are brisk, atonal and uneven.
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).