Trumpet part for Handel's Hallelujah Chorus

qcm

Folks,

The choir director at the church I'm playing at for Easter has decided she wants to do Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, but does not have a trumpet part.

Anybody have a copy they can send me?

Thanks.

-Dave
_________________
Dave Edwards

Kanstuls, LA Benges and a Selmer picc.

dstdenis · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:13 pm Post subject:

Here's a link to a part on IMSLP for Tpt in A.
_________________
Bb Yamaha Xeno 8335IIS
Cornet Getzen Custom 3850S
Flugelhorn Courtois 155R
Piccolo Stomvi

ccb_22 · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:14 pm Post subject:

Check out imslp. Do a google search for "imslp Handel Messiah" and you'll find what you're looking for.

Crazy Finn · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:11 am Post subject:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_%28Handel,_George_Frideric%29
_________________
LA Benge 3X Bb Trumpet
Selmer Radial Bb Trumpet
Yamaha 6335S Bb Trumpet
Besson 709 Bb Trumpet
Bach 184L Bb Cornet
Yamaha 731 Bb Flugelhorn

KMT · Veteran Member Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 477

Don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but check IMSLP.

qcm · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:51 am Post subject:

Thanks guys!

-Dave
_________________
Dave Edwards

Kanstuls, LA Benges and a Selmer picc.

mahorst · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:02 pm Post subject:

http://www.artofsoundmusic.com/

Art of Sound music has 2 common versions; Prout or Chrysander - you can get the entire Messiah in PDF format for $12.00 and it comes with picc in A, trumpet in C, trumpet in Bb and trumpet in D. Saved me a lot of transposing.
_________________
Yamaha YTR-9335NYSII Bb
Yamaha YTR 6445H C
Carol Brass CPC7775F-YLS Piccolo
Carol Brass CFL-6200-GSS-Bb-SL Flugelhorn

Steve Hollahan · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:46 pm Post subject: Messiah part

Recommend Novello edition, but it doesn't match Schirmer edition.

Good to have both, available separately from both publishers.
_________________
Steve Hollahan
Bach 37, 229 C
Yamaha 9620 D-Eb, 741 C, Flugel
Kanstul 900 piccolo trumpet
Sculptured Recrafting Custom Instrument Repair
and Restoration
www.sculpturedrecrafting.com

scottjones · Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Messiah part

shermantrumpet · Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 4:54 pm Post subject:

You'll end up playing the Prout edition a lot (many choirs have copies of it), so it might be useful to have a copy. But...it's altered considerably from the original. Avoid basing your knowledge of the Messiah on it.

You'll know you're playing it when you show up for the Messiah and there are trombones and clarinets there.

tommy t. · Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject:

Andy Del · Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 1:10 pm Post subject:

HINT: If you see a contrabassoon, tube, snare drum or triangle lurking about at a Messiah gig, you are going to do the Eugene Goossens orchestration.

3 Flutes (piccolo), 4 Oboes (cor anglais), 2 Clarinets (bass clarinet), 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon;
4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba;
Timpani; 3 Percussion;
Harp & Strings.

Prout uses an orchestration that Mozart allegedly made of the work that brought it up to the musical tastes of the time.

My favourite is an elderly gent down our way who produces hand written 'cornet' parts for the messiah. Usually it's one trumpet, a bassoon who looks confused and a string quartet. The organists uses his 'very, very loud' stop for fun. And the parts are not from any of the above mentioned orchestrations. They seem to be original arrangements.

First time, I used my iPhone 3 to read the real parts... next year the timpanist used my phone. (I was forewarned by then). The next year they got scammed and hired two trumpets and timpani and we supplied our own music...

I now always take my (very battered) copied of the Musica Rara complete parts for all Bach, Handel or Purcell I am playing.

cheers

Andy
_________________
so many horns, so few good notes...