Wedding Music - Solo Trumpet\Flugel

Trumpet Player · Regular Member Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 15

I am looking for wedding music for solo trumpetflugel.

For any suggestions, could you identify which pieces for which wedding functions i.e. processional, recessional, etc, etc?

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

Russell Stanton

davidquinlan · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 5:05 am Post subject:

At a recent wedding,

I played for the procession, Te Deum Prelude by Marc-Antoine Chapentier on an A Piccolo, for the signing of the register etc.. the Andante from the Haydn trumpet concerto in Eb, and for Recession played the Prince of Denmark's March by Jeremiah Clarke also on an A piccolo.

Hope this helps
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OCTA-C · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 9:59 am Post subject:

Good book to pick-up is "The Classical Wedding" ? Hope Publiscing Company. Compiled by Sue Mitchell Wallace and John Head with a CD/cassette for reference. It gives you 12 pieces in Bb, C, D, Eb with organ acc. .
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pair of kings · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 10:08 am Post subject:

there was a lot of good info passed along in a thread a few months ago.
Do a search - you should be able to find it

Trumpet Player · Regular Member Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 15

I have attempted a couple of searches already and found a lot besides of what this thread addresses. Could you give me some key words?

Thanks,

Russell Stanton

_Don Herman · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 11:31 am Post subject:

From an old post...

Wedding Music, Book 2, Processionals and Recessionals, David N. Johnson, Augsburg Fortress (2 of 5; I may get the others sometime; they have a website)

The Classical Wedding, Sue Mitchell Wallace and John Head, Hope Publishing Co.
The Joyous Wedding, ibid
From Humility to Hallelujah, ibid.

Praise Him with the Sound of the Trumpet, Clyde Hunt, Bb Music Production (check his website via the ITG Links Hub -- several other good ones in there, and a new processional)

Favorite Hymns, Keith Snell, Belwin
Favorite Wedding Classics, ibid.

Hymn Descants, S.D. Wolff, Concordia Publishing House (3 x 4 volumes, for
organ, Bb, and C trumpet)

61 Trumpet Hymns and Decants, Volumes 1 - 3, Douglas Smith (there's a 4th
with a similar title, but I couldn't find it tonight)

Hymns and Descants for Trumpet, William Bay, Mel Bay Publications (I don't
like this one but...)

I use the first two sets the most by far. The Smith set is easier to find,
cheaper, and covers 90%. I do like some of the Wolff arrangements a bit
better, however.

Processional, Arnold B. Sherman, Hope Publishing Company (I like this one)

Thine is the Glory, Douglas Smith, Lorenz Publishing Co.
Classics for Trumpet and Keyboard (Organ), ibid.

All That Thrills My Soul is Jesus, Bob Walters (USAF Band, ret), Intrada Music Group

Contemporary Praise, by Lloyd Larson, Hope Publishing Company

Almighty God!, by Fletch Wiley, Word Music (this transcription looks a bit strange at times, e.g. where the transcriber wrote out a buncha' -- five or six -- notes in a little rift as a 128th-note run when clearly Fletch -- and
I -- would simply kind of fluff/rip through them; some Phil Driscoll transcriptions I've seen are the same...)

Praise and Worship Hymn Solos, by Stan Pethel, Hal Leonard (fairly easy, which is a nice break, offers room to improvise, and provides some nice mid-range sounds the congregation will appreciate)

Trumpet Stylings, by Jack Schrader, Hope Publishing Company

1) "Even in the Darkness" is at

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/edowdall/musepg1.htm

I even noticed a testimonial from yours truly. This is a favorite of mine, BTW. Works really
well with the piano, pretty easy, and plenty of opportunity to embellish and work your "feelings" into it, after "Prayer" fashion...

(2) "La Grace" is from the "Heroic Music" collection published by Billaudot, ed. Gerard Billaudot. The real title is "Douze Marches Heroiques". I don't speak the lingo, but I was told it's a pretty standard book when I got it. I
ordered it through my local store. There's another version by IMS (I think) -- I have both, but the Billaudot edition was the one given the most favorable reviews.

(3) "Ev'ry Valley" was in the graded contest solos section of my local store, though I don't recall the level. G.F. Handel, arr. by Bernard
Fitzgerald, published by Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
USA, 19010. Portland and King have it -- see the ITG links hub for _their_ URLs.

"Prayer of St. Gregory", by Hovhaness, is a great offertory. The organ reduction is a little lame, imo. Try to get the CD he conducts and listen to it, then try to get a softer string section sound from the organ to better
fit the mood of the piece (it's about a guy who got thrown into a pit for thirty years before the king let him out to save himself, or something like that -- from a Bible tale).
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"After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music." - Aldous Huxley

pair of kings · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 12:00 pm Post subject:

http://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=1575&forum=11&5
You are right Russell, it didn't come up in the search. i found it on the 4th page of Literature topics. Don's post is pretty comprehensive.

Trumpet Player · Regular Member Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 15

You guys and this TH forum is just great!!

You all really made my day.

Thank you all so much for your help.

Russell Stanton

clarion89 · Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 8:58 pm Post subject:

We still need someone to come up with a standard trumpet & organ arrangement of the Pachelbel Canon. I have my own arrangement that I use and like, but I am surprised that there is not a common one that everybody plays. I use it at most of the weddings that I perform.
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_Don Herman · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2002 7:30 am Post subject:

On 2002-10-10 23:58, clarion89 wrote:
We still need someone to come up with a standard trumpet & organ arrangement of the Pachelbel Canon. I have my own arrangement that I use and like, but I am surprised that there is not a common one that everybody plays. I use it at most of the weddings that I perform.

So, what's yours?

I have three different arrangements, but haven't done weddings for years (just no time, and few opportunities for me locally). Maybe one is the one you use? I'd have to look them up at home, but I'm always looking for new (better, different) arrangements of literature.

My list isn't comprehensive; I'm sure I left off several standards (though most are included in the books I cited). Even my own music pile would fill several pages, and I know there's plenty of people out there with huge stacks of songs.

Ever curious - Don
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"After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music." - Aldous Huxley

clarion89 · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2002 8:06 pm Post subject:

Don,

Send me an e-mail with your postal address and I'll send a copy out to you. It is for C trumpet, not that it matters, just thought you'd like to know.
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Liad Bar-EL · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2002 4:52 am Post subject:

Matt,

Could I have a copy also?

I don't know your e-mail address however; so, would you give me that?

Thanks,

Liad

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