Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) wrote and arranged over 300 pieces of music with his cornet a pistons solos being the most important to trumpet and cornet players. After his death much of his work fell into obscurity during the twentieth century. Rediscovering Arban's masterful music was the motivation for compiling this collection of cornet pieces.Included pieces are: Variations Brilliantes Fantaisie brillante sur l'air populaire de Marlborough Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de La Cenerentola de Gioachino Rossini Le Pre aux Clercs Romance de Mignon de Ambroise Thomas among other brilliant works. This collection of solos represents a veryimportant piece of Arban's legacy. Includes a Piano accompaniment audio CD for effective practice.

First published in 1915 this is a work that has stood the test of time by one of the Brass world's most important pedagogues Characteristic Studies for the Cornet should be part of any Trumpet student's library. Within its pages the student will gain valuable insight on tonguing and the 24 characteristic studies will help the student to gain absolute control of technique articulation slurring and endurance. This work will prove helpful and beneficial to the developing student.Herbert Lincoln Clarke was a well-known American Cornet player feature soloist bandmaster andcomposer. Clarke’s legacy includes composing a portion of the standard repertoire for the instrument many recordings as well as a seminal school of playing which emphasized not only technical aptitude but also increased warmth and lyricism of tone. He also produced several method books that are still used by Brass students to this day.