Pour cornet en Sib ou saxhorn Sib ou trompette en Ut our Sib et piano-Guillaume Balay (1871-1943) served in the French military as a prolific Cornet player having won first place in the 1894 Cornet Award competition at the National Academy of Music in Paris. His compositions were popular in the Cornet and brass repertoire at the time including his Andante and Allegro adaptable to Cornet Saxhorn or Trumpet with Piano accompaniment. This Balay work remains within the brass repertoire to this day and is suitable for intermediate level players. The Andante is in 12/8 meter and exploits the full range of the instruments. There is also much use of performance directions andarticulation. The Allegro is a much brisker tempo than the first movement and is in 2/4 time. The texture is predominantly melody-dominated homophony with the occassional use of call-and-response between the melody instrument and Piano accompaniment. This quirky two movement piece by Balay provides the intermediate Cornet Saxhorn or Trumpet player with a fun alternative performance piece.

For Bb Cornet or Bb Trumpet with Piano accompaniment  Fantaisie was composed by Francis Thomé. Written for the Paris Conservatoire contest in 1902 this piece is very musical and quite challenging and would fit upper intermediate players. This piece can sound quite dramatic but is very melodious too and can be considered as an important addition to the repertoire for Trumpet and Cornet. Francis Thomé (1850-1909) was a French pianist and a composer. He wrote some operas some ballets some operettas and some pantomimes.

Morceau De Concours (1903) is a work for Cornet and Piano by Augustin Savard. Composed for the Paris Conservatoire contest this piece lasts approximately seven minutes and can be played by upper-intermediate and above level players . Starting solemnly the first half of the piece is quite slow while the second half is more energetic and more cheerful. This piece would also be great to use in recitals. Augustin Savard (1861-1942) is a French composer who won the Prix de Rome who composed some oratories and some orchestral works.

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.