Mr. Gresham, a Professor of Trumpet at Northern Kentucky University for over three decades before retiring in 2009, has fashioned melodious etudes based on the best-known plainchants drawn from the Liber Usualis. The use of these free flowing modal melodies as the basis for etudes that teach development of beautiful sound and the legato style of playing is inspired. Each etude has its own character and mastering them will give a student a great opportunity to improve playing technique, while enjoying the unusual modal flavor of the material. / Trompette / Carl Fischer
SKU: SU.80101288
Three short pieces for trumpet and organ based on familiar plainchant tunes: Divinum mysterium, Pange lingua, and Te lucis ante terminum. 20 pages Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: CY.CC3040
ISBN 9790530110157. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus (Behold the Great Priest) comes from the early European tradition of plainchant. Bruckner's setting of the responsory, originally scored for eight-part mixed choir, organ and three trombones, brings certain medieval qualities to an otherwise Romantic-era composition. This transcription for 10-part brass choir is appropriate for intermediate level and above and attempts to retain the majesty, power, and beauty of the original piece. It should be approached as a choral piece: connected and fluid. The harmonic language is essentially triadic; great care should be taken in the tuning of each chord throughout the piece. Instrumentation is for: 3 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, Euphonium and Tuba. Listen to the live performance by a young group of musicians conducted by Dr. Paul Stevens, Professor of Horn at KU.
SKU: MN.20-454
UPC: 688670204548.
An original composition which incorporates the TE DEUM plainchant from the Liber Usualis. The composer establishes a majestic dialog between the brass quartet and the organ that captures the inherent beauty in the plainsong melody.
