Brass quintet

A brass quintet is a musical ensemble (music), which consists of five brass. In its modern form it consists of two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba together.

Popular the brass quintet was since about 1950, when Robert Nagel and Harvey Philips founded the " New York Brass Quintet ". As a result, formed primarily in the United States ensembles not only within the wind - register by symphony orchestras but also at universities. Especially " Canadian Brass ", a quintet became known that shaped the further development of strong and led to a brass quintet movement.

The Brass Quintet movement also found in Europe appeal and led to the establishment of the local brass quintets. According to the American model not only members from brass registers of the Symphony joined together, also a freelance musician and dedicated in the development of chamber music repertoire Brass gave original compositions in order. As a result, most works were composed, which are attributable to the art music.

So the brass quintet established as a formation, which is regularly represented at festivals and concert series of art music, such as the Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern or the Prague Spring. The modern cast is due to the wide tonal range, which extends from subcontra C to the three -line octave, versatile. In addition, various instruments may be used. The instrumentation of trumpet include the piccolo trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn. Instead of a trombone and euphonium can be used; the tuba can be replaced by a bass trombone. So different character have been composed due to the variety of sounds works. A large portion of the extension of the contemporary repertoire, the ensemble was founded in Stockholm 1985 Stockholm Chamber Brass, which has premiered more than 30 works since its inception. In the U.S., the American Brass Quintet has over 100 commissioned works an important part of the repertoire development. In Germany, the Harmonic Brass Ensemble, founded in Munich is active and has similar Canadian Brass, a publishing house in which it publishes arrangements and original works.

Many compositions were created for brass quintet, also includes a plethora of treatments, among other works of Johann Sebastian Bach to the repertoire of brass quintets.

Starting from the brass quintet, numerous brass ensembles of various instrumentations were formed, which also cornet, tenor horn or baritone / euphonium be used.

Brass Quintets

• American Brass Quintet
• Axiom Brass
• Harmonic Brass
• Stockholm Chamber Brass
• Chicago Brass Quintet
• Canadian Brass
• Synergy Brass
• New York Brass Quintet
• Empire Brass

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