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Violin/viola and trumpet duets?

May 16, 2007 at 02:34 PM · My new neighbor across the street plays the trumpet, heard me practicing, and wants to jam. I'd love to, but I'm nervous. I'm sure he's better than I am, as a musician. I don't want to embarrass myself. If we play something do-able, I shouldn't. But viola and trumpet is a pretty weird combination. What would sound good?

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May 17, 2007 at 01:46 PM · There's Baroque stuff out there for undesignated groups of instruments that might work. I think you should just gather up what you have, figure out who's going to transpose (or use a techy thing like Finale to do it for you), and go for it. If you can add a third person on a chording or acc.instrument, that could fill in a lot of blanks and mellow out the tonal differences in the two instruments. If the person happens to be a great orhestral-style trumpeter, it might not be that huge a difference. Sue

May 17, 2007 at 05:51 PM · Chagenooga Choochoo. Seriously, we are playing that in a small strings group that invites friends and family, who happen to play other instruments, to join in.

May 17, 2007 at 08:44 PM · I am trying to arrange the same thing. The President of the University I work at is a trumpet player, and we have discussed playing something at the next commencement ceremony.

The best I can come up with so far is the 1rst violin and trumpet parts from a few Bach cantatas (with a piano part as well) will work.

May 17, 2007 at 09:27 PM · Rodion Shchedrin wrote a concert for trumpet, violin and orchestra or piano named Concerto Parlando, you can find the sheets here. Shchedrin use to write entertaining music, maybe it's worth a try.

May 17, 2007 at 10:00 PM · I think this thread just inspired me to write a piece for viola and trumpet. Thanks!

May 19, 2007 at 02:06 AM · Violin and Trumpet Duets

All Pieces subject to change:

Lafayette snow : for violin and trumpet / by Houston Dunleavy. -1997

Wollongong, N.S.W. : Publications by Wirripang, 2004.1 score ([i], 3 p.) ; 30 cm.

ISMN: M-720041-17-9

2 min., 40 sec.

AMC Library number: Q 785.4512/DUN 1

The item is a listing from the Australian Music Centre's library catalogue. Most items are available for retail sale, for enquiries please contact sales@amcoz.com.au

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EWAZEN, Eric (b.1954)

"Trio" for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (1954).

SOUTHERN MUSIC COMPANY TEXAS

SU396 complete set $25.00

Recording: An evening of music

by Eric Ewazen; Joseph McGauley; Steve Emery; Deborah DeWolf Emery Sound Recording : Music : Multiple forms : Compact disc

Publisher: 2004.

OCLC: 57469936

A review:

http://www.trumpetguild.org/2006conference/wed/207.html

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TELEMANN, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)

Concerto for Violin, Trumpet and Strings in D.

HANS SIKORSKI

SIK00244P large score $30.10

SIK00244 string set $ 62.85

SIK00244 violin solo $6.90

SIK00244 trumpet solo $6.90

SIK00244 cello obbligato $6.90

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Clementi, Aldo ( 1925 - )

Edition: "Studi",

For Trumpet, Violin And Piano

Publisher: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni Milano Italy

Website: http://www.esz.it/

Email: suvini.zerboni@sugarmusic.com

Agent: BOOSEY - (rental)

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Corbett, William, 1680-1748

Sonata in C opus 1, no. 12 for trumpet, oboe/violin & organ/bc [Musiktryck] /

William Corbett ; [edited by H.M. Lewis]

publisher/place of publication: Monteux : Musica rara, cop. 1984 [Breitkopf]

extent: 1 part./b.c.-st. (13 s.) + 3 st.

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Composer: Telemann, Georg Philipp ( 1681 - 1767 )

Edition: "Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottesdienstes (1731-1732):

Volume 3: trumpet/oboe and violin, six cantatas;

oboe and violin, six cantatas)

Publisher: PRB Productions

Publisher Contact Information:

963 Peralta Avenue,

Albany CA 94706-2144 USA

Tel: +1 (510) 526 0722

Fax: +1 510 527 4763

Website: www.prbmusic.com - www.prbpro.com

Email: prbprdns@aol.com

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Jo Kondo

Durante l'inverno :

for violin, trumpet [in C] & piano

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: York : University of York Music Press, ©2000. Published 1995

Commissioned by Genzaikei no Ongaku (Japan).

First performance: Tokyo, 1995, Madoka Sato (vln), Kiyonori Sokabe (tpt), Masanori Kato (piano).

Recorded on ALCD-50.

Study score £21, score and parts £27

http://uymp.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=27&products_id=241&osCsid=524075259dcc43a276c691592f2e6982

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Paul Loeb van Zuilenburg

Trio for three.

Piano, trumpet, violin

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: Stellenbosch : A-Z, ©2003.

OCLC: 58529767

I copy in:

University Pretoria, Music Library Pretoria, 0002 South Africa

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David P Sartor

Thrice told tales of the pomegranate forest :

for Bb trumpet, violin and Bb bass clarinet

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: Nashville, TN : Metamorphic Music, [2004?], ©1978.

OCLC: 56611861

Copies in 7 libraries in the U.S.

1. Duke University Library Durham, NC 27708

2. Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208

3. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System

4. University of Georgia Athens, GA 30606

5. University of N Texas Denton, TX 76203

6. University of Oregon Library Eugene, OR 97403

7. Yale University Library New Haven, CT 06520

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Mark O'Connor composed the duet for violin and trumpet "Brave Wolfe" (a tribute to the heroic death of British General James Wolfe) specifically with Wynton Marsalis in mind.

http://www.wyntonmarsalis.net/bio.html

Publisher O'Connor ?

[For use with Marsalis only?]

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Brett William Dietz

Atomic cocktail : for C trumpet and violin : (2004)

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: Saint Louis, MO : MMB Music, ©2004.

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Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

Concerto parlando : for violin, trumpet, and string orchestra (2004)

Musical Score : Printed music :

Publisher: Mainz ; New York : Schott, ©2006.

piano reduction with solo parts

Order No.: ED 9826 24,95 €*

http://www.schott-international.com

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Gerhard Sturany

Duo für Violine und Trompete, op. 1

Musical Score : Printed music.

Publisher: Wien : Verlag Doblinger, ©1971.

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Hans-Christian von Dadelsen

Duo (1989) für Violine und Trompete

Musical Score : Printed music.

Publisher: Hamburg, West Germany : Kodasi,

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Christian Wolff

Mosaic trio : for trumpet in C, violin and piano

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: New York : C.F. Peters Corp., ©2000.

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René Gerber

Le tombeau de Nicolas Grigny : pour trompette, violon et organ

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: Adliswil : Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, ©2002.

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William Corbett

Sonata in C : Opus 1, no. 12, for trumpet, oboe/violin & organ/BC

Musical Score : Printed music

Publisher: Monteux, France : Musica Rara, ©1984.

May 19, 2007 at 06:22 AM · Wow, Clinton. That's quite a list. I've been looking for a violin/trumpet duet for one of my students and his brother, and the Telemanns might work. Thank you. Do you have any suggestions as to where I could get the sheet music?

May 19, 2007 at 04:41 PM · The publisher of each work is given and with that information any good music dealer can order/import the score and parts of any work for sale.

You could order from Dale Music in Silver Springs MD. www.dalemusic.com

I find the best dealer/ importer for unusual publications is

http://www.tfront.com/

Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.

16122 Cohasset St., Van Nuys, Ca 91406, U.S.A.

v: 818.994.1902

f: 818.994.0419

e: Music [at] TFront [dotcom]

When a work is listed as "on rental" or "on hire"

you then rent directly from the representative in your country of that publisher.

"Support music dealers and publishers or soon there will be no music published and no downloads available. I have no financial interest in any music company."

May 19, 2007 at 05:17 PM · Thanks a lot, Clinton.

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