“I thought I was in Heaven, the Tuxedo Brass Band had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful.” Louis Armstrong
Take a leaf out of Louis’ book, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the beautiful sounds of the brass band today!
The term ’brass band’ refers to several different styles of ensemble. There are magnificent brass bands in New Orleans that not only employ brass instruments, but also clarinets and saxophones. The sousaphone is also used in these jazz ensembles from time to time, as well as in hip-hop and funk ensembles. There are also brass bands in Eastern European folk music in various constellations.
The most well-known form of brass band is arguably the British Brass Band. At the beginning of the 19th Century, British coal mines founded factory bands, to give workers an extra incentive, and to promote the mine. The Salvation Army also played a major role in the development of the British Brass Band, from 1880 all officers and soldiers were instructed to learn to play a woodwind or brass instrument.
The usual line-up for these brass bands consisted of 25 players, with 3 or 4 percussionists. The wind parts (played by cornets, a flugelhorn, tenor horns, baritone horns, euphoniums, trombones and tubas) were often transposed, and mostly notated in the treble clef, with the exception of the bass trombone. Nowadays, there are brass bands in Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland in particular, which make music to a very high level.
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1025009
for Alphorn and brass band or wind band
Swiss Composers Series
for: Alphorn, brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1022323
for: Brass band
Item no.: 313514
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 873002
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865875
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089728
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089196
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701224
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204816
Pop und Rock
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169943
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 1204844
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144690
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Item no.: 1143614
Konzertmarsch
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089614
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089458
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Item no.: 1145261
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Item no.: 1145312
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Item no.: 1143123
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Item no.: 1142972
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Item no.: 1143668
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089420
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Item no.: 1090243
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143285
4. Kl. / 4eme div.
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089892
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Item no.: 1143180
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 978044
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Item no.: 1143204
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Item no.: 1144629
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143017
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144418
Latin
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089392
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090052
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089960
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1142966
Main theme from the Universal TV series MAGNUM, P.I.
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089577
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089941
Marsch
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089432
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1145156
March
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143027
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145171
Spectacle Musical
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Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089269
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 978526
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144617
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143292
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144526
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 977986
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1143484
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1144262