“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.
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Item no.: 1000235
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Item no.: 956842
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Cornet 2 Bb
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Single part Cornet (B-flat) 2
Item no.: 1681616
Hymnen und Choräle
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Item no.: 1089506
4-Part Junior Brass Band
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Hymnen und Choräle
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Dans une Etable Obscure
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Item no.: 1090074
Soprano cornet Eb
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Single part Cornet (E-flat)
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Item no.: 978522
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Item no.: 978330
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Part
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Euphonium Bb
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Single part Euphonium (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657946
O Holy Night! the Stars are Brightly Shining
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Item no.: 1090076
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
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Item no.: 1089505
Horn 2 Eb
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Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 1657790
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Item no.: 879935
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Item no.: 1318231
Trombone 1 Bb
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Single part Trombone 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657659
Horn 1 Eb
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Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 1657957
Hymnen und Choräle
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Baritone Bb
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Single part Baritone horn (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657948
Sans Choeur
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Item no.: 1090072
Tenor C
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Single part tenor (C)
Item no.: 1657954
Horn 1 Eb
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Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 1657959
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Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1318032
Bass Bb
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Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657990
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Item no.: 978521
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