“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
Score, Parts
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for: Trombone, brass band
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for: Cornet, brass band
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Item no.: 1651330
for: Flugelhorn, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653815
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet 3
Item no.: 588880
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet (B-flat)
Item no.: 588878
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet 1 (solo)
Item no.: 588877
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 2 (B-flat low)
Item no.: 588870
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 588866
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass trombone (C high)
Item no.: 588855
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 3 (F)
Item no.: 588846
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 2 (F)
Item no.: 588845
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flugelhorn / Cornet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588836
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588827
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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for: Brass band
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Item no.: 1161737