Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet

Franz Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. William James Duthoit)

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General Info

Year: 1796 / 1948
Duration: c. 15:30
Difficulty: V (solo); IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Trumpet and orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $3.00

For additional availability information, see Discussion tab,above.

Movement

1. Allegro - 6:30
2. Andante – 3:30
3. Allegro - 5:30

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo B-flat Cornet
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Haydn’s concerto marked an important stage in the development of the trumpet. For several decades the use of the instrument had declined from its position of greatness during the baroque “golden age of brass.” The baroque trumpet was limited by its lack of valves to the natural harmonics of the upper register, and it remained for Anton Weidinger, a trumpeter in the Viennese court, to invent a trumpet with keys which could play a chromatic scale. Haydn wrote the concerto for Weidinger in 1796, and the trumpeter-inventor is credited with the first performance by a program that may be seen in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Typical of the period, the first movement has two expositions, the first of which is performed by the accompaniment. Near the end of the movement the soloist is allowed to express himself with a cadenza, either original or “borrowed.” The andante second movement demonstrates the romantic sound of the trumpet and the finale combines rondo and sonata forms in a skillful and climactic manner, This work, written at the zenith of Haydn’s compositional period, has been described as his “most perfect concerto.”

- Notes from Program Notes for Band

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Charlottesville (Va.) Municipal Band (Stephen R. Leyman, conductor; Rachel Duncan, trumpet) - 19 June 2018
• Heart of Texas Concert Band (Mark Rogers, conductor; Andrew Gignac, trumpet) – 2013

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Chorale Saint Antoni (tr. Tolmage) (1953)
• Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet (arr. Duthoit) (1796/1948)
• Concerto for Oboe (arr. Monson)
• Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Rumbelow) (1796/1999)
• Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major (arr. Laverty) (1796)
• Concerto No 2 for Horn and Winds (arr. Bushouse)
• Divertimentos in C Major
• Divertimentos in D Major
• Divertimentos in G Major
• Gypsy Rondo (arr. Marlatt) (1795/2016)
• Horn Concerto No 1 in D
• Hungarian National March
• March for the Prince of Wales
• Marche Regimento de Marshall
• Marches for the Derbyshire Cavalry Regiment
• Octet in F Major (1802)
• Orlando Paladino Overture (arr. de Rubertis) (1782/1938)
• Overture Militaire (arr. Skornicka) (1794/1938)
• Partita in F see: Partita for Winds in F major by Wranitzky
• St Anthony Divertimento (tr. Wilcox) (1956)
• Symphony No. 100 (tr. Tobani) (1794/1896)
• Theme and Variations from Symphony No 94 (arr. Marcus)

Resources

• Haydn, F.; Duthoit, W. (1948). Concerto for Bb Cornet or Trumpet [score]. Chappell: London.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 274.
• Trumpet Concerto (Haydn), Wikipedia Accessed 31 March 2018