Fanfare for Brass and Percussion

Karel Husa

Karel Husa

General Info

Year: 1981
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - $20.00   

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Suspended Cymbals (2)
• Tam-Tam (large)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Fanfare for Brass Ensemble was commissioned by the Portland Opera Brass (now the Imperial Brass) to celebrate Stefan Minde's tenth year as musical director of the Portland Opera. Its premiere took place during a presentation preceding the March 7, 1981, performance of Wagner's Die Walkure.

- Program note from score

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Kunitachi College of Music Blasorchester (Toru Miura, conductor) - 2011

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Indiana University (Bloomington) Chamber Winds (Rodney Dorsey, conductor) - 17 March 2021
• Eastman Wind Ensemble (Rochester, N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) – 6 April 2018
• Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan) Blasorchester (Toru Miura, conductor) – 17 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Al Fresco (1973)
• Apotheosis of this Earth (1970)
• Cheetah (2007)
• Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble (1984)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band (1967)
• Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1970)
• Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra
• Concerto for Wind Ensemble (1982)
• Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (1957)
• Divertimento for Symphonic Winds and Percussion (arr. John Boyd) (1995)
• Élégie from "Osm českých duet" (arr. Reynolds) (1955/2022)
• Fanfare for Brass and Percussion (1981)
• Les Couleurs Fauves (1996)
• Music for Prague 1968 (1968)
• Smetana Fanfare (1984)

Resources

None discovered thus far.