Product Description
This brass quintet arrangement of the majestic and powerful "Fanfare Prelude to Libusa Overture" from 1881, composed for orchestral brass by Czech Bedrich Smetana, retains brass choir resonance with five performers. A very accessible work for less experienced performers, doubling parts within your band and orchestra brass sections can enhance the impact of the fanfare. Arranged for two trumpets in B-flat with alternate C trumpet parts, horn with flugelhorn/trumpet substitute, trombone and tuba. The recording is an actual brass quintet performance of the complete edition. For large brass ensembles versions of this fanfare see my orchestral brass edition (4 tpts, 4 horns, 3 trbs, 1 tuba, timp) and my British brass band version.
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