MEBC prepares its own performance material from original sources when good modern editions are not available.  Maryland Early Brass Editions was formed with the philosophy is that these works should be made accessible to the public as quickly as possible.  There are currently four series: In addition, there is a selection of commonly requested parts in the Some editions are available on-line in PDF format, free of charge.  Prices include shipping within the U.S.  Please contact us with your order at EDITIONS@earlybrass.com.

Music for Trumpet Ensemble

Johann Ernst Altenburg: Sonata a 7 from Bersuch einer Anleitung zur heroisch & musicalischen Trompeter und Pauker Kunst (1795).  Seven trumpets & tympani; parts.  MEBE #1001.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

Cesare Bendinelli: Sonata 334 from Tutta l'arte della Trombetta (1614).  Five trumpets; 5 scores.  MEBE #1002.  $12.

Cesare Bendinelli: Sonata 335 from Tutta l'arte della Trombetta (1614).  Five trumpets; 5 scores.  MEBE #1003.  $12.

Cesare Bendinelli: Sonata 336 from Tutta l'arte della Trombetta (1614).  Five trumpets; score.  MEBE #1004.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

Francois G. A. Dauverne: Quartet Nr 6 from Methode pour la Trompette (1857).  Four trumpets (Eb, D, C, & C); score. The only modern edition available for performance by natural trumpets.  MEBE #1005.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

John Eccles: 'Awake, Awake, thy Spirits Raise,' from The Judgment of Paris (1701).  Soprano, four trumpets, tympani, & continuo; parts.  MEBE #1009.  $12.

Girolamo Fantini: L'Imperiale & Seconda Imperiale from Modo per Imparare a sonare di Tromba (1638).  Five trumpets; score.  This edition was prepared by assuming that Fantini included the first and second parts of each Imperiale; the remaining parts were reconstructed using the Bendinelli sonatas as models.  MEBE #1006. CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

Claudio Monteverdi: Toccata from L'Orfeo.  Five trumpets; score.  MEBE #1007. CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

Mogens Pederson: Three Sonatas from the Thomsen Trumpet Notebook (1580s).  Five trumpets; 5 scores.  MEBE #1008.  $20.

Music from Kromeriz

Anonymous: Sonata a 11 - BV IV/104. Six trumpets, strings, & basso continuo; score & parts.  MEBE #2001.  $25.

Anonymous: Sonata a 11 (Excerpts) - BV IV/104.  Six trumpets, sackbut, & organ; parts.  Three movements from the sonata above are arranged into a short suite. MEBE #2002.  $12.

Anonymous: Sonata a 4. Two violins, two trumpets, organ.  MEBE #2003.

Anonymous: Sonata a 5 Clarini (1670) - BV IV/208.  Five trumpets & basso continuo; parts. MEBE #2004.  $12.

Anonymous: Sonata a 6.   Two cornetti, trumpet, three trombones, & basso continuo.  MEBE #2005.

H.I.F. Biber: Sonata a 7 (1668) - BV IV/172.  Six trumpets, tympani, & organ; parts.  Contains alternate versions of several parts which allow for a two choir effect.  MEBE #2006.  $12.  CLICK HERE TO EXAMINE A SAMPLE PAGE.

H.I.F. Biber: Sonata a 9 (Sonata Sancti Polycarpi).  Eight trumpets, tympani, & basso continuo; score & parts.  MEBE #2007.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

F.J.: Sonata a 3 - Omnia ad Maiorem Die Gloriam.  Trumpet, two violins, organ.  MEBE #2008.

Heinrich Schmelzer: Serenada o Carioletta.  Six strings, five trumpets, tympani, basso continuo; score & parts.  MEBE #2009.

Pavel Vejvanovsky: Three Dances - BV IX/10*. Two trumpets; two scores.  Three short movements sketched on scrap paper and inserted into the score of a vocal work by Vejvanovsky.  MEBE #2010.  $7.

Music from Colonial Maryland

Thomas Bacon: Club March against Sir Hugh Maccarty from the Anniversary Ode for the year 1751.  Two trumpets & strings; score & parts.  Originally for three string instruments, the first part is playable on natural trumpet; a second trumpet part has been added.  MEBE #3001.  $12.

John Ormsby: Three minuets. 'Lady Susan Hamilton's Minuet,' A Trumpet Minuet,' and 'Masquerade Minuet.'  Reconstructed for trumpet and keyboard from Ormsby's collection of violin minuets.  MEBE #3002.

John Ormsby: Two Minuets. 'A French Minuet' and 'The King of Prussia's Minuet.' Reconstructed for horn and keyboard from Ormsby's collection of violin minuets.  MEBE # 3003.

Music for the Cavalry

Anonymous: Eight Prussian Cavalry Fanfares (mid-18th century).  Three trumpets & tympani; score.  MEBE #4001.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.

Reference Section

J. Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto Nr 2 - BWV 1047.  Trumpet part only. Transcribed from the 'Dedication' manuscript.  MEBE #5002.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum.  Reconstructed second and third trumpet parts.   MEBE #5005.

George Frederick Handel:  Messiah.  Trumpets & tympani only, transposed for easy reading on natural trumpets; score.  MEBE #5003. 

J. Gottfreid Reiche: Abblasen. Solo trumpet; part.  A short fanfare transcribed from the Haussmann portrait of Reiche.  MEBE #5001.  

Heinrich Schütz: 'Danket dem Herrn' - SWV 45.  Reconstructed trumpet parts with tympani.  MEBE #5004.  CLICK HERE FOR FREE PDF EDITION.


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