“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.
Hal Leonard Music for Brass Band
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 808857
as performed by Chuck Mangione
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 871501
Hal Leonard Music for ...
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 816325
Impressions of a Village
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 881483
from the Paramount Pictures THE GODFATHER
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975716
Beriato Chorales
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 999509
Beriato Concert Works
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000326
based on the march from Henry Purcell's Music for the funeral of Queen Mary II
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863030
Debut Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975389
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 861995
Scherzando Concert Works
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 982344
Extended Version
for: Brass band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546810
Hal Leonard Music for Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816024
Ovation Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958607
Extended Version
for: Brass band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546915
Impressions of a Village
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889908
Soprano and Solo Cornet feature
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975232
Ovation Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958896
Brassband
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 1343282
Erbarme Dich, mein Gott from St Matthew Passion
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 976002
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863196
Beriato Concert Works
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 999276
Scherzando Pop, Film and Show
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 982374
from the Paramount Pictures THE GODFATHER
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 976036
Flexible 6 Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 882480
Beriato Concert Works
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 999309
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 863311
Easter Fantasy
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893820
(Extended Edition)
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 862960
Mitropa Concertwork Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958243
Amstel Concert Band
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 1208884
Ovation Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958403
Hymn to Frei
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975357
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 882397
as performed by Supertramp
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 813628
Anglo Music Midway Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975817
In Memoriam Dr. Klaus Brandstätter
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Item no.: 958132
Brassband
for: Brass band
CD
Item no.: 1211392
Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 892036
Hal Leonard Music for ...
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 815141
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863175
Ceremonial Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975578
DHP Pop, Film and Show
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 890502
De Haske Brass Band Set
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 816334
Film Spectaculars
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 890448
Hal Leonard Music for Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1532913
Konzertwerk
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958622
Ceremonial Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975641
Concerto for Brass Band
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975533