“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.
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Item no.: 986913
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Item no.: 1585271
From All-Night Vigil
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Item no.: 1112704
Pop und Rock
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Item no.: 1112731
Dawn Songs of the Fabulous Birds
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Item no.: 1090252
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Item no.: 781033
A Christmss Pastorale
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Item no.: 770232
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Item no.: 1113066
for: Cornet, horn (E-flat), brass band
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Item no.: 588682
Pop und Rock
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Item no.: 1112569
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Item no.: 1112917
Suite in Five Movements
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Item no.: 1112646
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Item no.: 1585167
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Item no.: 986061
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from "Three Preludes" founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
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Item no.: 929279
Young Brass Band
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Item no.: 1112910
Blue Waltz
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Item no.: 1112681
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Item no.: 1112809
for: Voice [cornet, trombone, euphonium], brass band
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Item no.: 594163
Dream Sequences
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Item no.: 1112887
Duet for Flugelhorn and Euphonium
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Item no.: 1585188
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Item no.: 1112435
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Item no.: 594396
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Item no.: 986889
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Item no.: 1143868
for: Bass trombone, brass band
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Item no.: 588155
Jazz
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Item no.: 1112495
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Item no.: 1112577
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Item no.: 217742
Make a joyful Noise
Psalm 100
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band, organ
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Item no.: 986354