“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.
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet 3
Item no.: 588880
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet (B-flat)
Item no.: 588878
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet 1 (solo)
Item no.: 588877
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 2 (B-flat low)
Item no.: 588870
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 588866
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Bass trombone (C high)
Item no.: 588855
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 3 (F)
Item no.: 588846
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 2 (F)
Item no.: 588845
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flugelhorn / Cornet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588836
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588827
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 1 (B-flat low)
Item no.: 588869
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flugelhorn 3 [Cornet 3] (B-flat)
Item no.: 588838
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Tenor Saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 588834
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Clarinet 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588829
for: Concert band [brass band]
Saxophone 1, 2 alto in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 591211
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 588883
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 2 (C low)
Item no.: 588859
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Trombone 1 (B-flat high)
Item no.: 588853
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flugelhorn / Cornet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 588837
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Flute [Oboe]
Item no.: 588825
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Cornet 2
Item no.: 588879
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Euphonium B-flat low (Orchestral part)
Item no.: 588856
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 588848
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 588847
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Alto saxophone 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 588832
Aulós
for: Brass band
Ensemble score
Item no.: 263435
Hal Leonard Music for ...
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 811732
für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor)
Traditionelle Tangos und Milonga
for: Brass band
Partitur in C
Item no.: 648591
for: Brass band
CD
Item no.: 978642
for: Brass band
Item no.: 214424
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1179048
Bwv 244
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1179238
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1112689
Dauer: jeweils 2 Minuten
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 181841
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1142774
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1639294
of the Bleeding Eyeball and the Blind Werewolf
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1639209
(Reprint)
for: Brass band
Item no.: 622517
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Cornet [trombone, euphonium], brass band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018273
Extended Version
for: Brass band
Single part Trombone 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1546844
for trombone solo and 6 brass instruments
Lúd-apó meséi
szóló-harsonára és 6 rézfúvós hangszerre
for: Trombone, brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 256505
Easy Flex 8
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1178638
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986855
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986731
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986098
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986629
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986044
Hal Leonard Music for Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 806017