Want to inexpensively increase your music repertoire? Here’s a tip for you church musicians.
Not too long I ago stumbled across this sheet music collection that has since proved valuable to me. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen it before.
It was “An Album of Trumpet Tunes” (edited by Dale Tucker) from Alfred Publishing Company (alfred.com). It’s a wonderful, inexpensive collection of festive music perfect for weddings and other occasions.
This collection has 29 useful pieces in it, many of which were published individually in the venerable St. Cecilia Organ Series.
A wide variety of choices
You’ll find new and old alike with a nice variety of selections (at least, as much variety as you can get with pieces all in the “trumpet tune” style).
The obligatory classics you’d expect to see in such a collection are here,
- Purcell: Trumpet Tune in D Major
- Stanley: Trumpet Tune in D Major
- Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark’s March)
- Mouret: Rondeau
- Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum
Most of you already have these common pieces (and probably multiple versions), but it’s quite handy to have them all in one location in your music library. Especially for weddings & wedding preparation, where you can cover a lot of music with only a page turn as you play music for a couple planning their wedding.
There’s plenty of other music in here suitable for weddings. You might be able get some couples to try some of the worthy but not-well-known pieces by composers such as Alfred Fedak, David Lasky, Michael McCabe, Jon Roberts, Craig Penfield and others.
It’s these other pieces that really made me want Wedding Music Unveiled to recommend this collection!
You can find the complete contents listed on the publisher’s product page.
That’s it for now
Know of any other great wedding music collections? Please leave a comment to share with other readers. Your comments are always welcome and appreciated!
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Thanks for the suggestion! My copy came in the mail today and it looks to be a useful AND accessible resource. The price was phenomenal for what you get (retail: $10.95) — I found a new copy online for $5.50 + $3.95 shipping.
Fantastic and you’re welcome!
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