Songs without words

Songs without words Songs Without Words for Trumpet by Gabriel Fauré, edited and arranged by William Stanley; trumpet Edition edited by Bruce Barrie is appropriate for trumpet players of all ages. This item includes a CD containing audio files of the piano accompaniment. A printble PDF of the piano accompaniment is available here. All trumpet players strive to make their performances “sing,” so what better way than to practice Songs Without Words? These vocalises by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) follow a long tradition of using vocal exercises as study material for trumpet. This edition is based on the excellent critical work (Edition Peters - EP 11385 used by permission) of Roy Howat and Emily Kilpatrick, noted Fauré scholars, who discovered the songs from ear-training exercises, test pieces, and entrance audition material used at the Paris Conservatory. Fauré’s piano accompaniments are included as a printable PDF, along with a CD recording of the accompaniments played on piano. The original intents of these songs are not so removed from us today, and can provide multiple uses for the modern trumpet player including ear-training (both on and off the instrument), sight-reading, and musical expression within rather condensed material. “Finally, an intelligent method! This book requires reflection and introspection; it is there to sustain each person’s creativity, to develop the essential art of the phrase, to go beyond instrumental technique through musical sense, to draw out the essence of interpretation, and perhaps most of all, to help each of us develop our own personality.”—Eric Aubier, International Trumpet Soloist, Indesens International Recording Company 18 pages, includes CD containing sound files of the piano accompaniment; spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand)