Stevens - Five Muses - Tuba Solo Brass Quartet

Stevens - Five Muses - Tuba Solo Brass Quartetwith Piano: From the composer: The nine classic Greek Muses were the goddesses of inspiration for literature, science and the arts. In current English language, a muse is usually a person who inspires an artist, writer or musician. As a verb, the term refers to being absorbed in thought in a meditative, and perhaps inconclusive, way. These thoughts or, in this case, the movements of this work, may be referred to as musings. For the titles of the

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Heavy Weather

Handel/Purcell – Two Wedding Processionals (Trumpet Voluntary & Hornpipe) for Brass Quintet

Cum Sancto Spiritu

Musical “cascades” rush forth from one another throughout in this exciting new work

Originally in a minor - BWV 1013

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The melodies are based on three notes comprising an ascending forth followed by a tritone

Solo Trombone part ( Original Cadenza and alternative Cadenza available )

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The title of the beautiful second movement is Ballad

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