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Brass quintet

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A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. [1]

33 relations: American Brass Quintet, Annapolis Brass Quintet, Arnold Jacobs, Atlantic Brass Quintet, Baritone horn, Brass instrument, Brass quintet repertoire, Canadian Brass, Carolina Brass, Chestnut Brass Company, Chicago Brass Quintet, Cornet, Dallas Brass, Empire Brass, Euphonium, Flugelhorn, French horn, Itter Brass, Jazz, Madrigal, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Percussion instrument, Piccolo trumpet, Presidio Brass, Renold Schilke, Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, Snare drum, Synergy Quintet, Tambourine, Timpani, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba.

American Brass Quintet

When the American Brass Quintet gave its first public performance on December 11, 1960, brass chamber music was still relatively young to concert audiences.

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Annapolis Brass Quintet

The Annapolis Brass Quintet was a brass quintet founded by trumpet player David Cran and trombone player Robert Posten in 1971 as America's first full-time performing brass ensemble.

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Arnold Jacobs

Arnold Jacobs (June 11, 1915 – October 7, 1998) was an American orchestral tuba player who was most known as the principal tubist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1944 until his retirement in 1988.

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Atlantic Brass Quintet

The Atlantic Brass Quintet is an American brass quintet that has been in existence for over 30 years. Founded in 1985 by John Manning, Joseph Foley, John Faieta, Tsuyoshi Taramotoi, and Bob Rasmussen, the quintet has won Grand prizes at the,, the Shoreline Alliance Chamber Music Competition, the Summit Brass First International Brass Ensemble Competition, and the International Brass Quintet Competition.

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Baritone horn

The baritone horn, or sometimes just called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family.

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Brass instrument

A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips.

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Brass quintet repertoire

Along with a concerted effort to commission new works for brass quintet since 1967 the bulk of any brass quintet's repertoire consists of arrangements of pre-existing music.

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Canadian Brass

Canadian Brass is a Juno, Grammy and Echo award winning Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), using horn player Graeme Page and trumpets Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips to complete the quintet.

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Carolina Brass

Carolina Brass is the name chosen by two different brass quintets based in North Carolina.

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Chestnut Brass Company

The Grammy winning Chestnut Brass Company is a Philadelphian brass quintet founded in 1977 with intent to advance the skill and artistry within musical performance, as well as the knowledge and understanding of musical history with particular regard to brass instruments.

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Chicago Brass Quintet

The Chicago Brass Quintet is a five piece brass quintet from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1963 (sometimes credited as 1964), and still active today.

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Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality.

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Dallas Brass

The Dallas Brass is a brass quintet started by Michael Levine in 1983.

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Empire Brass

Empire Brass is a brass quintet from the United States.

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Euphonium

The euphonium is a large, conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").

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Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn (—also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or Flügelhorn—from German, wing horn, or flank horn) is a brass instrument pitched in B which resembles a trumpet, but has a wider, conical bore.

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French horn

The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the "horn" in some professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell.

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Itter Brass

Itter Brass is a brass quintet from the Netherlands, founded in 1999.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Madrigal

A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras.

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Meridian Arts Ensemble

The Meridian Arts Ensemble is an American chamber music ensemble based in New York City, specializing in the performance of new works for brass and percussion.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Piccolo trumpet

The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet, pitched one octave higher than the standard B trumpet.

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Presidio Brass

Presidio Brass is a brass quintet based in San Diego, California.

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Renold Schilke

Renold Otto Schilke (1910–1982) was a professional orchestral trumpet player, instrument designer and manufacturer.

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Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet

Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet is a Brass Quintet founded in 1993 and currently Quintet in Residence at Western Carolina University.

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Snare drum

A snare drum or side drum is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.

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Synergy Quintet

Synergy Brass Quintet was a group of five brass musicians based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Tambourine

The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils".

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_quintet

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