Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:46 pm
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Program Notes - Concert 05/31/03
by David M. Zajic
"Five-part music for brass dates back to the 16th century, when the ensemble usually consisted of two cornets and three sackbuts. With the popularity of brass band music in the late 19th century, the brass quintet was revived, consisting of two trumpets, French horn, trombone and either tuba or bass trombone. The New York Brass Ensemble, founded in 1947, was the template for the modern brass quintet. In 1954 two members of that ensemble started the New York Brass Quintet, the first professional brass quintet. The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Britain and the Annapolis Brass Quintet in the USA have been influential in establishment of the brass quintet as a standard chamber ensemble, through commissions and performance of new works.
Victor Ewald (1860-1935) lived in St. Petersburg. Like many other Russian composers of the time, Ewald had a career outside of music. He trained as a civil engineer and was a professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering, and wrote music as an avocation. Ewald played horn and cello and enjoyed playing chamber music. Written in 1910, the Symphony for Brass was one of three works Ewald composed for brass quintet. The original scoring was probably for two cornets, e-flat horn, euphonium, and bass trombone. Today it is commonly performed by the standard ensemble . The lyrical melodies and pulsing rhythms were heavily influenced by Russian folk songs. Ewald's understanding of the brass ensemble genre makes this work a standard in contemporary brass quintet literature. "
fromEnsemble Publications
"Russian born Victor Ewald (1860-1935) was not a musician by trade. Rather, he was an engineer who had music as his advocation. An amateur cellist and hornist, he wrote several brass quintets for the conical brasses common in his day. One presumes he took part in their performance as well. This edition of this popular work has been edited by Donald Miller from the original version (2 cornets, altohorn, tenorhorn, and tuba) for the modern brass quintet of 2 Bb trumpets, F horn, trombone, and tuba"
(god bless the 'net!)
Program Notes - Concert 05/31/03
by David M. Zajic
"Five-part music for brass dates back to the 16th century, when the ensemble usually consisted of two cornets and three sackbuts. With the popularity of brass band music in the late 19th century, the brass quintet was revived, consisting of two trumpets, French horn, trombone and either tuba or bass trombone. The New York Brass Ensemble, founded in 1947, was the template for the modern brass quintet. In 1954 two members of that ensemble started the New York Brass Quintet, the first professional brass quintet. The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Britain and the Annapolis Brass Quintet in the USA have been influential in establishment of the brass quintet as a standard chamber ensemble, through commissions and performance of new works.
Victor Ewald (1860-1935) lived in St. Petersburg. Like many other Russian composers of the time, Ewald had a career outside of music. He trained as a civil engineer and was a professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering, and wrote music as an avocation. Ewald played horn and cello and enjoyed playing chamber music. Written in 1910, the Symphony for Brass was one of three works Ewald composed for brass quintet. The original scoring was probably for two cornets, e-flat horn, euphonium, and bass trombone. Today it is commonly performed by the standard ensemble . The lyrical melodies and pulsing rhythms were heavily influenced by Russian folk songs. Ewald's understanding of the brass ensemble genre makes this work a standard in contemporary brass quintet literature. "
fromEnsemble Publications
"Russian born Victor Ewald (1860-1935) was not a musician by trade. Rather, he was an engineer who had music as his advocation. An amateur cellist and hornist, he wrote several brass quintets for the conical brasses common in his day. One presumes he took part in their performance as well. This edition of this popular work has been edited by Donald Miller from the original version (2 cornets, altohorn, tenorhorn, and tuba) for the modern brass quintet of 2 Bb trumpets, F horn, trombone, and tuba"
(god bless the 'net!)