[Trombone-l] Standard bone quartet repertoire?

[Raymond Horton]

That’s a very fine list, George!

Raymond Horton
Composer/Arranger 
Minister of Music, 
Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church
Retired Bass Trombonist,
Louisville Orchestra, 1970-2016

> On Oct 31, 2022, at 2:20 PM, George Carr via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> 
> I wouldn't put too much trust in that Clarinet archive list. Some of those
> quartets are certainly core repertoire, but some are minor works that the
> compiler just threw in to increase the inventory list.
> 
> Here's a list of 25 trombone quartets I'd personally nominate for the
> 'standard' repertoire:
> Bach: Fugue in G minor (transcr. R Sauer)
> Mozart: Die Holle Rach (from Die Zauberflote) (1791) (transcr. V Kagarice)
> Haydn: Achieved is the Glorious Work, from The Creation (1798) (transcr. D
> Miller)
> Beethoven: Drei Equali (1812) (transcr. R King)
> Schubert: Andante con moto from string quartet #4 (1813) (transcr. E Miller)
> Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, from Op. 11 (1871) (transcr. E Williams)
> Saint-Saëns: Adagio from Symphony #3 (1886) (transcr. K Murley)
> Verdi: Ave Maria from Otello (1887) (transcr. S Hartman)
> Grieg: Elegy, Op. 47/7 (1888) (transcr. E Miller)
> Bruckner: Three Motets (1892) (transcr. R Sauer)
> Webern: Langsamer Satz (1905) (transcr. M Hetzler)
> Hindemith: Morgenmusik (1932)
> Poulenc: Four Little Prayers of St. Francis of Assisi (1948) (transcr. C
> Henning)
> Serocki: Suita na 4 puzony (1953)
> Hornoff: Suite fur vier posaunen (1953)
> Bassett: Quartet for Trombones (1954)
> McCarty: Recitative and Fugue (1960)
> Charpentier: Quatuor de Forme Liturgique (1960)
> Dubois: Quatuor (1962)
> Bozza: Trois Pieces (1964)
> Nelhybel: 6 Pieces for Trombones (1966)
> Premru: In Memoriam (1967)
> Frackenpohl: Trombone Quartet (1968)
> Orr: Five Sketches for Four Trombones (1970)
> Pederson: Spanish Waterwheel (1971)
> 
> If you're having trouble tracking down any of the above sheet music from
> your preferred source, email me directly as I may be able to help. And of
> course, I'd love to hear about more recent works that people would add to
> this list...
> 
> George
> Cleveland, Ohio
> 
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 1:25 PM Jeff Albert via Trombone-l <
>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I love the trombone transcriptions of the Bruckner Motets. My college
>> quartet did a lot of Bach, and achieved was definitely one of them. It has
>> been a long time and much of the rep has left my brain.
>> 
>> 
>> *----*
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:40 AM Peter Soukup via Trombone-l <
>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Having just joined a new bone 4tet, but they’re rehearsing mostly pop
>>> tunes, what would you recommend as standard quartet repertoire?
>>> 
>>> As in maybe “Achieved is the Glorious Work”?
>>> 
>>> What say you, Trombone List?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>> 
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