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Dr. David Mathie
Trombonist, Professor, Arranger

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Ludwig Maurer - 12 Kleine Stucke

Brass Quintet

Difficulty Level:  High School/Professional

Published by Cherry Classics, Catalog Number CC-2896



Click below to hear  12 Pieces, Mvt. 1

Click below to hear  12 Pieces, Mvt. 3


Click below to hear  12 Pieces, Mvt. 11


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ABOUT THE MUSIC

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789 –1878), born in Potsdam, Germany, began his musical life as a violinist.  He left Germany for Russia in 1806 and worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow as a violinist and conductor.  Maurer was a virtuoso performer who gave the Russian premiere of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and spent considerable time touring in Europe in the 1820s.  He began composing during that period and eventually amassed a substantial body of work including four operas, a symphony, ten violin concerti and six string quartets.

His 12 Kleine Stücke (12 Little Pieces) for five brass were published posthumously in 1881 and were written for two cornets in B♭, two horns in E♭, and one bass trombone.  They are important works for brass in that they are some of the earliest pieces of brass chamber music existing; with Anton Simon’s  Quartuor en forme de sonatine, Alexander Glazinov’s In modo religioso and Wilhelm Ramsøe’s five Quartets they remain some of the handful of original brass works from the nineteenth century.

This edition is taken from the first version published by A. Büttner of St. Petersburg, Russia.  In order to make it more accessible for a modern brass quintet the second horn part is transposed for trombone, and the lowest part may be performed on either tuba or bass trombone.  I have tried to resolve the many contradictions in articulations found in the original score while keeping this edition as close to the original as possible.  Many brass players may be unfamiliar with the complete version of this piece; I encourage them to perform the entire work as Maurer originally intended.



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