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Chief Master Sgt. Floyd Edwards Werle was the head of the composing and arranging staff of The United States Air Force Band for thirty-two years. His lifetime output included 513 arrangements, 23 transcriptions, and more than 166 church hymns—in addition to his 280 original comp…

One of the hallmarks of a trumpet player’s performing experience is the thrill of playing solo works for trumpet and piano. Many of the works for solo trumpet and piano regularly performed today have long been considered canonical, and given the history of the trumpet, tend to b…

Three trumpet recitals were given in lieu of a dissertation.

Art song, by nature, is a combination of media: text and music. Composers map these two domains onto each other using established correspondences known as conceptual metaphors. The outcome, known as a conceptual blend, manifests a different cognitive perception than if the domai…

The trumpet plays a major role in musical settings around the world and can be found in both solo and orchestral musical genres. Although the popularity of the trumpet in China is undeniable, the lack of research on the development of Chinese trumpet playing is also notable.In o…

The rich musical tradition of the Bohemian and Moravian regions of modern-day Czech Republic dates to the Medieval period. In the trumpet community, the orchestral music of Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, and Leoš Janáček enjoys considerable attention. Trumpet authors have also…