Quartets & Trios for Trombones or
Sackbuts, and some for Brass Quartet,
edited or arranged by John Kilpatrick
John Kilpatrick's
Home Page |
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The music on this page is all in the
public domain and may be freely used, and be altered if required; please preserve any copyright notices
or whatever makes the arranger of originator clear.
PLEASE NOTE: I may not liberally add expression, slurs, etc., especially to
early music. Absence of these does not mean play unmusically!
Many of these pieces are available in MuseScore* ( ), which
is a free notation program downloadable
from
here .
Generally the older uploads are in Overture, and the more recent in MuseScore.
The symbol
represents MIDI.
* some in MuseScore 2, others in MuseScore 3 - there
may be some format issues reading MS2 files in MS3
Free Quartet Music
(+ trio + quintet) |
Trombone clefs: A=Alto, T=tenor, B=bass; in some pieces the 4th part needs
to be a bass trombone. Many pieces are suitable for Sackbuts, though the description is always given as Trombone. Clefs are sometimes chosen by chance rather than by wisdom. |
JOHN KILPATRICK |
Antique Suite |
Trombone trio TTT or TTB |
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A suite of 4 movements loosely inspired by Susato. In Bb. About 4 minutes. |
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Trombone quartet TTTB |
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SUSATO For an Urtext edition of Danserye complete, see
danserye page; |
Danserye Selection 1 |
Brass quartet Trp, Hn, Tbn, Bass |
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All or a subset may be played as a suite. The pieces have been
transposed to lie within the range of the instruments. The bass part is best played on bass trombone or euphonium (rather than
at tuba pitch, say). (Please add your own dynamics & expression.) |
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Danserye Selection 2 |
Brass quartet or quintet Trp, Hn, Tbn, Bass, [BG] |
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Similar to above. An optional extra part (BG) has been added. The first 3 pieces are on the same theme "Mille ducas en vostre bource". |
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Basse Danses 1 & 2 |
Trombone quartet ATTB/TTTB |
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These three each comprise Danserye pieces that can be played on four equal (or nearly equal) instruments. | ||
Basse Danses & Morisque |
Trombone quartet ATTB/TTTB |
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Allemaigne, Pavane & Galliarde |
Trombone quartet TTTB |
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BEETHOVEN |
Three Equali |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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CHERUBINI |
O salutaris hostia (Bb) |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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from IMSP for voices TTBB | |
JOSQUIN des PREZ |
Alma Redemptoris Mater |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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From CPDL (James Gibb) for voices TTTB. | |
HANDEL |
Lascia Ch'io Piango |
Brass quartet 2 x Trp, Hn, Tbn |
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MARINI |
Canzon 3 |
Trombone quartet ATTB/TTTB |
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MENDELSSOHN |
Zwei geistliche Choere |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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Two male-voice (TTBB) unaccompanied motets:
Set in the original key. |
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Lift Thine Eyes |
Trombone trio BBB |
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From Elijah, transposed down an octave | ||
MOZART |
Ave Verum Corpus |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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Arranged from choral piece; transposed down a fifth. | |
NANINI |
Hodie Christus natus est |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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PALESTRINA |
Adoramus |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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Arranged from choral pieces with narrow
voice ranges, e.g. SSAA. |
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Ave Maria (I) |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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Ave Maria (II) |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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SCHEIN |
Two pieces à 4 |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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from Banchetto Musicale | |
SCHEIDT |
Canzon Cornetto |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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These pieces are arranged from guitar versions on IMSLP. In Christe Some liberties are taken with the pitch and order of the parts. |
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Christe, qui lux es et dies |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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VECCHI |
Mi vorrei trasformare (il grillo) |
Trombone quartet BBBB |
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"The Cricket"; a humorous madrigal. | |
VICTORIA |
Two motets |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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From choral pieces; (O vos & Duo transposed down a fifth) |
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Duo Seraphim |
Trombone quartet TTBB |
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