Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, and Strings in D Major

Composer: FASCH, Johann Friedrich
  • Fasch composed 67 concertos, of which most, including this one, follow the Vivaldian model of three movements, fast-slow-fast.1
  • This concerto it written for clarino trumpet.2 In Baroque Germany, “Clarino” referred to trumpet parts that utilized the instrument’s high register (above c’’) for melody playing (sometimes the term refers to a trumpet that plays such parts). Clarino parts were often florid and virtuosic, and would have been especially impressive played on the natural (valveless) trumpet of the Baroque.3

Sources

  1. Gottfried Küntzel and Barbara M. Reul, “Fasch, Johann Friedrich,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 26, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000009346.
  2. “Trumpet Concerto, FaWV L:D1 (Fasch, Johann Friedrich), IMSLP, accessed September 26, 2019, https://imslp.org/wiki/Trumpet_Concerto%2C_FaWV_L:D1_(Fasch%2C_Johann_Friedrich).
  3. Reine Dahlqvist and Edward H. Tarr, “Clarino,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 26, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005865.

Cut IDs

11573, 43156