“I thought I was in Heaven, the Tuxedo Brass Band had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful.” Louis Armstrong
Take a leaf out of Louis’ book, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the beautiful sounds of the brass band today!
The term ’brass band’ refers to several different styles of ensemble. There are magnificent brass bands in New Orleans that not only employ brass instruments, but also clarinets and saxophones. The sousaphone is also used in these jazz ensembles from time to time, as well as in hip-hop and funk ensembles. There are also brass bands in Eastern European folk music in various constellations.
The most well-known form of brass band is arguably the British Brass Band. At the beginning of the 19th Century, British coal mines founded factory bands, to give workers an extra incentive, and to promote the mine. The Salvation Army also played a major role in the development of the British Brass Band, from 1880 all officers and soldiers were instructed to learn to play a woodwind or brass instrument.
The usual line-up for these brass bands consisted of 25 players, with 3 or 4 percussionists. The wind parts (played by cornets, a flugelhorn, tenor horns, baritone horns, euphoniums, trombones and tubas) were often transposed, and mostly notated in the treble clef, with the exception of the bass trombone. Nowadays, there are brass bands in Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland in particular, which make music to a very high level.
Fanfare for Billy
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975860
Debut Series (Anglo)
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 975478
Anglo Music Midway Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975400
Anglo Music Midway Series
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 975377
Curnow Music Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957324
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 861989
Concertino for Solo Bb Euphonium and Brass Band
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 957603
As performed by Queen
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958785
Ovation Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958607
Brassband
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958393
Brassband
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 957978
as performed by Lionel Richie
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 981737
Konzertwerk
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 959034
Anglo Music Midway Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975540
Quelle est cette odeur agreable
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 976044
August, lebe, lebe, König from Cantata 207a
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 976043
Applause
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 874253
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 881009
Peter's Popular Collection
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 894111
Concerto for Bb Cornet and Brass Band
for: Cornet, brass band
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Item no.: 1343017
as performed by Culture Club
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 892334
As performed by Tina Turner
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 866387
for Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208909
Beriato Concert Works
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1001280
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1582050
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893932
Hal Leonard Music for ...
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 815141
Hal Leonard Music for ...
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 816325
From Disney's Animated Feature FROZEN
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 866293
More Than Conquerors
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 1343002
Concert and Contest Collection CBHA
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 871383
Inspiration Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 880227
Scherzando Concert Works
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 981618
Entertainment
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 981533
Hal Leonard Music for Brass Band
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 814948
from Despicable Me 2
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816309
Debut Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975781
Debut Series (Anglo)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975736
Anglo Music Midway Series
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 975292
... for the next 50 ...
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 957605
Brassband
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 959011
Brassband
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958638
Konzertwerk
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958622
Brassband
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 958285
Brassband
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 958021
as performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957995
for: Brass band
CD
Item no.: 1211330