Product Description
Triton is a programmatic solo B-flat trumpet piece written for advanced high school and collegiate trumpet players. It uses modern compositional and performance techniques, and requires the use of a plunger mute. The time signature 0 indicates free time with an approximate tempo marking given. Tremolo lines indicate flutter-tonguing. The plunger mute should be opened and closed gradually, indicated by arrows. The first two measures at letter D have notes which should be lipped downward, indicated by the lines after the last note in each of those measures.
Triton is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He is said to have wielded a conch-shell trumpet which had the power to raise and lower the waves on the oceans. It was said to produce a loud and raucous sound that sounded like a ferocious beast. The sound was so terrifying that the giants would run for fear of being devoured by a monster.
This piece, which bears his name, musically depicts his trumpet and the power it holds over the sea. This piece is written in six sections related by a tone row, but that are like a short symphony of six movements played one after another.
I. Trumpet Bell Theme
II. Big Waves on the Sea
III. Calm Seas
IV. Chaos and Cacophony
V. Tempest!
VI. Tritons Final Bellow
Jason Taurins is represented by ASCAP and publishes through Klangfarbenmelodien Music (ASCAP). You can learn more at www.jasontaurins.com.
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