Page10 #1, Old German Song

Selected Duets for Trumpet, Page 10 Number 1, Old German Song, performed by David Summer. The composer of this duet, Valentin Rathgeber, was a versatile and prolific baroque composer. He was one of the most popular and respected composers from southern Germany. His works for trumpet include a "Concerto for 2 trumpets, 2 violins & continuo in D major". This simple, but effective, duet is reminiscent of a cannon at the beginning and contains an interesting tempo marking, open to interpretation. The trumpet 2 part of the duet stays down in the lower register of the trumpet, or "down in the mud" as brass players like to say, through most of the piece. The metronome setting for this performance is quarter note = 112.