The Inception of Trumpet Performance in Brazil and Four Selected Solos for Trumpet and Piano, Including Modern Performance Editions: Fantasia for Trumpet (1854) by Henrique Alves de Mesquita (1830-1906); Vocalise-Etude (1929) by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959); Invocation and Point (1968) by Osvalda
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Abstract
This disquisition provides a modern performance edition of four Brazilian compositions
for trumpet and piano by Henrique Alves de Mesquita’ (1830–1906) Fantasia para Piston
[Fantasy for trumpet, 1854], Heitor Villa-Lobos’s (1887–1959) Vocalise-Estudo [Vocalise-etude,
1929], Invocação e Ponto [Invocation and point] by Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda (1927-2011), and
Edmundo Villani-Cortes’s (b. 1930) Concerto for Trumpet and Piano (2004). I include a
biography of all of the composers, a descriptive analysis of the compositions, and tables of
critical notes regarding the editions. This study also provides a historical account of trumpet in
Brazil to contextualize these four compositions and their composers. By doing so, I make
available to the international trumpet community a new and exciting addition to trumpet
literature and raise awareness about the existence and quality of Brazilian music that is still
largely unknown.