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Re:Arthur Pryor - Trombone Solo's

Hey Colin,

I agree with you that high notes are not at all a problem for t-bone players.

Did you know that at this year's first European Solo-championships, Blue Bell's is 
one of the pieces that the trombonist's have to play. It is a very nice but difficult 
solo to play. I wonder if the trombone players can play this piece well in Munich.

PS: Do you have hints to play high notes more easily?

Greetings,
Piet Durk Meyer
2nd Trombone
Brassband DE Bazuin Oenkerk (Holland)


On Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:15:17 +0100 Colin Randle wrote:

> From: Colin Randle <colin.randle@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:15:17 +0100
> Subject: Arthur Pryor - Trombone Solo's
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> THoward34@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Further to your comment about 'Love's Enchantment' I must agree a marvelous
> trombone solo why requires use of the tonality of the trombone and the
> gorgeous high  note at the end (was it a D?). This was one of a number of
> trombone solos written by an American (?) called Pryor but I can't remember
> the others. I have no doubt the answer will be forthcoming!
> 
> > Cheers
> 
> > Ted Howard
> 
> Dear Ted,
> 
> Yes indeed it was a D - but high notes are never a problem on a trombone!
> 
> I think I'm right in saying that Arthur Pryor was a member of of "Sousa's Band",
> the famous march king from America.  He obviously wrote a lot of trombone 
solo's
> for himself to play - and thankfully he published them for future generations of
> trombone players like myself to attempt and enjoy.  The best known of these is
> Loves Enchantment - but he also wrote one in the same waltzy style called
> "Starlight".  Again - whilst Ken Dennison was at Coventry he arranged this for
> full band and I had the pleasure of featuring it on Coventry band concerts many
> years ago.  Ironically - the first time I ever played it was at the Belgrade
> Theatre in Coventry - a theatre that had a lot of the wood interiors and
> fitments furnished by the city of Belgrade - a place we are now bombing the hell
> out of!
> 
> Arthur Pryor also wrote what I think of as a cornet solo called "Blue Bells Of
> Scotland", which has been attempted by many a trombone player, (but never me I
> hasten to add), which is so difficult that it is rarely attempted nowadays.  My
> old friend Chris Jeans, ex. Desford and Dyke, was the only player who I ever
> heard who got anywhere near it when he played it at the Oxford Solo
> Championships many years ago.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Colin Randle.
> 
> 
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