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Crispian Steele-Perkins is a prolific author and recording artist, some of his most recent works are available to buy directly from this Website.
The Music of GershwinThe rebuilding of a 1930 trumpet-cornet made in New York raised the interesting question - what was played on it? What could be more contemporary or appropriate than the wonderful melodies of Gershwin?
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The English TrumpetThis recording features two trumpets of historical importance in an authentic musical context. A fine instrument by William Bull (himself a London trumpeter) made c.1680 is played throughout the suite of pieces by Jeremiah Clarke and an early specimen of the distinctly English "Slide-Trumpet" is played in the vocal items and in Purcell's trumpet Airs.
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The Regents BugleThis recording features four of the earliest types of mechanised trumpet performing music either specifically written for them, or arranged for to display their innovative ability to play as nimbly and expressively as any other instrument.
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Trumpets Ancient and ModernCrispian Steele-Perkins interest in historical research and performance techniques has led him to restore more than a hundred 'natural' and early mechanical trumpets. This album features some of these restored instruments alongside modern trumpets.
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Trumpet This book will prove to be of inestimable value to the student, the teacher and the professional trumpet player. It not only traces the development of the trumpet from the earliest times to the present day, but gives clear and concise practical instruction for playing instruments of the trumpet family.
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