Trumpet Tune and Air (string trio)

Title: Trumpet Tune and Air

Composer: Henry Purcell, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin; Violin 2 or Viola; Cello

Printout: 4 pages

Note: This well known piece by Purcell is popular as a wedding march, either a processional or a recessional. Both violin parts are playable on flute, oboe or trumpet. The arrangement includes alternative violin 2 and viola parts. Another must-have wedding march, often paired with Purcell’s Trumpet Tune, is Jeremiah Clarke’s Prince of Denmark’s March.