Trumpet: A Starting Guide

Solo trumpet: M85-89
Trumpet with piano/keyboard: M260-261
Chamber music including brass (NOTE: Not all works in these areas will include trumpet):

• Duets: M288-291, M296-297
• Trios:
  • Trios with keyboard: M315-324, M335-339
  • Other trios: M356-364, M375-384
• Quartets:
  • Quartets with keyboard: M415-424, M435-444
  • Other quartets: M455-464, M475-484
• Quintets:
  • Quintets with keyboard: M515-524, M535-544
  • Other quintets: M555-564, M575-584
• Sextets:
  • Sextets with keyboard: M615-624, M635-644
  • Other sextets: M655-664, M675-684
• Septets:
  • Septets with keyboard: M715-724, M735-744
  • Other septets: M755-764, M775-784
• Octets:
  • Octets with keyboard: M815-824, M835-844
  • Other octets: M855-864, M875-884
• Nonets:
  • Nonets with keyboard: M915-924, M935-944
  • Other nonets: M955-964, M975-984

Trumpet with orchestra: M1030-1031
Trumpet with string orchestra: M1130-1131
Instruction and study: MT440-448 (Lied Library Stacks)
Studies and exercises: MT442-445
Orchestra studies: MT446
History of the trumpet: ML960-963 (Lied Library Stacks)

See also our list of Brass (Solo & Ensemble) Compact Discs in the Music Library on this site.

Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Trumpet

Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of trumpet with other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a keyword search including the term "trumpet."

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online). London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access

Trumpet Repertoire

Dale, Delbert A. Trumpet Technique. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Includes "repertoire list" (p. 80-102).
Lied Book Stacks MT440 .D34 1985

Carnovale, Norbert. Twentieth-century Music for Trumpet and Orchestra.2nd rev. ed. Nashville, Tenn.: Brass Press, 1994.
Music Ref. ML128.T78 C34 1994

Hardin, Anne F. A Trumpeter's Guide to Orchestral Excerpts. Nashville, Tenn.: W.R. Welch Pub. House, 1977.
Music Ref. ML128.T78 F37

Ensemble Repertoire

Cobbett, Walter Willson. Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, c1963.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C7 1988

Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw, c1997.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C78 1997

Gillaspie, Jon A., Marshall Stoneham, David Lindsey Clark. Wind Ensemble Catalog. (Music reference collection ; no. 63) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Music Ref. ML128.W5 G52 1998

Part IV: Periodicals

Brass Bulletin
Lied Periodicals ML5 .B6864

Chamber Music
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C353

Historic Brass Society Journal
Lied Periodicals ML933 .H57

I T G Journal
Lied Periodicals ML1 .I87