Shoujounian - Twelve Duos for Trumpets Delivery:Both Horn Dance

Horn Dance

Piccolo Trumpet

The first movement is marked "Freely"

The pieces are full of eastern sounding melodies and exploit the singing nature of the Euphonium

University of Minnesota School of Music

Shoujounian - Twelve Duos for Trumpets Delivery:Both Horn DancePetros Shoujounian, an Armenian Canadian composer has written Twelve Duos for Trumpets based on the folksong collection of the Armenian priest Komitas, known as the founder of the Armenian national school of music and one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology. Below are comments from the composer about his inspiration in writing these Twelve Duos for Trumpets. My interest in the collected works of Komitas's ethnographical songs was aroused when I was