Speer / 6 Sonatas (Early Baroque Series 11)

This 6 sonatas for brass quintet are included in "Kriegsgeschichten"(War Story) composed by Georg Daniel Speer and published in 1688. Orginally, 3 sonatas (No.25, 29, 30) were written for 2 cornett (zink) and 3 trombone, and 3 sonatas (No.26, 27, 28) were written for 2 clarino (trumpet) and 3 trombone. All the keys are changed one note lower in this arrangement in order to accommodate modern B flat trumpet. Dynamics and articulations were not indicated according to the custom at that period, so all the dynamics and articulations are editor's suggestion.