trumpet tune

trumpet tune or voluntary. Piece which, while not comp. for a tpt., imitates its sound, as on tpt.-like org. stop. Title Trumpet Voluntary was given by Henry Wood to his transcr. of a kbd. piece for organ, brass, and kettledrums. This piece was mistakenly attrib. to Purcell, but is now known to be by Jeremiah Clarke.

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