Fanfares

Trumpet fanfares are an effective way to
intoduce hymns on festive occasions. The trumpet(s) may
also play the tune (or provide a "descant" or obbligato) in selected verses.
The most famous example is Ralph Vaughan Williams' fanfare for
the "Old Hundredth", using "all available trumpets"!

Scores and MIDI sound files of fanfares by C.F.Boyd
for Trumpet and Organ, based on familiar hymns, are
available from the links displayed:

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