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Concerto in F MinorOskar Böhme, composer Geoffrey Bergler, arranger Concerto in F Minor, with its long melodic lines and virtuoso passages, stands as the only authentic trumpet concerto of the Romantic Period. The composer, Oskar Böhme (1870-1938), was the son of a Dresden trumpeter. He emigrated to Russia as a young man and joined one of the orchestras of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters in 1889. He was principal trumpet at the Marinsky Theater from 1903-1924 and later held various other teaching and performing posts in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Tshkalov. The first movement of this wonderful concerto was arranged for concert band by Geoffrey Bergler. INDEX |