Edward H. Tarr

Edward H. Tarr

Edward H. Tarr examines the Baroque trumpet and clarifies the origins and meaning of the so-called “Bach trumpet.”

Edward H. Tarr

Continuation of Edward H. Tarr’s study on the Baroque trumpet, examining the high trumpet and further clarifying the concept of the “Bach trumpet.”

Biography

Edward H. Tarr

Cesare Bendinelli (1542–1617), imperial trumpeter and teacher, shaped a tradition and wrote the first trumpet method — a key document of Renaissance brass playing.

The Trumpet Method

Edward H. Tarr

The first trumpet method rediscovered: Edward H. Tarr reveals how Bendinelli’s 1614 treatise reshapes our understanding of trumpet technique, signals, and ensemble art.

Edward H. Tarr

Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum

Edward H. Tarr

Once again trumpet, after six years

Edward H. Tarr

Edward H. Tarr

Eighteenth-Century Trumpeter-Hornists

Edward H. Tarr

From Bach’s Leipzig cantatas to the Stadtpfeifer tradition, trumpet and horn emerge as interchangeable tools within a remarkably versatile musical profession.

Eighteenth-Century Trumpeter-Hornists

Edward H. Tarr

Beyond Leipzig, the practice extended from Weissenfels to Dresden and Vienna, as horn and trumpet gradually diverged into distinct musical identities.