One can only speculate as to how much richer the brass harmony of the later classical/early romantic periods would've been had this instrument been taken more seriously. This is proof positive that, in the hands of a gifted player, the keyed trumpet can easily hold it's own against its valved counterparts. I'm willing to bet that, sight unseen, most people would've had no idea that they weren't hearing a valved trumpet!! Problem was - and is - that musicians often tend to be on the lazy side and didn't want to learn a new instrument in place of the one they'd been playing. Even "progressive" composers like Beethoven did not demand its use in their scores (two major exceptions at the time being Italians Bellini and Donizetti) It would take the younger men of the 1830's and 40's to finally establish valved instruments as being a permanent fixture in the ensemble. By then, keys were on the way out. For generations thereafter we were treated to nothing but negative reviews (ex. Mendelssohn's appraisal of Italian keyed trumpet playing) as to how badly sounding and out-of-tune these instruments were. We must heartily congratulate Herr Doktor Wuersch for his dedication to this sadly-neglected instrument's revival. It's also proof that a "new" instrument could have been learned by dedicated musicians no matter how late in life had the desire been there.
Ach, soooooo klingt eine Trompete! Nicht wie "Star Wars". Wir müssen das im Laufe der letzten 150 Jahre irgendwie vergessen haben. Wer auch immer daran schuld sein mag, danke, Markus, dass Du es uns in Erinnerung rufst. Es gibt nichts Schwierigeres, als (scheinbar) einfache Sachen schön zu spielen. Du kannst es!
I amazes me that Markus Würsch has learned to finger and tune this instrument at his age. I marvel at his performances of the Haydn and Hummel concertos, which, for me, are the most enjoyable of all. His recordings on modern trumpets are also excellent. Everything is very musical and tasteful.
This piece is one of the options available to play for my diploma and im strongly considering it, this performance is making me lean towards it!, well done both performers :)
Although I rarely followed classical music (jazz instead, I am a fan of Dizzy Gillespie)... thank you, Markus Würsch, you are the best. Be sure, keyed trumpet one day will be the first one.
this sounds fantastic and I think it's impossible to under state the difficulty in getting a good tone with the keyed trumpet. there's this airy, kazoo sound in the hands of anyone except for someone like Wursch. I'm thankful we have the valve trumpets today.
So good! I really prefer the keyed trumpet over the standard 3-valves. Furthermore, I think it would be possible to make a similar trumpet using modern molded materials, although leaving keys and springs made of metal. More or less like the 1950s Grafton plastic saxophone. Such a keyed trumpet could be much cheaper and maybe capable of faster musical passages than a standard one. PS: I think it is a full-wavelength trumpet... much better.
Honestly I think it is still lacking a little due to the keys. I'd love to see a good quality F, Eb, or D long trumpet with valves, to get that full length / natural trumpet sort of sound with complete chromaticism and total evenness.
It is Professor Doctor Würsch's design, based on a concept originally invented by Anton Weidinger, a turn of the 19th century trumpet virtuoso and friend of Josef Haydn. Haydn wrote his trumpet concerto for Weidinger's instrument. Unfortunately, Weidinger's instrument did not survive to our day and he was very secretive about his design. Würsch's instrument is a speculative guess at what Weidinger's trumpet might have been like. Having said that, it is a marvelous instrument and the professor plays this difficult instrument beautifully.
@@Metal-Possum In the era when these sorts of instruments were originally made, the modern short Bb trumpet did not exist. Years later when they started to get some use, they were ridiculed as being not real trumpets (which has a grain of truth -- the modern trumpet was developed from the valved cornet and not from historical trumpets)
If I give you my address, will you mail me that piano and that trumpet? They really should be in my living room. I'll give them a good home. I promise. I want to hear jazz played on a keyed trumpet. Some Miles Davis and Chet Baker.
To be honest , you only need three keys to play a chromatic scale. But to meet modern performance standards ,we require more keys to play in tune. And by that I mean , the holes must be in exactly the correct position to play in tune .
Toll, Markus, immer noch voll im Schwung! Bravissimo
Röbi Scheidegger
Lindo solo de trumpet e espetacular pianista. Parabéns.
One can only speculate as to how much richer the brass harmony of the later classical/early romantic periods would've been had this instrument been taken more seriously. This is proof positive that, in the hands of a gifted player, the keyed trumpet can easily hold it's own against its valved counterparts. I'm willing to bet that, sight unseen, most people would've had no idea that they weren't hearing a valved trumpet!! Problem was - and is - that musicians often tend to be on the lazy side and didn't want to learn a new instrument in place of the one they'd been playing. Even "progressive" composers like Beethoven did not demand its use in their scores (two major exceptions at the time being Italians Bellini and Donizetti) It would take the younger men of the 1830's and 40's to finally establish valved instruments as being a permanent fixture in the ensemble. By then, keys were on the way out. For generations thereafter we were treated to nothing but negative reviews (ex. Mendelssohn's appraisal of Italian keyed trumpet playing) as to how badly sounding and out-of-tune these instruments were. We must heartily congratulate Herr Doktor Wuersch for his dedication to this sadly-neglected instrument's revival. It's also proof that a "new" instrument could have been learned by dedicated musicians no matter how late in life had the desire been there.
Ach, soooooo klingt eine Trompete! Nicht wie "Star Wars". Wir müssen das im Laufe der letzten 150 Jahre irgendwie vergessen haben. Wer auch immer daran schuld sein mag, danke, Markus, dass Du es uns in Erinnerung rufst. Es gibt nichts Schwierigeres, als (scheinbar) einfache Sachen schön zu spielen. Du kannst es!
I amazes me that Markus Würsch has learned to finger and tune this instrument at his age. I marvel at his performances of the Haydn and Hummel concertos, which, for me, are the most enjoyable of all. His recordings on modern trumpets are also excellent. Everything is very musical and tasteful.
Wow that has an amazingly even tone for a keyed bugle and he made it himself ! 6 stars ! Well done !
Fantastic playing!
Toll!! Ganz große Klasse! Ich bin absolut begeistert!
This piece is one of the options available to play for my diploma and im strongly considering it, this performance is making me lean towards it!, well done both performers :)
Simply beautiful
Although I rarely followed classical music (jazz instead, I am a fan of Dizzy Gillespie)... thank you, Markus Würsch, you are the best. Be sure, keyed trumpet one day will be the first one.
The first one was invented in the late 18th century by Anton Weidinger.
Bravo! Beautiful work!
Hola Maestro quisiera algún día tocar como usted, pues usted domina el arte de hacer que parezca fácil lo que es difícil!
Saludos desde México!!
thank you very much !
this sounds fantastic and I think it's impossible to under state the difficulty in getting a good tone with the keyed trumpet. there's this airy, kazoo sound in the hands of anyone except for someone like Wursch. I'm thankful we have the valve trumpets today.
He reminds me of Patrick Wibart, who seems to be the only person capable of getting a good sound and good intonation out of an ophicleide.
Fantástico!!!!
Brilliant playing. Wonderful sound.
An instrument not for the mechanically disinclined though.
Extraordinario!
Belo timbre!
Wonderful player also.
Why skip the optional cadenza
So good! I really prefer the keyed trumpet over the standard 3-valves. Furthermore, I think it would be possible to make a similar trumpet using modern molded materials, although leaving keys and springs made of metal. More or less like the 1950s Grafton plastic saxophone. Such a keyed trumpet could be much cheaper and maybe capable of faster musical passages than a standard one. PS: I think it is a full-wavelength trumpet... much better.
I agree! There are a lot of interesting historical instruments that we could make so much better these days!
Honestly I think it is still lacking a little due to the keys. I'd love to see a good quality F, Eb, or D long trumpet with valves, to get that full length / natural trumpet sort of sound with complete chromaticism and total evenness.
All closed, this seems to have a really long tube length. Perhaps an F fundamental?
nice sound
Nice work 👌 I'd like to know more about the instrument.
It is Professor Doctor Würsch's design, based on a concept originally invented by Anton Weidinger, a turn of the 19th century trumpet virtuoso and friend of Josef Haydn. Haydn wrote his trumpet concerto for Weidinger's instrument. Unfortunately, Weidinger's instrument did not survive to our day and he was very secretive about his design. Würsch's instrument is a speculative guess at what Weidinger's trumpet might have been like. Having said that, it is a marvelous instrument and the professor plays this difficult instrument beautifully.
Lovet just lovet!!!!! Wohhh... what a playing. This trumpet have the same octave length than actual Eb or its one octave lower ? Thanks
Maybe it's in Bb, like most trumpets are...
It's chromatic.
It is in 6 1/2 foot Eb, twice as long as the common Eb sopranino or similar in length to a high pitch baroque D trumpet.
@@Metal-Possum In the era when these sorts of instruments were originally made, the modern short Bb trumpet did not exist. Years later when they started to get some use, they were ridiculed as being not real trumpets (which has a grain of truth -- the modern trumpet was developed from the valved cornet and not from historical trumpets)
If I give you my address, will you mail me that piano and that trumpet? They really should be in my living room. I'll give them a good home. I promise.
I want to hear jazz played on a keyed trumpet. Some Miles Davis and Chet Baker.
How many keys/ vent holes are needed to play a full chromatic scale 2 ½ octaves? I can see quite a few, his pinky has to operate quite a few.
To be honest , you only need three keys to play a chromatic scale. But to meet modern performance standards ,we require more keys to play in tune. And by that I mean , the holes must be in exactly the correct position to play in tune .
@@evocurl This is why the holes are quite clearly in pairs, providing (at least) two options for each note.