Equale
An equale is a composition of music for several instruments of the same type.[1] [2] Most of the time, they are short festive pieces. Most of them were written to be played at funerals,[3] or at days where the dead are remembered, such as All Souls' Day.[4] The instrument commonly used is the trombone. Among the best known are probably Drei Equale für vier Posaunen WoO 30, by Ludwig van Beethoven (composed 1812), and 2 Aequale für 3 Posaunen by Anton Bruckner, composed 1847.
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- ↑ Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Reprinted with minor corrections ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 218, volume 6. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1.
- ↑ Brown, Maurice J. E. "Equale". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Accessed August 2011. (subscription needed)
- ↑ Beethoven: Three Equali for Four Trombones, WoO 30 │ An die ferne Geliebte, Opus 98 │ Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Opus 60 Archived 2016-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, Program notes, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- ↑ From sleevenotes, Triton Trombone Quartet: "German Trombone Music"; BIS-CD-644
