The trumpet repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral or, more commonly, band parts written for the trumpet. Tracings its origins to 1500 BC, the trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.
Among the repertoire for the trumpet are the following works:
Solo trumpet
Samuel Adler, Canto I, for B or C trumpet Louis Andriessen, A Very Sad Trumpet Sonata A Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata Mark Applebaum, Authenticity Entre Funérailles I Richard Ayres, No. 27 "Blue" Sven-Erik Bäck, March and Song Gerald Barry, Trumpeter Luciano Berio, Good night Lauren Bernofsky, Fantasia Lisa Bielawa, Synopsis #5: He Figures Out What Clouds Mean Harrison Birtwistle, Antiphonies from the Moonkeeper Five Little Antiphonies for Amelia Daniel Börtz, Målning Howard J. Buss, A Day in the City, Commemoration Elliott Carter, Retracing III Aaron Cassidy, What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) Friedrich Cerha, The Pied Piper Nicolas Collins, Sonnet 40 Peter Maxwell Davies, Litany – for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore, for solo C trumpet Sonatina, for solo trumpet Lucia Dlugoszewski, Space Is a Diamond Anders Eliasson, Prelude Robert Erickson, Kryl, for solo C trumpet Morton Feldman, A Very Short Trumpet Piece HK Gruber, Exposed Throat Hans Werner Henze, Sonatina, for trumpet Robin Holloway, Sonata for solo trumpet Mauricio Kagel, Old/New, for trumpet Morceau de Concours Hanna Kulenty, Brass No. 1, for double bell trumpet Eres Holz, MACH, for B trumpet (2011) Libby Larsen, Fanfare for the Women, for solo C trumpet Ingvar Lidholm, Epigram György Ligeti, The Big Turtle-Fanfare from the South China Sea Liza Lim, Wild-Winged One Witold Lutosławski, Tune Peter Machajdík, If Isabel Mundry, Solo auf Schwellen, for double bell trumpet Sergiu Natra, Sonatina Olga Neuwirth, Laki, for solo C trumpet Per Nørgård, Scale – Fanfare – Variation Nigel Osborne, Flamingo Time-Line Vincent Persichetti, Parable XIV for Trumpet, Op. 127 Matthias Pintscher, Shining Forth Anthony Plog, Postcards Folke Rabe, Shazam Gottfried Reiche, Abblasen Wolfgang Rihm, Little Echo Fantasy Poul Ruders, Reveille-Retraite David Sampson, Litany of Breath Giacinto Scelsi, Four Pieces Rebecca Saunders, Blaauw, for double bell trumpet Kurt Schwertsik, Stretch & Yawn Roberto Sierra, Fanfare Juan María Solare, Israfil Unterwegs Perlas esparcidas Weise weiße Weisen Serpentine Reverence (Homage to Bach) Petite Suite Antique Art-Man, for double bell trumpet Avanti Karlheinz Stockhausen, Eingang und Formel, for solo B trumpet In Freundschaft, for solo 4-valve E trumpet Oberlippentanz, for solo B piccolo trumpet Harmonien, for solo C trumpet Toru Takemitsu, Paths, for solo C trumpet Hilary Tann, Look Little Low Heavens Antoine Tisné, Emotion, for C trumpet solo Mark-Anthony Turnage, An Aria With Dancing, for solo B trumpet Stefan Wolpe, Solo Piece for Trumpet Valentin Zubiaurre, Audition Piece for Trumpet
Trumpet ensemble
Sally Beamish, Fanfare for 2 trumpets Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Duets for 2 trumpets Sonata for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 2 violas & continuo No. 1 in C major, C. 114 Sonata for 2 trumpets, 2 violins & continuo No. 7 in G major, C. 120 Sonata for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 2 violas & continuo No. 12 in C major, C. 125 Larry Bitensky, Fanfare for 6 trumpets and tympani Harrison Birtwistle, Placid Mobile for 36 trumpets Vassily Brandt, Country Pictures for 4 trumpets Henry Brant, Flight Over a Global Map for 100 or 56 trumpets and percussion Millennium I for 8 trumpets and 3 percussionists Benjamin Britten, Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for 3 trumpets Bruce Broughton, Contest Piece for Eight Trumpets for 8 trumpets Howard J. Buss, Festive Overture for 8 trumpets Prelude and Intrada for 4 trumpets Rendezvous for 4 trumpets and one percussion The Walls of Jericho for solo trumpet and 6-part trumpet ensemble Elliott Carter, Birthday Flourish for 5 trumpets (or brass quintet) Canon for Three for 3 trumpets Eric Ewazen, A Concert Fanfare for 6 trumpets Fantasia for Seven Trumpets Prelude and Fugue for Trumpet Choir for 6 trumpets Sonatina for Two Trumpets Sonoran Desert Harmonies for 8 trumpets Sofia Gubaidulina, Trio for 3 trumpets Cristóbal Halffter, Little Fanfare for Two Trumpets Bengt Hambraeus, A Small Concert Piece for trumpet and tomtom Robin Holloway, Sonata for 2 trumpets Bertold Hummel, Saeckingen for 6 trumpets and timpani, Op. 103f (2000) Mauricio Kagel, Fanfanfaren for 4 trumpets Morceau de Concours for 2 trumpets Fabien Lévy, à peu près de for 2 trumpets Johann Jacob Löwe, Capriccio No. 1 for 2 trumpets and continuo Capriccio No. 2 for 2 trumpets and continuo Frederik Magle, The Fairest of Roses (Den yndigste rose) for two trumpets and organ Peter Maxwell Davies, Quintet for 5 trumpets Ben-Zion Orgad, Melosalgia for 2 trumpets Robert Paterson, Fanfare for 6 Trumpets Krzysztof Penderecki, Luzerner Fanfare for 8 trumpets and percussion Vincent Persichetti, Parable XXV for 2 Trumpets, op. 164 Johann Christoph Pezel, Sonata No. 69 for 2 trumpets and continuo Sonata No. 71 for 2 trumpets and continuo Sonata No. 75 for 2 trumpets and continuo Lucia Ronchetti, Dazbog for soprano and 2 trumpets Carl Ruggles, Angels for 6 muted trumpets David Sampson, Flight for 3 trumpets Elliott Schwartz, Downeast Fanfare for 3 trumpets Stefano Scodanibbio, Plaza for 4 trumpets Judith Shatin, Hearing the Call for 2 trumpets and 2 snare drums Juan María Solare, Aquelarre (tercera noche de Walpurgis) for 3 trumpets Fun-fare for 4 trumpets and a drum Fricción for 2 trumpets Thomas Stevens, A New Carnival of Venice for four trumpets and orchestra Triangles for 3 trumpets Karlheinz Stockhausen, Donnerstags Abschied for 5 trumpets Michaels-Ruf for 4 trumpets Trumpetent for 4 trumpets Igor Stravinsky, Fanfare for a New Theatre for 2 trumpets Josef Tal, Fanfare for 3 trumpets & 3 trombones Georg Philipp Telemann, Concerto No. 1 for 3 trumpets and timpani in D Major, TWV 54:D3 Concerto No. 2 for 3 trumpets and timpani in D Major, TWV 54:D4 Henri Tomasi, Trio for 3 trumpets Joan Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (No. 5) for 4 trumpets Kenny Wheeler, Trumpet Quartet Charles Wuorinen, Epithalamium for 2 trumpets Big Epithalamium for 8, 12 or 16 trumpets La Monte Young, The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer for 8 trumpets John Zorn, Antiphonal Fanfare for the Great Hall for 6 trumpets
Brass trio
Leslie Bassett, Brass Trio Howard J. Buss, "Trigon" for trumpet, trombone, and tuba "Enigmatic Triptych" for trumpet, horn, and trombone "Elegy" for horn, trombone, and tuba Eric Ewazen, A Philharmonic Fanfare Frigyes Hidas, Triga Lior Navok, Paper Tigers Václav Nelhýbel, Trio for Brass Anthony Plog, Trio for Brass Francis Poulenc, Sonata for horn, trumpet & trombone Lucia Ronchetti, Laura o delle simmetrie in ombra David Sampson, Duncan Trio John D. Stevens, Triangles Fisher Tull, Trio
Brass quintet See Brass quintet repertoire
Brass ensemble
Howard J. Buss, Brom Bones for 4 trumpets, one horn, 3 tenor trombones, one bass trombone, and tuba Three Jazzicals for trumpet and tuba Time Capsule in versions for flute and trumpet, and trumpet and trombone Chromatic Fantasy for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba Concord for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba Contrasts in Blue for trumpet, trombone and piano Sonic Fables: Lessons from Aesop for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, and one percussion Trigon for trumpet, trombone and tuba Enigmatic Triptych for trumpet, trombone and tuba Elegy for horn, trombone and tuba Wen-Chung Chou, Soliloquy of a bhiksuni, for trumpet with brass and percussion ensemble Louis Durey, Interlude for 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba and tympani, Op. 112 Gala Flagello I Could Fall for brass ensemble The Parting Glass for brass ensemble Watch Me for brass ensemble Malcolm Forsyth, Aphorisms for trumpet, two horns, trombone and tuba Philip Glass, Brass Sextet for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, trombone and tuba Jacques Hétu, Fanfare pour une fête, 4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 2000 Fanfare pour Lanaudière, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba Fred Ho, Fanfare for the Creeping Meatball, for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones Eres Holz, Vier Schatten, for 2 trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba André Jolivet, Fanfares pour Britannicus for brass ensemble Peter Machajdík, Arching Sentiments, for brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, tenor trombone and bass trombone) Darius Milhaud, Fanfare for brass ensemble, Op.396 Fanfare for 2 trumpets and trombone, Op.400 Lior Navok, Gitz & Spitz Suite, for brass quartet Raymond Premru, Quartet, for brass quartet Jean Sibelius, Tiera for Brass Septet and Percussion, JS200 (1899) R. Murray Schafer, Isfahan for three brass quintets David Sampson, Winter Ceremony for 2 trumpets and percussion Clare Shore, Game Piece No. 1 for bells, violin and brass quartet Karlheinz Stockhausen, Drachenkampf, for trumpet, trombone, and synthesizer Germaine Tailleferre, Prélude et fugue for organ, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones Michael Tippett, The Wolf Trap Fanfare, for three trumpets, two trombones and tuba Mark-Anthony Turnage, Set To, for brass ensemble William Walton, Introduction to the National Anthem, for three trumpets, three trombones and snare drum (orig. 12 trumpets) Christian Wolff, Peace March 9, for brass choir and percussion
Trumpet and keyboard
George Antheil, Sonata, for trumpet and piano, W. 143 Leonard Bernstein, Rondo for Lifey for trumpet and piano Larry Bitensky, From Those Beginning Notes of Yearning for trumpet and piano Vladislav Blazhevich, Concerto No. 5 for trumpet and piano Scherzo for trumpet and piano Rory Boyle, 4 Bagatelles for trumpet and piano Eugène Bozza, Lied, Badinage and Caprice, for trumpet and piano Vassily Brandt, Concertpiece No. 1 Opus 11 for trumpet and piano Yehezkel Braun, Sonata for trumpet and piano Stephen Brown, Wind in the Long Grass, sonata for trumpet and piano, (2025) Howard J. Buss, Meditation and Caprice for trumpet and piano Skylines for trumpet and piano Théo Charlier: Solo de Concours George Enescu, Légende, for trumpet and piano Hans Ulrich Engelmann, Epitaph für einen imaginären Freund, for trumpet and piano Thierry Escaich, Tanz-Fantasie for trumpet and piano or organ Eric Ewazen, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Gala Flagello, A Crab, A Quill for trumpet and piano Richard Halligan, Meditation, for trumpet and piano Thorvald Hansen, Sonata for Cornet & Piano, Op. 18 Jennifer Higdon, Trumpet Songs for trumpet and piano Paul Hindemith, Trumpet Sonata Arthur Honegger, Intrada, for C trumpet and piano, H 193 Bertold Hummel, Sonatina for trumpet and piano, Op. 1a Invocationes for trumpet and organ, Op. 68a Trio for trumpet, percussion and piano, Op. 82a Jacques Ibert, Impromptu Norman Dello Joio, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano André Jolivet, Air de Bravoure for trumpet and piano Kent Kennan, Sonata for trumpet and piano Meyer Kupferman, Three Ideas for trumpet and piano Thomas Larcher, Uchafu for trumpet and piano Morten Lauridsen, Sonata for trumpet and piano David Loeb, Litany for trumpet and piano Moresca for trumpet and piano Frederik Magle, Kosmos for trumpet and organ Bohuslav Martinů, Sonatina for Trumpet & Piano, H. 357 Sergiu Natra, Music for Harp and Three Brass Instruments Johann Ludwig Krebs, Fantasie in C major for trumpet and organ Fantasie in D major for trumpet and organ Karl Pilß, Sonata for trumpet and piano (1935) William Presser, Suite for trumpet and piano Jean-Baptiste Robin, Récits Héroïques (Heroic Tales) for trumpet and organ David Sampson, The Mysteries Remain for trumpet and organ Somei Satoh, Hikari(Light) for trumpet and piano Joseph Guy Ropartz, Andante et Allegro for trumpet and piano Adam Schoenberg, Separated by Space for trumpet and piano Nikos Skalkottas, Concertino for trumpet and piano Halsey Stevens, Sonata for trumpet and piano