Bund Christian Trumpet Choirs in Germany
The Bund Christian Trumpet Choirs in Germany is an association of trumpet choirs in Protestant free churches . The association founded in Siegen in 1909 is now based in Stuttgart . The common abbreviation is bcpd .
structure
The registered association consists of eight regional associations with a total of 1,800 wind players. The choirs are mainly assigned to three free churches:
- Methodist Church
- Association of Evangelical Free Churches
- Federation of Free Protestant Congregations in Germany
The musicians meet at irregular intervals on Federal Trombone Days . These took place:
The association operates a publishing house with sheet music and has its own performance material for wind choirs. As an institution, the association is a member of the Evangelical Trumpet Service in Germany .
Sheet music editions of the association (selection)
Among other things, the association provides four series with selected wind literature:
- Sacred wind playing (33 books so far),
- Sacred wind music (so far 3 volumes),
- All kinds of wind playing (so far 3 volumes).
This contains a representative cross-section of classical and modern arrangements for trombone choirs, which also enable the accomplishment of worship and church music tasks in free churches. Arrangements, especially by Dieter Kanzleiter, can be found there.
- From Tuten to Blowing (so far 3 issues)
It contains pieces and songs with a small range especially for young wind players. They are mostly two- to four-part, sometimes with overvotes for advanced students (and with amusing caricatures).