Shoujounian - Twelve Duos for Trombones mix Richard Raum

Richard Raum

I feel it is one of the most expressive chamber brass works of my career

rocked in the water and cradled by women and held back by the soul of "The Cradles"

Parts are supplied for C and D trumpet

Shoujounian - Twelve Duos for Trombones mix Richard RaumPetros Shoujounian, an Armenian Canadian composer has written Twelve Duos for Trombones based on the folksong collection of the Armenian priest Komitas, known as the founder of the Armenian national school of music and one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology. Below are comments from the composer about his inspiration in writing these Twelve Duos for Trombones. My interest in the collected works of Komitas's ethnographical songs was aroused when I was