Around 1800, Joseph Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel each composed a trumpet concerto, for chromatic keyed trumpet. This instrument is one of the forerunners of today's trumpet. In 1900, Alphonse Goeyens, trumpet teacher at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, discovered a manuscript of the Haydn concerto in the conservatory library. This research aims to examine the evolution of chromatic trumpets in the Low Countries within these 100 years with a focus on Ghent and Brussels.
Picture: Michiel Hendrickx