TRUMPET VOLUNTARY IN D MAJOR
Created on 03/09/2002Latest update on 22/04/2013
Artist: Jeremiah Clarke
Author: Jeremiah Clarke
Year: 1700
English composer in the Purcell time frame (1674-1707). Sang at the coronation of James II and was organist at Winchester College. This piece became a wedding ceremony classic. Subtitle: The Prince Of Denmark's March. This piece was many times (wrongly) credited to Henry Purcell.
Covers:
- 1958:
Peter Sellers [rock 'n roll parody as The Trumpet Volunteer]
- 1969:
Beatles [trumpet solo four minutes in It's All Too Much from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack]
