J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue for Brass Quintet, arranged by Andrew Meronek

[AndrewMeronek]

I wrote this last year, and finished it just right when the pandemic hit. So, I never got a chance to read through this with a brass quintet I was playing with at the time. Frustrating, as I put in a lot of work and I think it turned out pretty nice.

[hyperbolica]

Very nice. Who arranged the version Empire Brass played? This has to be my favorite Bach for brass. Will you publish this?

[AndrewMeronek]

Very nice. Who arranged the version Empire Brass played? This has to be my favorite Bach for brass. Will you publish this?

Offhand, I don't know wrote wrote their arrangement. I did see that the Canadian Brass version used E-flat trumpets. So at least in that sense I wanted to give it a different take. There's also a few other arrangements that only use part of the piece. I wanted to get in the whole thing.

[AndrewMeronek]

As far as publishing, I've never had much luck getting any publisher to pay attention. I'm not a famous composer or arranger and I haven't written for famous enough people.

[Posaunus]

Andrew,

Masterful. Excellent arrangement.

I'd love to try playing it, but my current quintet isn't up to it.

But perhaps you could at least copyright and sell the arrangement to a few TromboneChatters.

[Vegasbound]

As far as publishing, I've never had much luck getting any publisher to pay attention. I'm not a famous composer or arranger and I haven't written for famous enough people.

Just publish it yourself, and sell through your own website and forums like this

[AndrewMeronek]

Andrew,

Masterful. Excellent arrangement.

I'd love to try playing it, but my current quintet isn't up to it.

But perhaps you could at least copyright and sell the arrangement to a few TromboneChatters.

Thank you for the kind words.

Technically, copyright exists the moment I create it. Typically, people say "publishing" to mean getting a contract with some distributor like JW Pepper.

[Vegasbound]

Let us know how much you want for it ?

[AndrewMeronek]

Let us know how much you want for it ?

Looks like at some point I put it in this list:

https://andrewmeronek.com/musical-works ... ensembles/

[CalgaryTbone]

I'd be interested in purchasing it too! Nice arrangement!

Jim Scott

[LeTromboniste]

Have you tried submitting arrangements to Gordon Cherry or Warwick Music for publications?

[Cotboneman]

I will be very interested in purchasing your work myself. It's an excellent arrangement, and the guys I play with can pull it off. I'll bookmark your site. Congratulations!

[AndrewMeronek]

Have you tried submitting arrangements to Gordon Cherry or Warwick Music for publications?

Not in a long while.

Maybe as there are several very kind comments here, it might be worth trying with this arrangement? Still, I'm skeptical. As the saying goes, music is not a meritocracy.