The trumpet repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral or, more commonly, band parts written for the trumpet. Tracings its origins to 1500 BC, the trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.
Among the fairly limited repertoire for the trumpet are the following works:
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—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
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