Elegie - Jules Massenet

Like many composers, Jules Massenet was happy to make several uses of the same music - especially a tune as good as this! Elegie began life as a piano piece before being incorporated into incidental music for a play (Les Erinnyes) where it's known as 'Invocation', and later a version for cello and orchestra. I don't think, then, that Massenet would mind the present arrangement for trumpet and piano! It's a beautiful melancholic melody and gives trumpet players the opportunity to show their lyrical side. The notes themselves are not hard to master, but it does require a great deal of refinement and control.