The Trumpet Shall Sound

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26/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Trumpet Shall Sound

Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians who played over the centuries.

From battlefields to royal occasions, composer Julian Joseph finds out about black classical musicians from the past. From 2007.

The jazz composer and pianist Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.  It's a journey that takes him back 500 years and uncovers trumpet players on the Napoleonic battlefield and 19th-century violin prodigies who entertained royalty.

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First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.

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