Here is a wonderful cornet solo from Herman Bellstedt. The music is full of character, containing an opening cadenza, exciting polka, and brilliant finale.

The cornet solo extends to a concert Bb above the staff, and the triple tonguing and dexterity required makes this a challenging piece for intermediate or advanced trumpeters.

This individual solo has been extracted from a full album of Bellstedt’s cornet solos, which can be found by clicking here. Take a look at some sample pages to the left and then click above for an immediate PDF download, or check out the entire album at a great deal at the link above.