Abblasen is a trumpet fanfare attributed to

Gottfried Reiche Gottfried Reiche (; 5 February 1667 6 October 1734) was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. Reiche is best known for having been Johann Sebastian Bach's chief trumpeter at Leipzig from Bach's arrival there in 1723 until R ...

. In Haussmann's famous portrait of Reiche, he is seen holding a scrap of paper with two lines of melody written on it. ''Abblasen'' is a reconstruction of what appears to be on the manuscript in Haussmann's painting. There is no way of knowing if Reiche wrote the melody that appears in the painting, or indeed, to confirm that the version of ''Abblasen'' that is played today is an accurate transcription of the manuscript. The piece is usually performed in the key of D, and it spans two octaves of the trumpet's range. A vinyl recording of a version by

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, played on an eight-foot

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, was used as the theme song to the long-running ''

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'' for almost 20 years until CBS opted to switch out the vinyl recording with a clearer digital recording performed by

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...

on a

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. Severinsen's version, which was noticeably not in the Baroque style, was later replaced by a recording by

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...

. In 2021, CBS made "Abblasen" the theme for ''

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'', a retooling of the ''

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'' show airing weekdays and Saturday (as ''

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''), to connect it with the popular ''Sunday Morning'' show. Furthermore, it was used alongside CBS' five note jingle by Antfood. Reiche composed 122 pieces entitled Abblasen-Stücken, but only one survived to the modern day.

References

External links

Musical score and sound files of the "Abblasen"

Did Bach actually compose the famous "Abblasen?"
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