Trobriand is a music publishing company located in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts. It is principally engaged in the publication and
distribution of the musical works of American composer, William
Perry. Among the major works represented by Trobriand are Perry's
Trumpet Concerto, Summer Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra,
the new Jamestown Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, the
orchestral suite from Life on the Mississippi and the ballet
Wind in the Willows, based on the Broadway stage musical
that starred Nathan Lane.
Trobriand
Music is also the publisher and licensor of the Mark Twain stage
musical now entitled Mister Mark Twain, for which William
Perry wrote the music and lyrics. This piece ran for nine summer
seasons in Elmira, New York and Hartford, Connecticut (1987-1995)
and is the life story of Mark Twain and his family with production
numbers based on various of Twain's works including The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, Roughing It, Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court.
A number of major composers and arrangers have contributed their
talents to the compositions represented in the Trobriand catalogue.
Included among these are William David Brohn, Richard Hayman, Peter
Breiner, Donald Sosin and Robert Nowak.
Trobriand has also commissioned works for important contemporary
soloists. This includes a Trumpet Concerto for Armando
Ghitalla, the Jamestown Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
for Yehuda Hanani, and the Summer Nocturne for flutist
Keith Bryan.
The Company has been affiliated with ASCAP since 1975. Trobriand
publications are represented on a number of record labels including
Opus, Premier, Bridge and Naxos.
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