Sokol Fanfare, from "Sinfonietta" - Leoš Janáček

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Sokol Fanfare was originally one of a few different fanfares Janáček composed for the Sokol Slet (loosely translated as “Falcon Festival”), a gymnastic meet first created in Prague in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. The event, which continues to this day, was based upon the principle of "a strong mind in a sound body.” Today, the Fanfare is better known as the first movement of Janáček’s Sinfonietta for Orchestra. The original fanfare was written for nine trumpets in C, two bass trumpets, two tenor trombones in B-flat, and Timpani.
This version has been edited with American instrumentation in mind, replacing the C Trumpets with B-flat trumpets, and re-orchestrating the bass trumpet parts into the horn and low brass parts. Additionally, the meter has been altered to better represent the overall phrasing of the work. The original intent of the music, however, has not been destroyed: All the notes and rhythms remain the same as Janáček wrote them.
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) was born in Moravia (present-day Czech Republic) in 1854. Janáček was inspired by Czech, Slavic, and Moravian folk music, and from these roots he created his musical style, which featured derived melodic lines and complex modal harmonies. He is now regarded in the same rank with fellow countrymen Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák, and is considered one of the most substantial and original opera composers of the 20th century.