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: Typical brass quintet (2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba) plus optional percussion.

: You can find this arrangement and listen to professional recordings by the Emerald Brass Quintet on Albany Records .

“I started to understand that the apparent lightness of the danzón is only like a visiting card for a type of music full of sensuality and qualitative seriousness, a genre which old Mexican people continue to dance with a touch of nostalgia and a jubilant escape towards their own emotional world.”

The original orchestral piece features massive climaxes with screaming trumpets and heavy low brass. In a quintet setting, the five players cannot rely on a string section to rest their chops. A well-constructed PDF layout should provide brief, strategic rests for the players so they have enough endurance left for the frantic, high-energy finale.