Romantic. For solo trumpet and standard 1111-1 wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn). Six players total. Fete Militaire for Cornet and Wind Quintet by Alexandre Sylvain Petit is an arrangement by Jean-Louis Couturier. The music is indicative of the Arban era and features fanfare-like flourishes, arpeggios and scales for the soloist while accompanied by a stylish woodwind quintet.
Petit was a famous cornet and trumpet soloist in France in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Saint-Saens wrote his famous Septet for Trumpet and Strings to feature the brilliance of Petit's playing. - the publisher