Edward Tarr

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Edward H. Tarr (b. June 15, 1936) is an American trumpet player and musicologist. He has been a pioneer in the revival of Baroque and Romantic era trumpet performance practice.

Among his accomplishments is a complete edition of the trumpet works of the Bolognese Baroque Italian composer Giuseppe Torelli. His performance repertory includes Baroque, Classical era and modern works; Mauricio Kagel dedicated works to him in 1971, including Morceau de concours, for trumpeter and electronic tape. He was a student of Roger Voisin, principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Adolph Herseth, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

He was director of the Trumpet Museum in Bad Säckingen, Germany from 1985 to 2004, taught modern and Baroque trumpet at the Basel Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland (with Schola Cantorum Basiliensis) from 1972 to 2001 and is presently teaching Baroque trumpet in the superior conservatories (Musikhochschulen) of Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, and Lucerne.