Abblasen

In Haussmann's famous portrait of Reiche, he is seen holding a scrap of paper with two lines of melody written on it.

There is no way of knowing if Reiche wrote the melody that appears in the painting, or indeed, to confirm that the version of Abblasen that is played today is an accurate transcription of the manuscript.

A vinyl recording of a version by Don Smithers, played on an eight-foot baroque trumpet, was used as the theme song to the long-running CBS News Sunday Morning for almost 20 years until CBS opted to switch out the vinyl recording with a clearer digital recording performed by Doc Severinsen on a piccolo trumpet.

Severinsen's version, which was noticeably not in the Baroque style, was later replaced by a recording by Wynton Marsalis.

Reiche composed 122 pieces entitled Abblasen-Stücken, but only one survived to the modern day.