Today I added the below caption to the Alto Trombone Timeline, bringing the total number of primary sources for the timeline to 90. Noteworthy is the fact that the author clearly states that the alto trombone is pitched in F,…
Alto Trombone
Dodworth's Brass Band School: Another Alto Source
I just added the caption and diagram below to the Alto Trombone Timeline and the Alto in Treatises page. Another alto trombone primary source. Notice that the alto trombone is not merely a tenor trombone with an extra-small mouthpiece, but…
Trombone Family in 18th Century Dictionary
I just added the caption below to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century) and the Alto Trombone Timeline. This brings the number of primary sources for the Alto Trombone Timeline to 89. I’ll be adding several more soon. The reader will…
New Primary Source from 19th Century Germany
I recently added a new source to both the Alto Trombone Timeline and Alto in Treatises pages. I believe that brings the total number of alto trombone primary sources to 88, as you can see in the Alto Trombone History…
85 Primary Sources: Alto Trombone Timeline
I recently added the below prefatory note about sources to the beginning of the Alto Trombone Timeline. __________ A note on sources: In historical research, primary sources are gold. Why? Because they bring readers closer to actual documented facts…
Alto Trombone History: Two Early References
I recently added the two entries below to the Alto Trombone Timeline. They are especially noteworthy because of their early date. For other information on the alto trombone, see Extant Altos, which shows that fully a quarter of the existing…
Alto Trombone in 19th Century Trade Catalogs
I recently made a little trip to University of California-Santa Barbara to have a look at their trade catalog holdings. Their Romaine Trade Catalog Collection, which includes more that 40,000 items, is one of the largest such collections in the…
Beautiful Alto Trombone Playing
Really beautiful alto trombone playing! Added the following two clips to the 18th Century Timeline of Michael Mulcahy’s solo premiere with the Chicago Symphony, playing Leopold Mozart’s Concerto. Mulcahy’s alto playing encompasses many of the best elements writers have historically…
Moravian Trombone Ensembles
Just finished adding numerous entries on the Moravian use of trombones from Stewart Carter’s excellent “Trombone Ensembles of the Moravian Brethren in America” (in Brass Scholarship in Review, 1999). The entries can be found in the 18th century, 19th century…
Anechoic Recordings: A Different Kind of Chamber Music
Over the past several weeks I’ve been assisting a colleague, Dr. Timothy Leishman, BYU Professor of Acoustics, to complete a series of anechoic chamber recordings. The recordings are for a grant from the Institute for Scientific Research in Music and…