Added this article to HubPages about a man named after the trombone who murders his wife: The Strange Case of a 15th Century Trombonist-Composer-Murderer. I could see this guy’s life being made into a movie. Good Halloween fare for the…
Month: October 2010
Trombone History: A Soldier I Will Be, Part 2
I’m told that more and more musicians in the job market are turning toward military bands as symphony orchestras struggle in the current financial climate. Interestingly enough, the history of the trombone in military bands actually goes back farther than…
Trombone History: Another Early Rear-Facing Trombone Image
Added the below entry to the article in HubPages called Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, bringing the total number of visual examples to 26. The early examples like the one below are fascinating and deserve to be better known. 1732—Prague,…
Trombone History: Rear-facing Trombone Update
Last week I mentioned that I had posted an article on HubPages, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, which showed 22 visual examples of these fascinating instruments throughout history. Since then I have updated the article by adding 3 more images,…
List of Standard Trombone Quartets
I published another “hub” on HubPages, this one a list of 40 standard trombone quartets. I put the list together as coordinator of brass chamber music at BYU, but I figured it might be useful to others, so it’s online…
Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History
Today I published another article on HubPages– Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. It includes 22 pictures, spanning from c.1405 to 1890. The early pictures are a bit of a surprise to some people, as are the time span involved and…
Just for Fun: Band Cap with Lamp from 1880
Some time ago I posted a few entertaining images from the 1894 Lyon & Healy music catalog (see also here). Below is another interesting offering, this one from the 1880 catalog. The cap’s miniature kerosene lamp, it explains, burns for up to…
New York Tannhäuser Clip
Added the below clip to the 19th century timeline (first half). Normally I would only provide one clip per piece in the timeline, but hey–it’s Joe Alessi with New York! The trombone soli, by the way, is at 5:24. Enjoy!
Another Milestone–Over 4,000 Visits in September!
After exceeding 2,000 visits for the first time last November (2009), then topping 3,000 in March (2010), the website got more than 4,000 visits for the first time last month. Specifically, there were 4,140 visits from 112 different contries/territories in…
Behind the Barracks at the Theatre Artistique
This afternoon I added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 2nd half). Yet another image of an over-the-shoulder (or rear-facing) trombone. There is a steady stream of iconography showing these trombones from the late…