I just added two new paintings to the Trombone History Timeline. They are shown below, along with their captions. I have also added them to the post, Pick That Thing Up and Play! 11 Trombone Paintings from 17th-Century Flanders (which…
Month: May 2012
Will Kimball Recordings
Collage: A Diverse Collection of Works for Trombone (Will Kimball, trombone & Timothy Smith, piano) •Gershwin, Three Preludes (arr. Kimball) •Bloch, Symphony for Trombone •Faure, “Pie Jesu” from Requiem (arr. Kimball) •L. Mozart, Concerto for Alto Trombone •Plog, Trombone Quartet…
Better Cherub Image, Plus 2 Additional Views
I recently found a clear color image of the trombone-playing cherub in Milan’s San Simpliciano. I have replaced the old, blurry, black and white image in the Trombone History Timeline (16th century) and in the HubPages article, Trombone History: Cherubs…
Website Cited in Two Books
I mentioned some time ago that this website had been cited in the Historic Brass Society Journal. I was excited to see more recently that the Trombone History Timeline was cited several times in the 2nd edition of Carter and Kite-Powell’s…
Six New Serpent and Ophicleide Images
I’ve added 6 new serpent and ophicleide images to the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images, bringing the total images in that post to more than 100. Here are the new pictures, along with their captions: 1673—Rome, Italy:…