I am posting these 19th century orchestra seating plans as a blog entry instead of in the Trombone Timeline, mainly for reasons of space. They come from 2 sources. The largest group, 15 seating plans from the year 1844, all of German/Austrian…
Month: November 2016
14 More Baroque Trombone Recordings
I just added the below 14 recordings to the Trombone History Timeline. There’s some very nice music here! Three of the pieces (Picchi, Buonamente, Schmelzer) include two recordings of the same work; it’s always worthwhile to check out what different performers do…
Early Trombone Recordings: A Pair of Duos
Added the below 2 videos to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 1st half, 2nd half). Both recordings are by the excellent Netherlands-based Castello Consort. 1622—Venice, Italy: By this date, P.A. Mariani writes Canzon Per il Deo Gratias, a 2-part work…
Massimiliano Neri: 5 More Trombone Recordings
More recordings of early Baroque music. I recently added the 5 recordings shown below to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half). I also updated the timeline information on the composer, Massimiliano Neri. While I was at it, I discovered…
Three Early Baroque Recordings
I just added three recordings to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 1st half). They feature Ensemble Mousike performing Giovanni Cima’s Sonata a 2 (1610), Musica Fiata performing Giovanni Valentini’s Canzon a 4 (c. 1615), and Lodi Mvsicali Ensemble performing Giovanni…