I have added the following entry to the Alto Trombone History Timeline and the Trombone History Timeline (18th century). It involves specific mention of alto trombone in a letter from Leopold Mozart to his son about a work by Michael…
Month: May 2017
The Life of an Early Trombone Painting
Throughout art history, you can occasionally find multiple versions of the same image. Sometimes the versions are from the same artist (e.g., preparatory sketches), sometimes they are by other artists in other media (e.g., from a painting to an engraving),…
Bologna Q 18 in Trombone History
Today I added the following entry to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century) and the Early Trombone Literature List (Trombone with Various Other Ensembles): c. 1502-1506—Bologna, Italy: A collection of music later called Bologna Q 18 is compiled, probably for the use…