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Alto Trombone in Another 19th Century Text
I have added the below caption to the Alto Trombone Timeline, where there are now well over 100 primary sources, and to the Alto in Treatises page. It provides yet another example of the alto trombone as an E-flat instrument in the 19th century. Indeed, the tallies in the Al...
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19C Besson Alto Trombone
I just added the below caption to the Alto Trombone History Timeline. A link is provided to the museum holding, so you can have a look at the alto trombone. The instrument is pitched in E-flat and is clearly not a small-bore tenor trombone.
c. 1879—London, England: Besson’s L...
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Trombone Professor at Florence's Cherubini Conservatory
New to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 2nd half) is the below caption and image. It reflects both the interest in valve trombone and the trend of instrumental innovation in the 19th century.
1860—Florence, Italy: Giovacchino Bimboni (1810-1895) is appointed profe...
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The Trombone and the Casanatense Manuscript
I have now added the below caption about the Casanatense manuscript (also known as the Casanatense Chansonnier or simply Casanatense 2856), to the Trombone History Timeline (15th century).
What is the significance of this manuscript in the history of the trombone? People...
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More trombone depictions by Hans Mielich
There are two paintings by German artist Hans Mielich that are relatively well known by music scholars in general and trombone scholars in particular: Outdoor Feast (see 1549, below) and the artist’s depiction of the Bavarian court orchestra (see 1563-70, below). Those two pain...
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Another 17C Trombone Painting, Possibly an Alto Trombone
Today I added the below painting and caption to both the Trombone History Timeline and the Alto Trombone History Timeline. Among other things, the engraving on the bell is quite detailed (click on image to expand). Notice also that the trumpet, which carries different symboli...
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New and Improved Mielich
Part of what I have been doing recently with the Trombone History Timeline is looking for better versions of what I already have: better documentation, better information, better pictures, etc.
Today I added a higher-quality reproduction of one of the Mielich paintings from t...
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Angel Trombonist After Famous Lippi Painting
Here’s a new angel trombonist image that I added to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century—first half). The source is Gallica, the digital library of the National Library of France. The date of c. 1600 is my best conjecture, since the source provides no dates and I have...
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Renaissance Italy: Trombone in Outdoor Concert
I recently added the below caption and images to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century). I also added it to the collection of images showing the grip of the early trombone. There’s an odd little piece of overpainting on the trombone slide; it looks like the artist may h...
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Cherub Playing Trombone in Italian Renaissance Painting
I added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century) and to the collection, Trombone History: Cherubs Playing the Trombone.
c. 1557—Murano, Italy: Paolo Caliari (also called Veronese) paints The Seven Planetary Gods on the ceiling of the fir...