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Another French Serpent Painting
I just added the below entry and painting to the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images. There are now close to 70 serpent and ophicleide images in that post!
19th century—France: An anonymous painting, now held in Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerra...
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Pick That Thing Up and Play! 23 Trombone Paintings from the 17th Century Low Countries
The Trombone History Timeline features 23 paintings from the Low Countries within the short span of approximately 35 years (1606-c. 1640) that include trombone. They are similar and noteworthy in several respects. Several of the artists, most notably Rubens and Brueghel, are ver...
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3 Trombones in Early 17th Century Salzburg Fresco
I just added the upper image and entry to the 17th Century Timeline (1st half). It is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. 1) Although there are numerous frescoes that feature the trombone (for starters, browse the Trombone History Timeline), very few of them include this many...
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3 Views of Renaissance Trombone Painting by Frei Carlos
I recently came across Assumption of the Virgin, the painting from which Musical Angels, a relatively common detail of the Frei Carlos painting, is extracted (see 16th century trombone history timeline).
The full painting (the bottom image, below) can be purchased from S...
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Trombone History: Two More Early Procession Prints
I just added two more festival book images to the 17th century timeline (1st half). They could really be included in the previous century, since they are documenting an event from 1596, but I included them in the 17th because that’s when the record was actually published. I had...
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Artist Jim Flora's Magnificent Trombones
Artist Jim Flora (1914-98) created many famous jazz images, including numerous album covers for Columbia Records in the 1940s and 50s. Below are four terrific trombone images that his estate has graciously allowed me to add to the Trombone History Timeline (20th Century). Each...
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Perching on the Pipes: Another Trombone and Organ Image
Just over a year ago I compiled a set of numerous images from the Trombone History Timeline of angels playing trombones atop organ pipes. You can see that post here. One of the common factors of those depictions is that they are all from Germany. I have just added another tro...
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The Faintest Hint of a Trombone
The faintest hint of a trombone (not a phrase you often hear) can be seen in the below painting I just added to the 17th century timeline (2nd half). A barely-visible angel playing trombone is found in the middle of the below detail, just below center. Possibly by Antonio Palom...
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Polyhymnia, Muse of Trombone?
Earlier today I added a second image of Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry and hymns, to the 16th century timeline. The new one, shown below on the right, is an anonymous image held in the Louvre, but it is almost an exact mirror image (minus the wings and a few details) of the...
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Photo of Sousa with Trombone Soloist
I just added the below photograph and caption to the 19th century timeline (2nd half). The photo does not identify the trombonist, although it is well known that Arthur Pryor was a frequent soloist with Sousa, so Pryor is definitely a possibility. As a side note, it is also int...