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17th Century Festival Book—4 More Female Trombonists
Full view of trombones and cornetts in procession
Full view of pageant wagon
Thanks to Bettina Hoffmann, viola da gamba specialist with Modo Antiquo, for bringing my attention to a 17th century German festival book now available online. I already had one of the images...
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Charlie Brown Christmas Session: Mimic This Actor
I just read an interesting firsthand account about the creation of the popular “Charlie Brown Christmas,” an animated feature that aired for the first time in 1965. Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz, the film uses trombone in place of all adult voices. Accord...
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Maximilian in Color
The famous series of woodcuts entitled The Triumph of Maximilian, executed primarily by artist Hans Burgkmair, includes the trombone in four different plates. The series depicts an imaginary procession of the court of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519), who died before the proj...
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Eat Your Fruit and Veggies, Just Like Mom Said!
A new article on HubPages, summarizing some recent medical research: Diet and Breathing: Trio of Medical Studies.
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Apropos of Halloween: a trombonist-turned-composer does away with wife
Added this article to HubPages about a man named after the trombone who murders his wife: The Strange Case of a 15th Century Trombonist-Composer-Murderer. I could see this guy’s life being made into a movie. Good Halloween fare for the trombonist!
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Trombone History: A Soldier I Will Be, Part 2
I’m told that more and more musicians in the job market are turning toward military bands as symphony orchestras struggle in the current financial climate. Interestingly enough, the history of the trombone in military bands actually goes back farther than it does in the tradition...
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Trombone History: Another Early Rear-Facing Trombone Image
Added the below entry to the article in HubPages called Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, bringing the total number of visual examples to 26. The early examples like the one below are fascinating and deserve to be better known.
1732—Prague, Czech Re...
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Trombone History: Rear-facing Trombone Update
Last week I mentioned that I had posted an article on HubPages, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, which showed 22 visual examples of these fascinating instruments throughout history. Since then I have updated the article by adding 3 more images, 2 of...
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List of Standard Trombone Quartets
I published another “hub” on HubPages, this one a list of 40 standard trombone quartets. I put the list together as coordinator of brass chamber music at BYU, but I figured it might be useful to others, so it’s online now. I’m increasingly using HubPages for content, by the...
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Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History
Today I published another article on HubPages– Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. It includes 22 pictures, spanning from c.1405 to 1890. The early pictures are a bit of a surprise to some people, as are the time span involved and the sheer number of...
