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Circus Musicians: At Least They Have a Gig!
I recently added a painting, Fernand Pelez’s Grimaces and Misery, to the 19th century timeline (2nd half). Dating from 1888, it is an exact contemporary of Georges Seurat’s Parade de cirque (which I’ve also included below). Although there are obvious stylistic differences,...
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Bethlehem Moravians in Trombone History
The influence of the Moravians on the history of the trombone has been widely documented. For entries in the timeline, for example, see 1754, 1760, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1781, 1783, 1822, 1874, 1903, and 1944. More entries will undoubtedly be forthcoming a...
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Trombone History: Waits Images
Added the below image to the 19th Century Timeline (2nd half). There are a couple of other images related to waits in the timeline—they’re also included below, along with their captions. Waits were evidently taken more seriously in the tradition’s early centuries. Several other...
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Trombone Iconography: Young Trombonists in Five Montserrat Paintings
In my search for images for the Trombone History Timeline I’ve come across some pretty interesting little trends and groupings—trombones in altarpieces, trombones on organ cases, angel-trombonists, trombones in Antwerp, early rear-facing trombones, early female tromb...
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Trombone History: The Trombone and Altarpieces
I recently added the below altarpiece to the 16th century timeline. The religious significance of the early trombone is actually reflected in several altarpieces from the 16th and early 17th centuries; I’ve included 5 others in this blog post, all of them currently shown in...
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Trombone History: A "Grand Trombone Solo" in New Orleans
Added the following to the 19th century timeline (1st half) about a solo performance by Felippe Cioffi. Cioffi, who is mentioned numerous times in the 19th century timeline, was a remarkable trombone soloist who spent his career in New York, New Orleans, and London.
St. Cha...
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CD Cover Art
Just noticed today that the cover jacket for Christian Lindberg’s new CD, The Baroque Trombone, released last September, uses one of the images included in the Trombone History Timeline. The image, shown below, was added to the 17th century timeline in October 2008. I came...
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Valve Trombone Image
Added the below image and caption to the 20th Century Timeline. The artist spent the bulk of his career in Paris, so the depiction is as likely to be a French trombonist as a Spanish one.
c. 1901—Spanish artist and writer Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (1861-1930) draws a series...
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Out of Doors: Two Late 19th-Century German Paintings
Recently added 2 paintings by German artist Wilhelm Carl August Zimmer to the 19th Century Timeline (2nd half). Dating from the end of the century, they both depict trombone performing in outdoor settings. Outdoor settings seem to become more and more common in visual depiction...
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Earliest Depiction of Black Trombonist?
Today I added a color version of the below image, along with a nice detail of the musicians, to the 16th century timeline. An apt example of the trombone in the wind band tradition (alta ensemble, waits, pifferi, Stadtpfeifer), it is one of only a small handful of trombone...
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