Blog
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Added Trombones: Enjoying the Full Sound Potential
Added the below entry to the 18th Century Trombone History Timeline. I think Mr. Rey may have been on to something.
1799—Paris, France: Jean-Baptiste Rey conducts a revival of Gluck’s Armide. Composer C.H. Plantade, armed with a score of the work, notices that various tromb...
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Google Analytics Tidbits: Sneaking up on 2,000
At the end of every month I get a website report from Google called “Google Analytics.” It details all sorts of things, including how many visits the site had that month, which pages are getting viewed most, which countries people are visiting from, which keywords people are usin...
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Trombone History: Mini-Bibliography
Where to start? Writing a trombone history paper and want to know where to begin? Below is a condensed bibliography listing some good introductory sources. The first category contains books on trombone (or brass in general), while the second contains a sampling of sources that ar...
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Happy Halloween!
I don’t have any trombone history entries or images on Halloween, per se, but this depiction of a carnival procession from 1589 includes a trombone and involves some fairly elaborate costumes. The image, by artist Nicolas von Riedt, is titled Fastnachtszug and originates from...
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Trombone Image: 19th Century Parisian Orchestra
Added the following image and entry to the 19th Century Trombone History Timeline (2nd half):\
c. 1883—Paris, France: Jean Beraud’s painting, The Box by the Stalls, offers a view, through a patron’s box seat, of a Parisian orchestra. Included is a clear depiction of a trom...
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Trombone History: More 18C Timeline Updates
Added the final entries from Stewart Carter’s “Trombone Obbligatos in Viennese Oratorios of the Baroque” to the 18th Century Timeline. In contrast to those of the earlier post, these entries don’t involve alto trombone.
1704—Vienna, Austria: Marc’ Antonio Ziani’s aria, “Q...
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Trombone History Timeline Updates
Added the following entries, primarily to the 18th Century Timeline, from info contained in Stewart Carter’s excellent article, “Trombone Obbligatos in Viennese Oratorios of the Baroque” (Historic Brass Society Journal, 1990). I also added the entries to the Alto Trombone Hi...
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College Professor Among Best Jobs in America
I was a little surprised to see College Professor listed as #3 in Money Magazine’s “50 Best Jobs in America” (Nov 2009). I love my job, but I have never really seen it as one of those high-paying or “trendy” careers that often fill these kinds of lists. The rankings are based o...
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Learning the Alto Trombone
I added a new page, Learning the Alto Trombone. Drawn from my own playing experience, research, and 10 years of full-time college teaching, it offers a few suggestions for learning the alto trombone.
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Note from Adam Woolf, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
I got a nice note about the site from Adam Woolf, alto and tenor sackbut player in His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts and a number of other prominent early music ensembles. He is currently working on a sackbut tutor, the first of its kind. Please check out his excellent website–...
