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Trombone Underfoot: A Possible 17th-Century Alto Trombone Image
Added the below images and caption to the Alto Trombone Timeline. It’s quite a beautiful painting. The other instruments “underfoot” are a shawm and a recorder. The trombone appears to be an alto, given its size relative to the things around it (the instruments, most importantl...
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Trombone History: More Trombone Angels
Added the below drawing and caption to the Trombone History 16th Century Timeline. I was only able to add the detail of the trombone, not the full image, because of some technical problems (I don’t think WordPress likes how big these pages are getting; I may have to start split...
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Trombone History: Pity and Donations
Added the following image and its caption to the 19th Century Trombone History Timeline (2nd half). There are two things that are interesting about the print, in my opinion. The first is that the instrument is a rear-facing trombone, which, it turns out, is surprisingly common...
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Update to Alto in Treatises Page: Summary of Alto Trombone Keys
Made the following update to the Alto in Treatises page, giving a summary of specific keys that writers have historically assigned to the alto trombone. For more on alto trombone keys, see also the Extant Altos page, which lists alto trombones manufactured before 1800, along...
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Update to Alto in Treatises Page
Made the below update about Seyfried’s edition of Albrechtsberger’s treatise to the Alto in Treatises page. This is a significant piece of the puzzle in the history of the alto trombone because 1) the original Albrechtsberger treatise does not provide enough information to d...
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Inspiring Playing: James Morrison, Trombone & Trumpet
Some pretty amazing playing:
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Trombone History: More Trombone Iconography
Added the below image and info to the 16th Century Trombone History Timeline. The artist, Cornelis Court, was well known for making engravings that were copies of pre-existing artworks. In this case, the engraving is after a work by Flemish Renaissance artist Frans Floris. The...
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Site Cited in Historic Brass Society Journal
I was browsing through the latest issue of the Historic Brass Society Journal yesterday and was happy to come across the below reference in “Correspondence” by Stanford professor Herbert W. Myers. The context of the citation was a discussion of trombone iconography (the way the...
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Trombone History: More Trombone Angels
Added the following entry to the 18th Century Trombone History Timeline about an anonymous depiction of an angel-trombonist among other angel-musicians. With the painting mentioned in the last post, it would appear to be rare historically, being one of only a few paintings ou...
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Trombone History: Trombone Among the Angels
A few months ago I added the following painting and entry to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century):
1704—Tönning, Germany: A painted ceiling by Barthold Conrath at the Church of St. Lawrence depicts a group of angels playing wind instruments and percussion, including...
