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18th Century: A Dozen More Recordings
I just added these recordings to the Trombone History Timeline (18th Century). Some of them I also added to the Alto Trombone Timeline. Several of these pieces are absolutely striking, and we should probably know them better as trombonists. The album by Ensemble La Fontaine,...
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How Does that Work?
Added this image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half). Interesting extra bit of tubing; sometimes you just do what’s necessary to make it work!
c. 1700—Passau, Germany: A putto decorating the interior of St. Michael’s church holds the trom...
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Trombone with Ribbons
Added to Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 1826-1850), and to the blog post, Trombone and the Dance.
Mid-1800s—A trombonist with decorative ribbons on his slide helps provide music for a maypole dance in an anonymous print from the mid 19th century (see below ima...
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Aggressive Trombonist
Added this image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 1826-1850). You can also find it in the Serpent & Ophicleide iconography pages.
1848—London, England: A cartoon published in Punch magazine includes an aggressive trombonist among members of...
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Early 20C Trombone Quartet Picture
Added the below image to the Trombone History Timeline (20th century) and to the Alto Trombone History Timeline.
c. 1904-08—United States: A postcard shows a trombone quartet with several different sizes of trombones (see below image; public domain) (source: TempoSen...
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A Different Kind of Brass Quintet
I added this image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century).
1540-50—Italy: Concertino di gentiluomini, an oil painting by Girolamo Romanino (c. 1485-c. 1566), features 4 trombones and a cornetto (see below image; public domain) (Galleria Michelange...
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Alto Trombones in 1901 Catalogue
I just added these pictures and their caption to the Alto Trombone Timeline. For a list of somewhat earlier trade catalogues I have collected, see Alto Trombone in 19th Century Trade Catalogs.
1901—Chicago, Illinois: Lyon & Healy, a prominent American manufacturer and d...
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Pair of Ophicleide Images
Today I added the 2 images below to the page Serpent & Ophicleide Images: 1600-1850. Enjoy!
c. 1830—France: Jeune musician a l’ophicleide, an anonymous painting, shows a young French musician with ophicleide in the uniform of the Garde nationale (see below image; publi...
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Trombone Left on 17th Century Balcony
Today I added the below painting and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 1601-1625).
1610s—Ravenna, Italy: Carlo Bononi’s painting, Convito di Assuero, includes a trombone among a group of musicians in a loft (see upper left of below image; public domai...
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Zoomorphic trombonist playing zoomorphic trombone
I recently added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 2nd half).
c. 1875—Barcelona, Spain: Colección de Monos Filarmónicos, a satirical woodcut by Llorens Printing, depicts monkeys playing a variety of musical instruments, includin...