I just added the following post to the Alto Trombone History Timeline and the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half). 1674—Lübeck, Germany: St. Mary’s, employer of the influential organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude, purchases two diskant Posaunen. This name (diskant Posaune)…
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Quantz a Trombonist?
J. J. Quantz is known as a composer, flautist, and author of a famous treatise on playing the flute. I’ve been hearing his name for years because my wife is a flute player. However, Quantz trained as a Kunstpfeifer (town…
17th Century Spanish Trombonist Who “Ruined” Others
Just added the below caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th Century: 1626-1650) and my previous post, Early Trombone in Seville, Spain. 1636—Seville, Spain: Organist, composer, and theorist Francisco Correa de Arauxo makes the following comment in his treatise, Facultad orgánica,…
Early Trombone in Seville, Spain
A couple of my recent updates/posts have focused on early trombone activity in “New Spain.” This post centers instead on early trombone activity in an important city in Old Spain. The post combines some new entries with several entries that were…
More Trombone in Colonial Latin America
Added the below caption to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century) and the article, Trombone History in Latin America. Ubaque looks like a beautiful mountain village, by the way! 1759—Ubaque, Colombia: Ubaque valley churches possess large ensembles of European…
Trombone in Baroque Latin America
New entry today in the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half) and in the article, Trombone History in Latin America, 1500-1750. Enjoy! c. 1690—Puebla, Mexico: Composer Miguel Matheo de Dallo y Lana, chapelmaster of the Puebla Cathedral, composes…
Trombone in 18C Rome
Today I added the below post to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century). 1708—Rome, Italy: Musicians are among those responsible for paying a special tax, sometimes called the “1708 Grand Taxation,” to raise funds to fight the imperial army,…
Nuns Playing Trombone in 16C Italy
I just added this caption to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century) and to the HubPages article, Women in Trombone History, 1500-1900. 1584—Bologna, Italy: Ascanio Trombetti, master wind player of San Petronio and the ensemble Concerto Palatino, also serves…
Angel-Trombonist in Austrian Church
The below painting and caption have been added to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century). I have also included it in the collection, Angel Trombonists throughout History (bringing the total to 106 images) and plotted it on the Interactive Map…
Should You Tip Your Trombonist?
I added this entry to the Trombone History Timeline (15th century). Should you tip your trombonist? Apparently in the 15th century they did! 1461—Milan, Italy: Records show that Florentine ambassadors visiting Milan pay tips to eight “trombetti dello Illustrissimo Duca di Milano”…