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…
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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…
Trombone History: 17th Century Ensemble
Added the image below to the 17th Century (first half) timeline. Seems like the trombone’s always in the back…(see also here). 1600s—Italy: An anonymous Italian painting portrays an instrumental ensemble with diverse dress and a mixed grouping of winds, strings,…
Trombone History: 17th Century Timeline
I finally had to break up the 17th century of the Trombone History Timeline into 2 parts, first half and second half, because it was getting too big. I also added in some of the images that I had included…
Trombone History: 18th Century Image
Found a really striking painting today by Felice Torelli and posted it in the 18th Century Trombone History Timeline. I have not seen this painting in any of the standard trombone or brass sources. As I note in an earlier…
Trombone History: Two 17th Century Images
Below are two new 17th century images, one a painting and the other a print. The painting, shown here only in a detail of one portion of the work, has been attributed to Sebastian Vranckx and Jan Brueghel the Younger…
Trombone History: Trombone in Peruvian Procession
After a lot of searching, I found a much better reproduction of the Peruvian painting shown below (public domain; Wuffarden pl. 14). The trombonist is on the far left in the larger image. In this reproduction you can see the…