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: 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…