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Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images

July 15, 2010October 24, 2019 wkimball 16 Comments
Just for Fun, Serpent & Ophicleide, Trombone History, Trombone Images

I recently came across two humorous ophicleide images from 19th century France (1847 and 1862, below) while doing some trombone history research. The ophicleide, by the way, is a fellow low brass instrument—a 19th century invention that is considered a…

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Melody for 200 Trombones: Caricatures by J.J. Grandville

July 1, 2010 wkimball
Serpent & Ophicleide, Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

I recently added some images by J. J. Grandville (1803-1847; original name: Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard), a famous French caricaturist who frequently portrays musical subjects, to the 19th century timeline (1st half). The four Grandville images that include trombone, shown below, represent…

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2 French Rear-facing Trombones

June 30, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Added the following 2 entries to the Trombone History Timeline: 19th century (first half). Iconography seems to suggest that the rear-facing trombone was quite common in the early 19th century. It’s noteworthy, also, that they’re both depictions of dances (see…

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Trombone and the Dance, Part II

June 7, 2010 wkimball 1 Comment
Trombone History, Trombone Images

Last week I posted Early Trombone and the Dance, focusing on the dance role of the alta capella, of which the trombone was a regular member. This follow-up post deals with the trombone and dance in more recent trombone history. Once…

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Headed Backward: Historical Images of Rear-Facing Trombones

April 7, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

I have recently added three more images to the Trombone History Timeline that feature rear-facing trombones. These trombones have sometimes been called over-the-shoulder instruments, a term that works for other brass instruments but is somewhat lacking for trombones: aren’t all…

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Trombone History: A Soldier I Will Be

April 1, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Recently added quite a few images to the trombone history timeline (19th century–1st half, 19th century–2nd half, 20th century) related to the trombone in the military. Here they are, below, along with their captions. As always, for sources, see the…

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Quirky Images: Trombone and Worms

March 31, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

It’s not what you think. Jules Worms was a French artist who lived from 1832 to 1914. Both of the below images by him were recently added to the 19th century timeline (2nd half), and both are a bit quirky:…

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Trombone History: First Non-Italian Depiction of Trombone

March 30, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Added the following to the 16th century timeline, possibly the first non-Italian depiction of the trombone. Below the first two images and caption I’m also adding here an image I didn’t include in the timeline–I wider shot that includes the…

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Trombonist-Panhandler in 19th Century France

March 20, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Added the below image and caption to the 19th century timeline (2nd half). It is not known whether the trombonist fared any better than Joshua Bell did recently in the NY subway, or whether the “poor dog” is in reference…

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Trombone History: Au Conservatoire

March 4, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Added the below image, a depiction of the trombone studio of the Paris Conservatoire in 1886, to the 19th Century timeline (2nd half). The image, originally from the French periodical L’Illustration, is a drawing by Paul Renouard titled Au conservatoire:…

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