A couple of months ago I posted an article on HubPages called Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. It features 29 different images from 7 different countries. Three of the most interesting examples are pre-19th century. In a similar vein,…
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Merry Christmas, Trombones! The History of Trombone and Christmas
Check out this new article highlighting the history of the trombone and Christmas. Lots of interesting stuff, including paintings, videos, and interesting historical tidbits.
17th Century Festival Book—4 More Female Trombonists
Thanks to Bettina Hoffmann, viola da gamba specialist with Modo Antiquo, for bringing my attention to a 17th century German festival book now available online. I already had one of the images, but was able to get a much better…
Maximilian in Color
The famous series of woodcuts entitled The Triumph of Maximilian, executed primarily by artist Hans Burgkmair, includes the trombone in four different plates. The series depicts an imaginary procession of the court of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519), who died before the…
Apropos of Halloween: a trombonist-turned-composer does away with wife
Added this article to HubPages about a man named after the trombone who murders his wife: The Strange Case of a 15th Century Trombonist-Composer-Murderer. I could see this guy’s life being made into a movie. Good Halloween fare for the…
Trombone History: A Soldier I Will Be, Part 2
I’m told that more and more musicians in the job market are turning toward military bands as symphony orchestras struggle in the current financial climate. Interestingly enough, the history of the trombone in military bands actually goes back farther than…
Trombone History: Another Early Rear-Facing Trombone Image
Added the below entry to the article in HubPages called Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, bringing the total number of visual examples to 26. The early examples like the one below are fascinating and deserve to be better known. 1732—Prague,…
Trombone History: Rear-facing Trombone Update
Last week I mentioned that I had posted an article on HubPages, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, which showed 22 visual examples of these fascinating instruments throughout history. Since then I have updated the article by adding 3 more images,…
Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History
Today I published another article on HubPages– Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. It includes 22 pictures, spanning from c.1405 to 1890. The early pictures are a bit of a surprise to some people, as are the time span involved and…
Behind the Barracks at the Theatre Artistique
This afternoon I added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, 2nd half). Yet another image of an over-the-shoulder (or rear-facing) trombone. There is a steady stream of iconography showing these trombones from the late…