Today I added the below caption and image to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, first half). The images expands quite a bit if you click on it. The slide grip of both trombonists, you will notice, is awkward (to…
rear-facing trombone
Another Rear-Facing (Over-the-Shoulder) Trombone
I just added the below caption and picture of a rear-facing (or “over-the-shoulder”) trombone to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, first half). I have also added it to the HubPages article, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones throughout History, which features…
More Rear-Facing Trombones
Added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century, first half). I’ll also be adding it to the article Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. 1810-40—Strasbourg, France: An image by artist Boersch Thiébaut (1782-1861) that is…
Rear-facing Buccin
I just added the following image and caption to 19th century timeline (1st half) and to the HubPages article, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History. 1820-39—Rotterdam, Netherlands: A catchpenny print by T.C. Hoffers and A. van Alphen depicting various…
Catchpenny Trombone
I mentioned a catchpenny print in an earlier post, although I didn’t explain the term. Historically, a catchpenny print is an inexpensively-produced image intended for the masses. A number of them contained military characters, including military musicians. Here is another catchpenny…
Dutch Trombonist on Horseback
Added the below image (just the detail) and its caption to the 19th century timeline (first half). I will also be adding it to the HubPages article, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones Throughout History, which already has some 36 visual examples….
Rear-Facing Italian Trombone
Here’s a rear-facing trombone from Italy that I just added to the 19th-century timeline (1st half) and will shortly be adding to the HubPages article, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones throughout History. If visual depictions are any indication at all, rear-facing…
Awkwardly-Rendered Rear-Facing Trombone
I added the below entry and picture to the 19th century timeline (1st half) and to the HubPages article, Backward Advances: Rear-Facing Trombones throughout History. Although rear-facing trombones were common during the 19th century (see the many examples in the…
Paper Trombonists
The popular term paper tiger, indicating something that initially seems threatening but is in reality harmless, does not seem fitting for the trombone in general. If anything, the trombone is musically quite the reverse! There is, however, an interesting collection…
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…