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Bone in the Clouds: Another Baroque Angel-Trombonist

April 7, 2011 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Today I added another image to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, first half)—yet another angel-trombonist. I’ll also be adding it to the HubPages article, Angel-Trombonists Throughout History. Below is the drawing, along with the timeline caption. The artist is…

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How Do You Hold This Thing? Trombone Grip in Iconography

August 2, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Added another article to HubPages, How to Hold a Sackbut: The Grip of the Trombone in Pictures. The way the early trombone was held has performance implications, including where first position was, what key the instrument was in, etc. Check out the…

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Two More on Paper: Sketches for St. Cecilia Trombone Images

July 13, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

About a month ago I posted Canvas, Paper, Silver, and Glass: St. Cecilia Trombone Image in Many Forms, tracing the life of an image originally conceived as a painting through several artistic media. Since then I have located two sketches…

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Euterpe, Greek Muse of Music, Playing with a Trombonist?

June 23, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Last week I posted on an image by Peter de Witte (Peter Candid) that can be found on an impressive array of media: canvas, paper, silver, and glass. While I was researching that image, I found another by the same…

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The Evolution of a Trombone Painting

June 12, 2010 wkimball
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Several weeks ago I blogged about a red chalk drawing by an artist named Il Volterrano (also known variously as Baldassare Franceschini and Franceschini Baldassare detto Volterrano). The image, a preparatory drawing for a 17th-century Florentine fresco, features trombone prominently among two other…

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Crossing Your Legs While You Play: A 17th Century Trombone Drawing

April 24, 2010 wkimball 3 Comments
Trombone History, Trombone Images, Updates

Heard you should never cross your legs while you play? Well, this 17th century angel-trombonist, recently added to the Trombone History Timeline, must not have been there for the band director’s lecture. c. 1642—Florence, Italy: Il Volterrano (also known variously…

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