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Written by Avishai Kallai
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Always at the forefront of historical trombone
research on the Internet, the British Trombone Society has the latest
in Avishai Kallai's findings on the earliest use of the trombone in a
symphony. In Revert to Eggert,
he delves into the frozen past of the trombone in Stockholm and
uncovers what may now well be considered the first use of the trombone
in a symphony before Beethoven.
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Written by Howard Weiner
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Recently in Toronto, Canada, to give a paper at the Toronto 2000: Musical Intersections conference, Howard Weiner, freelance trombonist in Freiburg, Germany, selected the title The Soprano Trombone Swindle,
in which he uncovers a decidedly fraudulent misrepresentation of the
history of the soprano trombone and its music, which persists until
today, and seeks to track down the instrument's real past.
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Written by Anthony Parsons
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A renowned figure on the London orchestral scene,
Alfred Flaszynski made a meteoric rise to fame in the most well-known
of British orchestras immediately after the Second World War. Anthony
Parsons, ex-Principal Trombone of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, profiles
the man who was Principal Trombone in the BBC SO before Tony took over
after his retirement in 1981.
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Written by Dr Trevor Herbert
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Sam Hughes was the last ophicleide player in the
United Kingdom. The ophicleide was gradually replaced in the last
century by the euphonium. In this article, Dr Trevor Herbert, Staff
Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open University in Wales,
looks at the life and work of this great virtuoso of a long-forgotten
instrument.
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Written by Dr Trevor Herbert
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Eleven years ago a collection of original
hand-written brass band music was discovered in an attic in Merthyr
Tydfil. This was the library of the virtuoso Cyfarthfa Band, founded in
1838 by iron magnate Robert Thompson Crawshay, and famous for winning
the second day of the first ever Crystal Palace Championships in 1860.
Dr Trevor Herbert, Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open
University in Wales, delves into the history of this amazing ensemble
and its music.
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