Ken Shifrin: The Alto Trombone in the Orchestra: 1800-2000

Music Examples

The printed edition of this thesis includes printed music examples. The following is a listing of the examples used.

Introduction

  • Ex. I.1 Franz Beck, Sinfonie in Es Dur, third movement: Funèbre; bars 1-30
  • Ex. I.2 Eggert, Symphony in Eb Major, opening, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. I.3 Eggert, Symphony in Eb Major, 'Fugue' from rehearsal [69], Edition Bertil von Boehr: The Symphony in Sweden

Chapter 1

  • Ex. 1.1 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Finale; bars 1-16
  • Ex. 1.2 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Finale; bars 107-131
  • Ex. 1.3 Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, Finale; bars 52-56
  • Ex. 1.4 Beethoven, opening of Presto from Overture to Fidelio (Gevaert, Cours Méthodique d'Orchestration)
  • Ex. 1.5 Beethoven, 'Choral Symphony', fourth movement, allegro energico sempre ben marcato; bars 1-76
  • Ex. 1.6 Beethoven, Drei Equali, movements ii and iii in full
  • Ex. 1.7 Weber, Freischütz, Act II, Finale (pianissimo entry of trombones); bars 1-13
  • Ex. 1.8 Weber, Euryanthe, Act III, No. 23, scene v; bars 108-112
  • Ex. 1.9 Weber, Freischütz Ouvertüre; bars 196-200
  • Ex. 1.10 Weber, Euryanthe, Finale to Act III, No. 23, scene vii; bars 51-59 11
  • Ex. 1.11 Weber, Euryanthe, Act II, Finale, con tutto fuoco ed energia; bars 30-33 11
  • Ex. 1.12 Weber, Euryanthe Ouvertüre; bars 1-9
  • Ex. 1.12a Hypothetical Beethoven version of above example; bars 1-8.
  • Ex. 1.13 Weber, Overture to Oberon; bars 211-214
  • Ex. 1.14 Weber, Freischütz Ouvertüre, molto vivace; bars 170-174 12
  • Ex. 1.15 Schubert, C Major Symphony, first movement; bars 29-49
  • Ex. 1.16 Schubert, C Major Symphony, first movement; bars 102-109
  • Ex. 1.17 Schubert, C Major Symphony, first movement; bars 195-222
  • Ex. 1.18 Schubert, C Major Symphony, first movement; bars 319-332
  • Ex. 1.19 Schubert, C Major Symphony, first movement; bars 304-318
  • Ex. 1.20 Schubert, C Major Symphony, second movement; bars 144-146
  • Ex. 1.21 Schubert, C Major Symphony, second movement; bars 320-330
  • Ex. 1.22 Schubert, C Major Symphony, Trio; bars 335-361
  • Ex. 1.23 Schubert, Mass in Ab Major: Gloria (first version); bars 422-434
  • Ex. 1.24 Schubert, C Major Symphony, erste Abschriftstimme: alto trombone
  • Ex. 1.25 Schubert, C Major Symphony, erste Abschriftstimme: tenor trombone
  • Ex. 1.26 Mendelssohn, Overture in C Major; bars 1-11
  • Ex. 1.27 Mendelssohn, Symphony in D Minor; bars 1-18
  • Ex. 1.28 Mendelssohn, Symphony in D Minor; conclusion, extracts for the alto trombone; bars 63-68; 87-92; 141-163; 229-239; 246-253; 306-326
  • Ex. 1.29 Mendelssohn, Overture 'Ruy Blas'; alto trombone; bars 97-100 23
  • Ex. 1.30 Mendelssohn, 'Hymn of Praise'; bars 1-3 as embellished by Queisser 24
  • Ex. 1.31 Mendelssohn, 'Hymn of Praise', opening; bars 1-15
  • Ex. 1.32 Mendelssohn, 'Hymn of Praise', No. 2, Allegro moderato maestoso, alto trombone; bars 5-8
  • Ex. 1.33 Mendelssohn, 'Hymn of Praise', No. 2; bars 128-132
  • Ex. 1.34 Mendelssohn, 'Hymn of Praise', No. 7; bars 25-32
  • Ex. 1.35 Schumann, Symphony No. 3, fourth movement; bars 1-8; 18-23; 30-54
  • Ex. 1.36 Schumann, Symphony No. 4, Romanza; bars 393-396
  • Ex. 1.37 Schumann, Symphony No. 4, fourth movement; bars 3-6
  • Ex. 1.38 Schumann, Symphony No. 4, first movement; bars 177-194
  • Ex. 1.39 Schumann, Symphony No. 4, fourth movement; bars 79-82

Chapter 2

  • Ex. 2.1 Berlioz, Roméo et Juliet, first trombone part from Fête chez Capulet, composed in 1839; bars 240-256
  • Ex. 2.2 Berlioz, Te Deum, 'Judex Crederis; bars 155-157; 205-208. Transcript of autograph score by Ian Rumbold
  • Ex. 2.3 Berlioz: Oraison Funèbre, tenor trombone solo, complete
  • Ex. 2.4 Halévy: Guido et Ginévra (1838) Act II, No. 7, soprano trombone à piston en fa, first printed edition (Schlesinger)
  • Ex. 2.5 Halévy: Guido et Ginévra (1838) Act III, No. 14, solo for soprano trombone à pistons en Mib, autograph score
  • Ex. 2.5a Halévy: Guido et Ginévra (1838) Act III, No. 14, solo for soprano tromboneà piston en Mib, autograph score; inset of first page of Ex. 2.5
  • Ex. 2.6 Halévy: Guido et Ginévra (1838) Act III, No. 14, solo for soprano trombone à pistons en Mib, first printed edition (Schlesinger)
  • Ex. 2.7 Thomas, Ouverture du Compte de Carmagnola (1841), alto valve-trombone in E, autograph score; pp. 1, 15-25
  • Ex. 2.8 Meyerbeer: "Coronation March" from 1849 Paris Opera production of The Prophet, first trombone; bars 1-17
  • Ex. 2.9 Berlioz, Marche Hongroise, first trombone; bars 96-114
  • Ex. 2.10 Thomas, Hamlet (1868) Act 1, trombone solo, autograph score; pp. 7, 13-24, 30-31
  • Ex. 2.11 Thomas, Hamlet (1868) Act 1, tableau premier, trombone solo, first printed edition (Heugel); bars 1-10
  • Ex. 2.12 Halévy, Le Juif Errant (1852) Act 4, No. 20, trombone solo, original handwritten part
  • Ex. 2.13 Rossini, Overture to Guillaume Tell; bars 92-123
  • Ex. 2.14 Wagner: Konzertouvertüre Nr. 2, first printed edition (Breitkopf & Härtel)
  • Ex. 2.15 Wagner, Rule Britannia, first printed edition (Breitkopf & Härtel); last nine bars

Chapter 3

  • Ex. 3.1 Bruckner, Aequale, No. 2, original handwritten alto trombone part
  • Ex. 3.2 Bruckner, Aequale, No. 2, original handwritten tenor trombone part
  • Ex. 3.3 Bruckner, Psalm 114, opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 3.4 Bruckner, Libera Me, original handwritten alto trombone part
  • Ex. 3.5 Bruckner, Libera Me, original handwritten tenor trombone part
  • Ex. 3.6 Bruckner, Libera Me, original handwritten bass trombone part
  • Ex. 3.7 Bruckner, Auf Brüder auf die Saiten zur Hand from the Kantate für Prälat Meyer, autograph score; first and last pages
  • Ex. 3.8 Bruckner, Auf Brüder auf die Saiten zur Hand from the Kantate für Prälat Meyer, original first trombone erste Abschriftstimme
  • Ex. 3.9 Bruckner, Psalm 146, Recitative iia; bars 1-4
  • Ex. 3.10 Bruckner, Afferentur Regi, opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 3.11 Bruckner, Afferentur Regi, opening, original alto trombone part
  • Ex. 3.12 Bruckner, Overture in G Minor, Abschrift of score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.13 Bruckner, Symphony in F Minor, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.14 Bruckner, opening of Psalm 112 (Universal Edition)
  • Ex. 3.15 Bruckner, Drei Orchestersätze, 'Nr. 3' (1862), opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 3.16 Bruckner, Marsch in D moll (1862), complete, autograph score
  • Ex. 3.17 Bruckner, Germanenzug, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.18 Bruckner, D Minor Mass, original first trombone part; page 1
  • Ex. 3.19 Bruckner: D Minor Mass, Agnus Dei, trombones in unison; bars 107-111
  • Ex. 3.20 Bruckner: D Minor Mass, Credo (Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft)
  • Ex. 3.21 Bruckner, Marsch in Es dur (1865), autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.22 Bruckner, E Minor Mass Niederschrift (1866 version); pages from manuscript score:
    • (a) first page of Kyrie
    • (b) last page of Credo
    • (c) last page of Agnus Dei
    • (d) first page of Benedictus
  • Ex. 3.23 Bruckner, E Minor Mass (1866 version), Kyrie, Widmungspartitur (Dedikationsexemplar), page 1
  • Ex. 3.24 Bruckner, E Minor Mass (1882 version), Credo; bars 138-142
  • Ex. 3.25 Bruckner, E Minor Mass (1866 version), Credo; bars 83-87
  • Ex. 3.26 Bruckner, E Minor Mass (1882 version), Credo'; bars 89-93
  • Ex. 3.27 Bruckner, E Minor Mass (1866 version), Credo; bars 171-175
  • Ex. 3.28 Bruckner, F Minor Mass, Kyrie, original handwritten alto trombone part; title page and pp. 1-2
  • Ex. 3.29 Bruckner, F Minor Mass, Kyrie, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.30 Bruckner, F Minor Mass, Credo, autograph score
  • Ex. 3.31 Bruckner, F Minor Mass, Credo; bars 183-189
  • Ex. 3.32 Bruckner, extracts from Inveni David, autograph score; title page, pp. 1, 4-6
  • Ex. 3.33 Bruckner, Sinfonie Nr. 1, 'Linzer' (1866 version), original handwritten first trombone part; title page and page 1
  • Ex. 3.34 Bruckner, Sinfonie Nr. 1, 'Wiener' (1891 version), original handwritten first trombone part; title page and page 1
  • Ex. 3.35 Bruckner, Sinfonie Nr. 1, 'Linzer' (1866 version), autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.36 Bruckner, Sinfonie Nr. 1, 'Wiener' (1891 version), autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 3.37 Bruckner, Symphony in D Minor ('Nullte'), extracts from Finale (Universal Edition)
  • Ex. 3.38 Bruckner, opening from Symphony in D Minor ('Nullte), original handwritten first trombone part
  • Ex. 3.39 Bruckner, Symphony No. 3, 1890 publication, (Jos. Eberle & Co); page 1
  • Ex. 3.40 Bruckner, Symphony No 3, first trombone erste Abschriftstimme; title page and page 1
  • Ex. 3.41 Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Finale, first trombone; bars 295-301
  • Ex. 3.42 Bruckner, Symphony No. 6, score used by Schalk with his notations; first movement
  • Ex. 3.43 Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, third movement: Langsam; bars 145-148
  • Ex. 3.44 Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, third movement; bars 121-128

Chapter 4

  • Ex. 4.1 Brahms, Symphony No. 2, first movement, trombone entry that Lachner advocated deleting; bars 33-45
  • Ex. 4.2 Brahms, Symphony No. 2, autograph score; first and last movements
  • Ex. 4.3 Brahms, Tragische Ouvertüre, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 4.4 Brahms, Akademische Festouvertüre, autograph score; pp. 1, 3, 16
  • Ex. 4.5 Brahms, Symphony No. 1, autograph score; pp. 1, 5, 7
  • Ex. 4.6 Brahms, Schicksalslied, autograph score; pp. 1, 12
  • Ex. 4.7 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 4.8 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, autograph score; second movement
  • Ex. 4.9 Brahms, Begräbnisgesang, autograph score; title page and page 1
  • Ex. 4.10 Brahms, Begräbnisgesang, first printed edition (Winterthur, J. Rieter-Biedermann), trombone parts
  • Ex. 4.11 Brahms, Begräbnisgesang, autograph score; bars 13-35
  • Ex. 4.12 Brahms, Begräbnisgesang, autograph score; p. 8
  • Ex. 4.13 Brahms, Begräbnisgesang, autograph score; pp. 14-15
  • Ex. 4.14 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, second movement, first trombone with basses; bars 54-65
  • Ex. 4.15 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, sixth movement, alto trombone in unison with altos; bars 99-104
  • Ex. 4.16 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, second movement, trombones doubling corresponding voices, nearly colla voce; bars 255-261
  • Ex. 4.17 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, sixth movement, trombones doubling voices; bars 341-344
  • Ex. 4.18 Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, third movement; bars 173-208
  • Ex. 4.19 Brahms, Triumphlied; Part 1: bars 5-10; 128-133; Part 3: bars 6-13
  • Ex. 4.20 Brahms, Nänie (Johannes Brahms, Sämtliche Werke: Chorwerke mit Orchester, II)
  • Ex. 4.21 Brahms, Gesang der Parzen, autograph score
  • Ex. 4.22 Brahms, Rinaldo, first movement (Simrock)
  • Ex. 4.23 Brahms, Symphony No. 4, fourth movement, autograph score
  • Ex. 4.24 Brahms, Symphony No. 1, fourth movement; bars 407-416

Chapter 5

  • Ex. 5.1 Dvořák, Symphony No. 8, Finale; bars 360-364
  • Ex. 5.2 Dvořák, Te Deum (1892), fourth movement; bars 57-69
  • Ex. 5.3 Dvořák, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Scherzo (Supraphon)
  • Ex. 5.4 Dvořák, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 5.5 Dvořák, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, autograph score; last page
  • Ex. 5.6 Dvořák, Symphony No. 2; bars 160-172, (a) original version, (b) as it appears in the Bartoš Collected Edition version
  • Ex. 5.7 Dvořák, Stabat Mater, opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 5.8 Dvořák, Stabat Mater, first movement (Souborné Vydáni Díla)
  • Ex. 5.9 Dvořák, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 5.10 Dvořák, Husitská (1883), opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 5.11 Dvořák, Slavonic Dances, autograph score; title pages and page 1
  • Ex. 5.12 Dvořák, New World Symphony, autograph score; page 1
  • Ex. 5.13 Dvořák, New World Symphony, autograph score, original ending of second movement without tuba
  • Ex. 5.14 Dvořák, New World Symphony, original handwritten first trombone part, first movement
  • Ex. 5.15 Dvořák, The Wild Dove, opening, autograph score
  • Ex. 5.16 Dvořák, Armida, opening, autograph score

Coda

  • Ex. C.1 Berg, Drei Orchesterstücke, 1913 autograph score; last page
  • Ex. C.2 Berg, Drei Orchesterstücke, edited, pre-publication proof copy of the 1929 published version; same passage as Ex. C.1
  • Ex. C.3 Berg, Drei Orchesterstücke, 1913 autograph score; bars 8-11
  • Ex. C.4 Berg, Drei Orchesterstücke, edited, pre-publication proof copy of the 1929 published version; bars 8-11
  • Ex. C.5 Berg, Wozzeck, Act III; bars 97-98
  • Ex. C.6 Berg,Lulu, Act II; bars 1109-1111; 1147-1150
  • Ex. C.7 Berg, Altenberg Lieder, Lied No. 2, first trombone in full (Universal Edition)
  • Ex. C.8 Berg, Altenberg Lieder, Lied No. 4, first trombone in full (Universal Edition)
  • Ex. C.9 Berg, Altenberg Lieder, Lied No. 5, first trombone (Universal Edition)
  • Ex. C.10 Mahler, Seventh Symphony, first movement, autograph score
  • Ex. C.11 Mahler, Sixth Symphony, first trombone, [146] (C.F. Kahnt)
  • Ex. C.12 Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, I. Teil, alto trombone; bars 419-420; 430-437
  • Ex. C.13 Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, II. Teil, alto trombone; bars 19-22
  • Ex. C.14 Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, III. Teil, alto trombone; bars 58-59
  • Ex. C.15 Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle; bars 766-771; 782-787; 798-801
  • Ex. C.16 Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, III. Teil, alto trombone; bars 110-112
  • Ex. C.17 Schoenberg, Pelleas und Mellisande, alto trombone (Universal Edition)

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