1. "The Improved Trombone": an essay in Edwardian ingenuity
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...ontinental opera houses, as well as the Eb 'cimbasso' in a number of British and other orchestras. But in general, the basic single-slide mechanism of the instrument has survived unchanged - and fun...

2. Legal Disclaimer
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... statutory rights and only apply to the extent permitted by applicable law. 11. General 11.1 We may assign, transfer, novate or subcontract any or all of ou...

3. Large one or small one, sir?
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...t significantly affects its characteristics both as a player and a listener. It is generally accepted that large bore trombones in general require more effort to play. The ...

4. BTS Constitution
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...elected. Election of Officers: Elections for the Officers shall be held every two years at the Annual General Meeting. Vacancies: The Vice Chair shall assume the position of Chair should the...

5. God's Trombones
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...ing the functions of the high clergy at the catafalque, at the end of the requiem. The interesting, generally known story of the creation of the cited Miserere is as follows. In the autumn of...

6. The Soprano Trombone Swindle
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...ondheim. In the chapter, "On playing the cornett," Berlin wrote: "The cornett ... is generally used in loud and splendid music, and in accompaniment or together with trombones; ...

7. Ray Premru: An Appreciation
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...quot;Tug" Wilson, tuba player with the Philharmonia 1960-66). A tireless worker, he practised daily, generally for an hour or more, no matter how intense the orchestra's schedule; his enthusias...

8. Principal Trombone, LSO (Part II)
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...rusting people too much and that's probably engendered from working so long with musicians. Musicians in general are nice people and will go out of their way to help you. In business, it is not ...

9. Matthew Parry
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...w assumed this role. Matthew's work since graduating, as with so many freelance musicians, has generally been a mixture of playing and teaching, and he has particularly enjoyed the varie...

10. Chapter 1: From Beethoven to Schumann
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... very different registers. Rhythmically, throughout the Finale of the Fifth Symphony, the trombones generally do not play the up-beats that are otherwise played by the full orchestra. They fun...

11. The Sackbut Rebut
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...r e-mail address of a publishing house by the name of Bernoulli. I also searched music publishers' lists, general publishers' lists, and libraries to no avail.I thought it most unusual in this day ...

12. Part I: The Alto-Tenor-Bass Trombone Trio
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...troduction of the alto-tenor-bass trombone trio into the concert orchestra. Although Beethoven is generally credited with the introduction of the ATB trombone trio to the concert orchestra i...

13. Friends and Relations: The Contrabass Trombone
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... During the lives of Beethoven and Schubert, and for most of the 19th century, the bass trombone in general use in Continental Europe was pitched in F. [Webmaster: See The 18th Century Bas...

14. Are we doing Dvořák wrong?
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... or human - it is a term coined by a highfalutin musicologist that refers to the study of instruments in general.) A number of music historians as well as respected professionals have informe...

15. Mozart's Requiem
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...(Illinois) and New York University, and is the author of over 30 articles about the trombone and music in general; he teaches at Boston University and New England Conservatory of Music. Howard...

16. Coda: The Orchestral Alto Trombone in the Twentieth Century
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... 19th century are answered in full. Ken Shifrin: The Alto Trombone in the Orchestra: 1800-2000 Generally speaking, after Brahms's Fourth Symphony the alto trombone seems to have di...

17. Appendix 3
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... Various depending on period of work and type of mix I want with other instruments. Generally Giardinelli 4M for early works, Bach 7, 6 1/2 AL, 5 and 4 for large romantic an...

18. Chapter 5: Dvořák
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...e Czech Philharmonic trombone section could have consisted of both slide and valve players29. Yet generally speaking, with the exception of a few bars from the Eighth Symphony and Te ...

19. Chapter 2: The Ascent of the Tenor Trombone
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...acute; en Allemagne'61 and the 1846 Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung's smug assertion that it was generally acknowledged that the standard of German instrumental music was the highest in the...

20. Oundle Day & AGM
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...rombone days at Oundle School, Northamptonshire in two weeks time. The event will also host the BTS Annual General Meeting. The Spitfire Trombone Quartet, world-wide winners of the ITA Quartet C...

21. Chapter 4: Brahms
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... corrections Brahms made by letter (assuming that Simrock or Röder heeded Brahms' requests, as in general they did).51 The most typical kinds of errors are also those which happen to...

22. Bibliography
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...in Wien. – Anweisung zur Composition, Leipzig, 1790. – Sämtlichen Schriften über Generalbass, Harmonie-Lehre und Tonsetzkunst, Vienna, 1826. – J. G. Albrecht...

23. Crossing the Great Divide
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...lassical trombonist. For as long as I can remember, trombone players in the music profession have in general been pigeonholed as either straight players or jazz players. There are valid h...

24. New York, New York
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... 15 minutes each. Euphonium and valve trombone I only practise when I know I'll be playing them, because generally I only work on them a few times a year. The second constant is: I'm only as ...

25. A European Tour Odyssey: Part 1
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...(Illinois) and New York University, and is the author of over 30 articles about the trombone and music in general; he teaches at Boston University and New England Conservatory of Music. ...

26. Sheila Tracy talks to Ian McDougall
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...they couldn't care less about Mahler or Beethoven or Duke Ellington. They don't care. That's the general public. But there's another section of the public that really does care. So...

27. The Trombone in Britain before 1800
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... Museum of Art, 1984). There have also been some very good foreign European papers. In my view, the best general work on the trombone is the relevant parts in "Brass Instruments: their History...

28. Creating Problems
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... trombones to the great C major chord which marks the appearance of light. This passage was, then as now, generally regarded as a masterstroke and originally did not feature the trombones underpinn...

29. Das sinfonische Werk von Franz Beck
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...hman, wrote a symphony including three trombones forty years before Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which is generally acknowledged to be the first time they were used in the concert orchestra. Discove...

30. Tip From The Top - Eric Crees
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...ally at the expense of the feel or sound of the music. The Suzuki Method of violin playing and the general methods of teaching in the East bring notation in at a very much later ...