Throughout art history, you can occasionally find multiple versions of the same image. Sometimes the versions are from the same artist (e.g., preparatory sketches), sometimes they are by other artists in other media (e.g., from a painting to an engraving), and sometimes they are copycat versions by other artists. There are several historical examples of [...]
The Trombone in Baroque Poland
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the early 17th century, Praetorius mentioned that there was a virtuoso tenor trombone player in Poland who could play as high as a cornetto and as low as a bass trombone. Aside from that reference, one doesn’t hear a lot about Poland in the early history of the trombone. However, judging by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarminska’s The History [...]
Giorgio Vasari and the Renaissance Trombone
January 4, 2012 By 2 Comments
I just added the top image and caption (c. 1545) to the 16th century timeline. Giorgio Vasari is a well-known Italian painter, architect, and historian. His book, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, is one of the most frequently-cited art history texts of all time. Vasari springs up multiple times in relation to [...]
24 New Timeline Entries
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve had a little time recently to work through some of my files and add quite a few entries to the Trombone History Timeline. Here are the new entries, in chronological order: 1500-1506—Bologna, Italy: Bolognese civic salary lists include payments 3 piffari, 2 trombones, 5 trumpets, a nakers player, and a harpist (Weiss, Bologna [...]