Made the following update to the Alto in Treatises page, giving a summary of specific keys that writers have historically assigned to the alto trombone. For more on alto trombone keys, see also the Extant Altos page, which lists alto trombones manufactured before 1800, along with their respective keys. OVERALL KEY TOTALS: 40 [...]
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Update to Alto in Treatises Page: Summary of Alto Trombone Keys
Filed Under: Alto Trombone, Trombone History, Updates Tagged With: Albrechtsberger, B-flat alto trombone, Baroque, Berlioz, Braun, Classical, D alto trombone, E-flat alto trombone, Eisel, Ergo, F alto trombone, Forsyth, Galli, Gevaert, Kastner, Lavignac, Mahillon, Majer, Nemetz, Praetorius, Prout, Romantic, sackbut, sackbut history, Seyfried, Speer
Trombone History: Early Trombone Method Books, Other Updates
I continue to add to the Alto in Treatises page. As indicated by the subtitle of the page (treatises, dictionaries, and methods), my criteria are quite broad for this post. I recently added a trio of early trombone method books: Braun (c. 1795), Fröhlich (c. 1811), and Nemetz (1827). I also added info from Praetorius’s [...]
Filed Under: Alto Trombone, Trombone History, Updates Tagged With: Albrechtsberger, Baroque, Braun, E-flat alto trombone, Fröhlich, Nemetz, posaune, Praetorius, Romantic, sackbut, sackbut history, Syntagma Musicum