WILL KIMBALL» Galli http://www.kimballtrombone.com Trombone Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:58:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Update to Alto in Treatises Page: Summary of Alto Trombone Keys http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/update-to-alto-in-treatises-page-summary-of-alto-trombone-key/ http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/update-to-alto-in-treatises-page-summary-of-alto-trombone-key/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:30:57 +0000 wkimball http://www.kimballtrombone.com/?p=3138 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        D/E-flat

4          F

2          B-flat

1          E

GERMANY: 14 D/E-flat, 1 B-flat

Praetorius (1619)—D

Speer (1697)—D

Niedt (1721)—D

Majer (1729)—D

Christoph and Stössel (1736)—D

Eisel (1738)—D

Koch (1802)—D

Fröhlich (c. 1811)—B-flat/E-flat (contradictory)

Riemann (1882)—E-flat

Saro (1883)—E-flat

Jadassohn (1889)—E-flat

Schroeder (1889)—E-flat

Hofmann (1893)—E-flat

Mayerhoff (1913)—E-flat

UNITED KINGDOM: 10 E-flat, 3 F, 1 E

Bertini (1830)—E-flat

Mandel (1859)—E-flat, E, F

Prout (1877)—E-flat

Stone/Grove (1879-90)—E-flat, F

Hunter (1879-88)—E-flat

Encyclopaedia Britannica (1888)—E-flat, F

Corder (1896)—E-flat

Vincent (1897)—E-flat

Fitzgerald (1902)—E-flat

Forsyth (1913)—E-flat

FRANCE: 5 E-flat

Braun (c. 1795)—E-flat

Kastner (1839)—E-flat

Berlioz (1844)—E-flat

Gevaert (1863)—E-flat

Lavignac (1895)—E-flat

AUSTRIA: 1 E-flat, 1 B-flat

Seyfried/Albrechtsberger (1826)—E-flat

Nemetz (1827)—B-flat

BELGIUM: 3 E-flat

Mahillon (1897)—E-flat

Ergo (1908)—E-flat

Gilson (1921)—E-flat

ITALY: 1 E-flat

Galli (1898)—E-flat

US/CANADA: 6 E-flat, 1 F

Coon (1883)—E-flat

Claus (1884)—E-flat

Olker (1889)—E-flat

Henderson (1899)—E-flat

L. Elson (1900)—E-flat

A. Elson (1922)—F

White (1924)—E-flat

]]> http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/update-to-alto-in-treatises-page-summary-of-alto-trombone-key/feed/ 0 Alto in E-flat: More Primary Sources http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/alto-in-e-flat-more-primary-sources/ http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/alto-in-e-flat-more-primary-sources/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:02:29 +0000 wkimball http://www.kimballtrombone.com/?p=2018 Added 8 more primary sources to the Alto Trombone Timeline, bringing the total number of primary sources for that timeline to more than 2 dozen. The sources (Gevaert, Riemann, Jadassohn, Saro, Galli, Mayerhoff, Coon, and Corder) are 19th and early 20th century orchestration texts from a wide range of locations (Germany, Italy, Belgium, England, and the United States), all of them clearly indicating a “small” alto trombone in E-flat. The sources leave very little ambiguity in this respect, providing clear diagrams of the alto trombone range and key or alto trombone position charts. This is significant because it adds to the body of evidence suggesting the alto trombone is historically a D or E-flat instrument (on this subject, see also Extant Altos).

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