Added this article to HubPages about a man named after the trombone who murders his wife: The Strange Case of a 15th Century Trombonist-Composer-Murderer. I could see this guy’s life being made into a movie. Good Halloween fare for the trombonist!
Apropos of Halloween: a trombonist-turned-composer does away with wife
October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Trombone History: A Mischievous Trombonist
July 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Two More on Paper: Sketches for St. Cecilia Trombone Images
July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
About a month ago I posted Canvas, Paper, Silver, and Glass: St. Cecilia Trombone Image in Many Forms, tracing the life of an image originally conceived as a painting through several artistic media. Since then I have located two sketches of the image (source: Volk-Knüttel 31-33, pl. 101; for full citation see Trombone History Bibliography). [...]
Canvas, Paper, Silver, and Glass: St. Cecilia Trombone Image in Many Forms
June 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
Last week I posted Evolution of a Trombone Painting, which traced a painting through several sketches to fruition in a church fresco. This new post similarly shows several permutations of an image, though in this case, the images span a longer period of time, as they are copied by various artists. They also encompass an [...]
Trombone History: First Non-Italian Depiction of Trombone
March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Added the following to the 16th century timeline, possibly the first non-Italian depiction of the trombone. Below the first two images and caption I’m also adding here an image I didn’t include in the timeline–I wider shot that includes the church’s organ as well. 1508—Gonesse, France: In what may constitute the earliest non-Italian visual depiction [...]
Milan: Fashion, Opera, and Trombone?
March 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
Milan is a city known for both high fashion and opera (home of Giuseppe Verdi and La Scala opera house). But trombone? I recently added a number of entries centering around Milan to the Trombone History Timeline, revealing a fairly active trombone performance tradition in that city. The history of the trombone in Milan seems [...]
Wedding Bells: Trombone in Wedding Celebrations
February 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
I just added another image to the 19th century timeline (2nd half), another depiction of a wedding celebration that includes trombone (c. 1885, shown below). Wedding celebrations constitute a fairly common theme in trombone history, with a total of 14 related images spread throughout the Trombone History Timeline. They’re shown together below. The bulk of [...]