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No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Thomas Gschladt

An Historical Perspective of an 18th Century Trombonist

By J. Richard Raum

History
No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

David Bruchez

18 years old, music in his blood, trombone under his arm

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

The trombone and chamber music in France

By Raymond Lapie

History Repertoire
The contrabass sackbut
No. 31 • 1980 Digitized

The contrabass sackbut

a modern copy

A reconstructed 17th-century contrabass sackbut revives forgotten low brass practice, from Venetian polychoral music to modern performance challenges.

By Richard Lister

Equipment Instrument Makers Historical instruments Instrument making Mouthpiece
Maurice Ravel and the new trombone
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

Maurice Ravel and the new trombone

Dance-band trombonists reshaped orchestral expectations in the 1920s and 30s, leaving their mark on Ravel’s Boléro and a generation of players.

By Michel Laplace

History Technique Articulation Jazz Sound
No. 82 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

From the Diary of a Court Trombonist, 1727

By J. Richard Raum

History
A Trombone Martyr Free
No. 31 • 1980 Digitized

A Trombone Martyr

Auguste Léonard de la Tuilerie

A Paris apothecary turned trombone evangelist challenges 19th-century musical habits, imagining the slide trombone as the future voice of harmony.

By Benny Sluchin

History Society Ideas Sound Intonation
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Christian Lindberg, trombone on fire !

Interview

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

The soprano trombone

By Jörg Richter

History
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Jean Douay

Trombone in the heart of France

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Thomas Gschladt

An Historical Perspective of an 18th Century Trombonist

By J. Richard Raum

History
No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Johann Doms will be seventy!

By Joachim Elser

Encounters
No. 91 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

An Interview with Christian Lindberg

By J. Richard Raum

Encounters
Free
No. 2 • 1972 Digitized

National Trombone Workshop (USA)

Report on the first National Trombone Workshop (1971), highlighting pedagogy, leading performers and the legacy of Emory Remington.

By Henry Romersa

Event Teaching Report
No. 121 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Stellio Calvetti - Clever Inventor

By Stefano Viola

Equipment
No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

The trombone of Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

By Jeremy Dibb, Simon Hogg

History Repertoire
The classical solo concerto for trombone and its interpreters in the 19th century
No. 25 • 1979 Digitized

The classical solo concerto for trombone and its interpreters in the 19th century

From Queisser to Ferdinand David: the rise—and disappearance—of the classical trombone concerto in the 19th century reveals a forgotten golden age of virtuosity.

By Werner Beyer

History Repertoire Solo playing
A woman trombonist, Yvelise Girard Free
No. 29 • 1980 Digitized

A woman trombonist, Yvelise Girard

Women and Brass

From Paris conservatories to police bands, a young trombonist confronts isolation, scrutiny and ambition as women slowly enter the brass world.

By Jean Douay

Society Professional life Sociology Auditions Orchestral playing
No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The role of the (contra)bass trombone in the Vienna sound

By Gerhard Zechmeister

History Equipment
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Trombone Attachements - Trends and development

By Benny Sluchin

Equipment
Pyotr Naumovich Volkov (1877-1933)
No. 37 • 1982 Digitized

Pyotr Naumovich Volkov (1877-1933)

First trombone professor at St. Petersburg Conservatory

From imperial St. Petersburg to Soviet Leningrad, Volkov shaped a distinctive Russian trombone tradition through performance, teaching and generations of pupils.

By Viktor Sumerkin

History Teaching Russian school Orchestral playing Sound
The trombone in Belgium Free
No. 5 • 1973 Digitized

The trombone in Belgium

Published in memory of its author, this article reflects on the trombone tradition in Belgium and his lasting contribution.

By Albert Mertens

History Technique Equipment Historical instruments Valves Interpretation
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The role of the (contra)bass trombone in the Vienna sound

By Gerhard Zechmeister

History Equipment
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The Alto Trombone

In the 18th Century Sacred Chamber Music from the Abbeys of Göttweig and Melk, Austria

By J. Richard Raum

History Repertoire
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