Talk:Bass trombone

(Split discussion)

TODO

• More photos/images
• Lilypond ranges for G, F, E♭ instruments to accompany descriptions
• History:
  • Only valve trombones in 19C Italy
  • More about its development and use in Germany/Prussia, military band use of F instrument (dig through AMZ, Galpin etc.)
  • development of double valves in 20C to work around missing low B₁
  • Use of b.trb. in jazz, military/wind/brass bands, rock, pop, etc. not just classical
• Much more about players and repertoire:
  • Only briefly mentions George Roberts, more about his recordings, contributions, etc.
  • More players: Douglas Yeo, Ben van Dijk, Dave Taylor, Jeff Reynolds, Bill Reichenbach, Phil Teele, Charlie Vernon, et al. and how/what they contributed
• Contemporary repertoire:
  • Thomas Everett, founder of ITA, commissioned many works, published 1985 annotated guide; Evan Conroy's 2018 DMA thesis lists some highlights written since then; Nieweg's catalogue (revised 2017)
  • Notable composers/concertos: Bob Spillman, Alan Hovhaness (Symphony No. 34), Ellen Taaffe Zwillich, Dan Schnyder, Derek Bourgeois, Eric Ewazen, Chris Brubeck
  • (Over?!)use in film and video game soundtracks, along with contrabass trb and cimbasso, Hans Zimmer, etc. (see Kifer 2020 DMA thesis).
• Mention somewhere the (in)famously (im)possible Bartók glissando, from B-F
• References, for range, repertoire sections:
  • orchestration texts: Berlioz, Prout, Alder, Kennan & Grantham
  • journals: Historical Brass Soc. J, Galpin Soc J.
  • Clinton Nieweg (2017) Music for Bass Trombone – catalogue of works for b.t. and orchestra, band, ensembles
• Defer/link to content in trombone, cimbasso, contrabass trombone

Jon (talk) 01:05, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

• And finally, nominate for Good Article status!

— Updated by Jon (talk) 22:15, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Split operation in progress

Please note, this article is in the process of being was split out from the Types of trombone article in February 2022 (see discussion on the talk page). I had to copy the (largely poorly cited) material verbatim first, to preserve some form of history, and I am going through an editing process over the next week or two to add references. This will largely rely on sources like Praetorious, the Historical Brass Society and Galpin Society journals, and the two main reference books by Guion and Herbert. Please feel free to join in! — Jon (talk) 22:21, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

This is now done, as of some time ago. — Jon (talk) 04:56, 14 October 2024 (UTC)