Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jul 6, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
The other interesting standard rep composer is Dvorak - quick -
without looking: What kind of trombones did Dvorak write for?
Didn't he write quite a bit for valve trombone? Or some kind of weird
hybrid piston-slide instrument?
Kind of funny, because his parts are eminently playable on regular
slide tenor and bass trombones (the stuff I've played of his, anyway!)
Christopher
Right - valve trombones in Bb. Two tenor and one 4-valve bass.
The 8th symphony has a very rapid scale passage at the end that would be
much easier on valves. A few other licks in overtures.
Valve trombones hung on longer in Czechoslovakia than anywhere else,
even Italy.
RBH
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