John, I believe instrumental technique has always advanced as composers write dumb/difficult/impossible things and players get them to work. It's a two-way street, though. Taafe-Zwillich wrote a bass trombone concerto that over-uses the stupid pet tricks of Charlie Vernon;-)
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