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Published on Tuesday, 01 July 2008 09:24

The British Trombone Society is proud to have been given the opportunity to publish The Alto Trombone in the Orchestra: 1800-2000 by Ken Shifrin, ex-principal trombone of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, based on his doctoral thesis for Oxford University. Ken takes us on a journey from the introduction of the trombones to the orchestra to the present day, charting the progress of the alto trombone as it was ousted by the tenor trombone. All those burning questions about whether an alto trombone was really intended by the composers of the 19th century are answered in full.

Bibliography

Author Biography

Appendices 1 and 2

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Music Examples

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