Trombone
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Repertoire examples for Trombone, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 161), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Trombone. Playlist available here on Spotify.
Mozart, Requiem, “Tuba Mirum.”
Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture.
Wagner, Overture to Tannhauser, letter A; Die Walkure, “The Ride of the Valkyries.” Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture, letter M.
Tchaikovsky, Fourth Symphony, last movt., meas. 84; Sixth Symphony, last movt., letter L.
Strauss, Salome, closing scene (muted trombone).
Mahler, Third Symphony, 1st movt., figure 33.
Sibelius, Seventh Symphony, 1st movt., letter L.
Stravinsky, Pulcinella, VII Vivo, VIII (a) Minuetto; Petrouchka, figure 112.
Stravinsky, Variations, meas. 74.
Schoenberg, Five Piecesfor Orchestra, Op. 16, 1st movt. Bartok, Violin Concerto, meas. 593 (2nd “Fine”). Berio, Chemins IIb, 2 bars before letter A.
Penderecki, De natura sonoris No. 2, meas. 34-55.
