Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger

Name: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Author: Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

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“1911 Encyclopædia Britannica”, published in 1911, is a work by Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger. It explores elements such as trombone, slide and pitch.

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ First, the art of trombone playing was in the 15th century in Germany mostly in the hands of the members of the town bands, whose duties included playing on the watch towers, in churches, at pageants, banquets and festivals, and they, being jealous of their privileges, kept the secrets of their art closely, so that writers, such as the above, although acquainted with the appearance, tone and action of the instrument would have but little opportunity of learning much about the method of producing the sound. ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ The quality of tone varies greatly in the different instruments and registers. The alto trombone has neither power nor richness of tone, but sounds hard and has a timbre between that of a trumpet and a French horn. The tenor and bass have a full rich quality suitable for heroic, majestic music, but the tone depends greatly on the performer's method of playing; the modern tendency to produce a harsh, noisy blare is greatly to be deplored.
Besides the slide trombone, which is most largely used, there are the valve trombones, and the double-slide trombones. ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ There are seven positions of the slide on the trombone, each giving a theoretical fundamental tone and its upper partials a semitone lower than the last, and corresponding to the seven shifts on the violin and to the seven positions on valve instruments. These seven positions are found by drawing out the slide a little more for each one, the first position being that in which the slide remains closed. The performer on the trombone is just as dependent on an accurate ear for finding the correct positions as a violinist. ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ The trombone is characterized by the slide, consisting of two parallel cylindrical tubes, over which two other cylindrical tubes, communicating at their lower extremities by means of a short semicircular pipe, slip without loss of air. The outer tube, therefore, slides upon the inner, and as it is drawn downwards by the right hand opens a greater length of tube proportional to the depth of pitch required. When the slide is closed the instrument is at its highest pitch. ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ Notwithstanding the increased facility obtained by the use of pistons, they are very far from having gained the suffrage of all players: many prefer the slide, believing that it gives a facility of emission that they cannot obtain with a piston trombone. The flat tonalities having been preferred for military music since the beginning of the 19th century the pitch of each variety of trombones has been raised a semitone. ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ This transposition has no reference to the number of vibrations that may be officially or tacitly adopted as the standard pitch of any country or locality. A trombone an octave lower than the tenor has recently been reintroduced into the orchestra, principally by Wagner. The different varieties just cited are constructed with pistons or slides, as the case may be.
Further information on the trombone will be found in the monographs by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, “The Sackbut: its Evolution and History,” Proc. Mus. Assoc. (1906-1907) ”

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Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)

“ The band of musicians in the service of Henry VIII. included ten sackbut players, and under Elizabeth, in 1587, there were six English instrumentalists then enjoyed a certain reputation and were sought for by foreign courts ”

Victor Mahillon and Kathleen Schlesinger

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