On Jul 5, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
I was never aware of such 80's belief. Up until this recent scholarship, all I ever "knew" was that a trio of trombones: alto in Eb, tenor in Bb and bass in F were the norm in Germany in the 1700s and early 1800s until replaced by two tenors and a Bb/F bass in the mid 1800s, more or less.
Sorry, my bad. The situation was as you outlined it. My main point though, that scores (later than the period you mention) that call for alto trombone don't actually want an alto trombone, and that scholarly opinion has now moved 360° on the subject, stands.
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