Carnegie Mellon Libraries: Music: Trombone

Trombone Guide

Created by Megan Smith-Heafy, Arts Information Assistant, Fall 2005

Reference Books

Author	Title	Call Number
Anderson, Paul G.	Brass Music Guide : Solo and Study Material in Print	ML128 .W5 A6 1984 FA-REF-4
Lane, G. B.	The Trombone : An Annotated Bibliography	ML128 .T76 L36 1999 FA-REF-4
Thompson, Mark	French Music for Low Brass Instruments	ML128 .B73 T47 1994 FA-REF-4

Books

Author	Title	Call Number
Bate, Philip	The Trumpet and Trombone : An Outline of Their History, Development, and Construction	ML960 .B38 1978 STACKS-4
Fink, Reginald H.	The Trombonist's Handbook : A Complete Guide to Playing and Teaching the Trombone	MT460 .F434 T7 OVRSZQ-4
Gregory, Robin	The Trombone; The Instrument and its Music	ML965 .G74 STACKS-4
Guion, David M	The Trombone : Its History and Music, 1697-1811	ML965 .G84 1988 STACKS-4
Herbert, Trevor	The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments	ML933 .C36 1997 STACKS-4

Scores

The following is a selection of the printed music for Trombone in the Hunt Library's collection. The chamber works included on this page are for ensembles of only Trombones, so for mixed chamber ensembles see the Brass Ensemble Guide.

Etudes

Composer	Title	Call Number
Aharoni, Eliezer	New Method for the Modern Bass Trombone	788.93 A28n Nm OVRSZQ-4
Bitsch, Marcel	Quinze Etudes de Rythme	788.93 B62E LED OVRSZQ-4
Blazevitch, Vladislav	Clef Studies for Trombone	788.93 B64s Le OVRSZQ-4
Bozza, Eugene	Treize Etudes Caprices de Grande Difficulte	788.93 B79e Led OVRSZQ-4
Colin, Charles	Melodious Fundamentals	788.93 C69M CN OVRSZQ-4
Harris, Aaron	Trombone Advanced Daily Studies	788.93 H31A CN OVRSZQ-4
Kopprasch, G	Sixty Selected Studies for Trombone	788.93 K83S CF OVRSZQ-4
Reinhardt, Donald S.	Trombone Mechanisms	788.93 R36T LE OVRSZQ-4
Tyrrell, H. W.	40 Progressive Studies	788.93 T99F BH OVRSZQ-4

Solos (accompanied and unaccompanied)

Composer	Title	Call Number
Berio, Luciano	Sequenza V, for Trombone Solo	788.93 B51S UE STACKS-4
Bernstein, Leonard	Elegy for Mippy II : for Trombone Alone	788.93 B53B BH OVRSZQ-4
Castérède, Jacques	Sonatine pour Trombone et Piano	788.93 C34S LED OVRSZQ-4
Creston, Paul	Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra	788.93 C92F S OVRSZQ -4
Defaye, Jean Michel	Deux Danses : pour Trombone et Piano	788.93 D31D LED OVRSZQ-4
Dutilleux, Henri	Choral, Cadence et Fugato	788.93 D97C LED OVRSZQ-4
Guilmant, Alexandre	Morceau Symphonique	788.93 G96M HL OVRSZQ-4
Hartley, Walter S.	Sonata Concertante for Trombone and Piano	788.93 H33S RPC OVRSZQ-4
Hindemith, Paul	Sonate für Posaune und Klavier	788.43 H66S SC OVRSZQ-4
Martin, Frank	Ballade pour Trombone et Piano	788.93 M37B UE OVRSZQ-4
Phillips, Mark	T. Rex : for Trombone and Tape	788.93 P55T ITA OVRSZQ-4 CD 5253 MUS-OFC-4
Poot, Marcel	Impromptu : pour Trombone et Piano	788.93 P82I ME OVRSZQ-4
Pryor, Arthur	Blue Bells of Scotland	788.93 P97B CF OVRSZQ-4
Serocki, Kazimierz	Sonatina für Posaune und Klavier	788.93 S48S MV OVRSZQ-4
Sulek, Stjepan	Sonata: Vox Gabrieli	788.93 S94S BRS OVRSZQ-4
Takemitsu, Toru	Fantasma/cantos II : for trombone and orchestra	788.93 T13F SC OVRSZQ-4

Concerti

Composer	Title	Call Number
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg	Concerto, Bb Major : for Alto Trombone	784.2893 A34C P OVRSZQ-4
Blazhevich, V. (Vladislav)	Concerto no. 1 : Trombone et Piano	784.2893 B64C EB OVRSZQ-4
Blazhevich, V. (Vladislav)	Concerto no. 2 in D flat major	784.2893 B64C I OVRSZQ-4
David, Ferdinand	Concertino, Opus 4	784.2893 D24C CF OVRSZQ-4
Grøndahl, Launy	Concert pour Trombone et Piano	784.2893 G82C SAM OVRSZQ-4
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay	Concerto for Trombone and Band	784.2893 R57C I OVRSZQ-4
Rouse, Christopher	Trombone Concerto	784.2893 R86T HEN OVRSZQ-4
Spillman, Robert	Concerto for Bass Trombone and Piano	784.2893 S75C EM 1 OFFSITE BY REQUEST

Orchestral Excerpt Collections

Title	Call Number
Beethoven, Schubert, and more [electronic resource] : complete ... parts to 90 orchestral masterworks on CD-ROM	784.2 B41O LOW BRASS DISC MUS-RESV-4 784.2 B41O LOW BRASS BOOKLET
Brahms, Schumann, and more [electronic resource] : complete ... parts to 74 orchestral masterworks on CD-ROM	784.2 B81O LOW BRASS DISC MUS-RESV-4 784.2 B81O LOW BRASS BOOKLET
Debussy, Mahler, and more [electronic resource] : complete ... parts to 61 orchestral masterworks on CD-ROM	784.2 D28O LOW BRASS DISC MUS-RESV-4 784.2 D28O LOW BRASS BOOKLET
Tchaikovsky and more [electronic resource] : complete ... parts to 42 orchestral masterworks on CD-ROM	784.2 T24O LOW BRASS DISC MUS-RESV-4 784.2 T24O LOW BRASS BOOKLET
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 1	788.93 T84 BEL VOL. 1 OVRSZQ-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 2	TROMBONE VOL. 2 MUS-FILE-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 3	788.93 T84 BEL VOL. 3 OVRSZQ-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 4	TROMBONE VOL. 4 MUS-FILE-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 6	788.93 T84 BEL VOL. 6 OVRSZQ-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 10	788.93 T84 BEL VOL. 10 OVRSZQ-4
Trombone Excerpts from Standard Orchestral Repertoire, Volume 11	788.93 T84 BEL VOL. 11 OVRSZQ-4
Trombone : Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire	788.93 P855 P OVRSZQ-4
Trombone Passages, from Boosey and Hawkes Band Editions	788.93 B88t Bh OVRSZQ-4

Duets

Composer	Title	Call Number
Blume, O	Duets, for two trombones	785.93192 B65D I VOL. 1 OVRSZQ-4
Harris, Aaron	35 Original Duets by Charles Colin	785.9192 H31T CN OVRSZQ-4
Telemann, Georg Philipp	Sonatas in Canon for Two Bass Instruments	CHAMBER BRASS 2 VOL. 1 MUS-OFC-4
Uber, David	Concert Duets	785.93192 U14D EMU 1 OVRSZQ-4
Voxman, Himie	Selected Duets for Trombone or Baritone	785.93192 V97D RB VOL. 1 OVRSZQ-4

Trios

Composer	Title	Call Number
Corelli, Arcangelo	Trio Sonata, op. 1, no. 5	CHAMBER BRASS 3 MUS-FILQ-4
Palestrina, Giovanni	Renaissance Ballade	785.93193 P15T PA 1 OVRSZQ-4
Znosko-Borovsky, A.	Scherzo, opus 13, for Three Trombones	785.93193 Z82S OP.13 I 1 OVRSZQ-4

Quartets

Composer	Title	Call Number
Arnold, Jay	Trombone Quartets	785.93194 A75q Ap OVRSZQ-4
Bassett, Leslie	Quartet for Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-FILE-4
Beethoven, Ludwig van	Drei Equale : für 4 Posaunen	785.93194 B41E BRH OVRSZQ-4
Bennett, David	Trombone Troubadors : for Quartet of Trombones with Band or Piano	785.27195 B47T CF OVRSZQ-4
Berlioz, Hector	Rakoczy March	785.93194 B51d Bel OVRSZQ-4
Boutry, Roger	Cinq Pièces à Quatre Pour Quatuor de Trombones	785.93194 B77P LED OVRSZQ-4
Busch, Carl	Meditation : Quartet for Four Trombones or Baritones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Christensen, James	Comedy for Trombones : Trombone Quartet or Choir	785.93194 C55C KJ OVRSZQ-4
Charpentier, Jacques	Quatuor de Forme Liturgique	785.93194 C48q Led OVRSZQ-4
Costa, Michael Andrew Agnus	I Will Extol Thee : Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-FILE-4
Defay, Jean-Michel	Quatre Pieces pour Quatuor de Trombones	785.93194 D31p Led OVRSZQ-4
Dewitt, A	Diana : Adapted From the Maiden and the Huntsman	785.93194 D52D CB OVRSZQ-4
Forsyth, Malcolm	Quartet '74 for Trombones = pour Trombones	785.93194 F73Q KER 1 OVRSZQ-4
Frackenpohl, Arthur	Trombone Quartet	785.93194 F79Q EP OVRSZQ-4
Gruber, Franz Xaver	Silent Night : [for] Trombone Quartet or Choir	785.93194 G88S KJ OVRSZQ-4
Handel, George Frideric	Brass Quartet : Three Pieces by Handel and Beethoven : Sarabande, Bourrée, Nature's Adoration	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Handel, George Frideric	Four Handel Chorales : for Four Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Hurrell, Clarence Elmer	Two Chorales : for Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Isaac, Heinrich	A la Bataglia : for Four Instruments ATTB	785.836194 I73A LPM OVRSZQ-4
Johnson, Clair W.	Pilgrim Ode : Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Joplin, Scott	Four Rags for Four Trombones	785.93194 J81w Wim OVRSZQ-4
Jordahl, Robert	Four Short Dances : Trombone Quartet	785.93194 J82S KE 1 OVRSZQ-4
Koepke, Paul	Elegie Heroique : Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
La Violette, Wesley	La Violette Quartet Album : for Three Trombones, Tuba or Baritone	785.9194 L41L BEL OVRSZQ-4
Langley, James W	Suite for 4 Trombones or 3 Trombones & Tuba	785.9194 L28S HN OVRSZQ-4
Maas, Ad	Zwei Grosse Quartette. Arr. [for 4 Trombones]	785.93194 M11Z CB OVRSZQ-4
Marini, Biagio	Canzona, for 4 Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-FILE-4
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix	Equale no. 2	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix	The Hunter's Farewell	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Miller, Donald C.	Two Transcriptions	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Morley, Thomas	My Bonnie Lass	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Morley, Thomas	Now is the Month of Maying	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Mozart, W.A.	Fugue, K.401	785.93194 M93f Ep OVRSZQ-4
Nelhybel, Vaclav	Three Organa : for Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Ostrander, Allen	Excerpts from "The Damnation of Faust" : for 4 Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Ostransky, Leroy	Two Episodes : for Four Trombones, or Two Trombones, Baritone, and Tuba,	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Peeters, C.F.	Suite, Quatuor Pour 4 Trombones, op. 82	785.93194 P37s P OVRSZQ-4
Rosenthal, Irving	Sacred Music for Four Trombones	785.93194 S123 Wi OVRSZQ-4
Rubank	Quartet Repertoire for Trombone	785.93194 Q1 Rb OVRSZQ-4
Ruef, J	Deux Pieces Breves : pour Quatuor de Trombones en Ut	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Sanders, Robert L	Scherzo and Dirge, for Four Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4
Severson, Paul	Mark's IV; Trombone Quartet or Choir	785.93194 S49M KJ OVRSZQ-4
Speer, Daniel	Sonata for Four Trombones Music	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-FILQ-4
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir	Carefully, on Tiptoe Stealing	785.93194 S94H BEL 1 OFFSITE BY REQUEST
Telemann, Georg Philipp	Concerto a 4	785.93194 T26C MR OVRSZQ-4
Walker, Richard	Preambule : Trombone Quartet	CHAMBER BRASS 4 MUS-OFC-4

Composer	Title	Call Number
Globokar, Vinko	Discours II, für 5 Posaunen	785.93195 G56D P 1 STACKS-4
Monteverdi, Claudio	Sinfonia and Chorus of Spirits : from "Orfeo", for 5 Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 5 MUS-OFC-4

Octets

Composer	Title	Call Number
Bach, Johann Sebastian	Passacaglia in C minor, Arranged for 8 Trombones	CHAMBER BRASS 8 MUS-FILE-4

Recordings

Composer/Title	Artists	Call Number
Berio, Sequenza V	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	On Order
Castérède, Sonatine	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	CD 3122
Defaye, Deux Danses	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	CD 3122
David, Concertino	Christian Lindberg and Bamberger Symphoniker	CD 3103
Dutilleux, Choral, Cadence et Fugato	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	CD 3122
Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique	Christian Lindberg and Bamberger Symphoniker	CD 3103
Grøndahl, Concerto	Christian Lindberg and Bamberger Symphoniker	CD 3103
Hindemith, Sonata	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	On Order
Hindemith , Sonata	Henry Charles Smith, trombone and Glenn Gould, piano	#3244
Martin, Ballade	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	On Order
Martin, Ballade	Armin Rosin, trombone, Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne	CD 4610
Pryor, The Blue Bells of Scotland	Christian Lindberg, trombone and Roland Pöntinen, piano	On Order
Pryor, The Blue Bells of Scotland	Ronald Barron, trombone and Kenneth Cooper, piano	#15563
Rouse, Trombone Concerto	Joseph Alessi and Colorado Symphony Orchestra	CD 5234
Serocki, Sonatina	Christian Lindberg, trombone ; Roland Pöntinen, piano	CD 3122

Journals

http://www.trombone-society.org.uk/ - The Trombonist Online, the Online Magazine of the Brittish Trombone Society
www.trombone.org - Online Trombone Journal: a free resource for, and by, trombonists

Web Sites

Current Job Postings

musicalchairs.info

myauditions.com

ita-web.org - The website of the International Trombone Association listing competitions, news, items for sale and more.
remember.to/practice - The place for trombone gossip including upcoming auditions and winners and finalists of recent ones

Trombonists' Websites

www.yeodoug.com - Homepage of Doug Yeo, Bass Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with over 350 pages of free tombone information
slidearea.com - Homepage of Joseph Alessi, principal tombonist of the New York Philharmonic