From ralphjr at thewhitfields.com Tue Nov 1 09:29:02 2022 From: ralphjr at thewhitfields.com (ralphjr at thewhitfields.com) Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:29:02 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Searching for Christmas trombones with rhythm Message-ID: <8f93244fdd33de2a590ce475d4065b8e@thewhitfields.com> Greetings friends! Thanks for the help recently with locating replacement parts. I have almost all of them found. I only have a few obscure ones that I'm still missing. But that isn't the reason for this post... I'm looking for some Christmas trombone ensemble works that have rhythm accompaniments. I'd like to feature the bone section of the big band I run and need some help. What charts do you all recommend? Thanks, Ralph Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr. Bass Trombone, Gadsden Symphony Orchestra, Founder of "Grand Avenue Brass" "Trombonist by nature, engineer by necessity." From georgebutler3rd at gmail.com Tue Nov 1 14:10:44 2022 From: georgebutler3rd at gmail.com (George Butler) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 21:10:44 +0200 Subject: [Trombone-l] Searching for Christmas trombones with rhythm In-Reply-To: <8f93244fdd33de2a590ce475d4065b8e@thewhitfields.com> References: <8f93244fdd33de2a590ce475d4065b8e@thewhitfields.com> Message-ID: There was the Frank Comstock collection *Christmas Cheer* for trombone quintet or choir (baritone b.c., tuba), with optional French horn, Fl?gelhorn, bells, string bass or percussion. Published by Columbia Pictures Publications, Miami, 1986. It contains "Have yourself a merry little Christmas", "Deck the halls", "Santa Claus is coming to town", and "O come, all ye faithful", maybe more. Unfortunately, it is out of print, but WorldCat tells me that the Library of Congress has a copy, as does Cook Library at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. There is also the same collection for saxophones. I wish I could remember who borrowed mine. (Aargh!) :-) --George in Tallinn On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 4:29 PM ralphjr--- via Trombone-l < trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > Greetings friends! > > Thanks for the help recently with locating replacement parts. I have > almost all of them found. I only have a few obscure ones that I'm still > missing. > > But that isn't the reason for this post... > > I'm looking for some Christmas trombone ensemble works that have rhythm > accompaniments. I'd like to feature the bone section of the big band I > run and need some help. > > What charts do you all recommend? > > Thanks, > > Ralph > > Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr. > > Bass Trombone, Gadsden Symphony Orchestra, > > Founder of "Grand Avenue Brass" > > "Trombonist by nature, engineer by necessity." > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org > From craig at parmerlee.com Sun Nov 6 08:55:46 2022 From: craig at parmerlee.com (Craig Parmerlee) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 09:55:46 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe Message-ID: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had passed.? I have not seen any confirmation of this.? Does anybody know of his status?? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com From drbach6 at aol.com Sun Nov 6 09:07:42 2022 From: drbach6 at aol.com (LINDA LANDIS) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 10:07:42 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: <5581B895-36ED-4D31-A23A-40A83C8ED74A@aol.com> Yes it?s true. A family member posted it on facebook. A friend of mine confirmed it with that post. Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher > On Nov 6, 2022, at 9:56 AM, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: > > ?There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had passed. I have not seen any confirmation of this. Does anybody know of his status? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org From craig at parmerlee.com Sun Nov 6 12:20:08 2022 From: craig at parmerlee.com (Craig Parmerlee) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 13:20:08 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: <5581B895-36ED-4D31-A23A-40A83C8ED74A@aol.com> References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> <5581B895-36ED-4D31-A23A-40A83C8ED74A@aol.com> Message-ID: <076d2a7d-cdd4-6fdd-459a-34fa0ebbcbd8@parmerlee.com> Thank you for this confirmation.? That is such a loss to the musical community, perhaps not so much for the very top tier artists and bands, but Wolpe has had an incalculable influence on gigging big bands, weekend warriors, and school bands.? He had such a talent for very interesting arrangements that weren't really dumbed down, but very playable by most bands. It is so sad to see his passing with so little notice taken. On 11/6/2022 10:07 AM, LINDA LANDIS wrote: > Yes it?s true. A family member posted it on facebook. A friend of mine confirmed it with that post. > > Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher > >> On Nov 6, 2022, at 9:56 AM, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: >> >> ?There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had passed. I have not seen any confirmation of this. Does anybody know of his status? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Trombone-l mailing list >> Trombone-l at trombonelist.org >> http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org From drbach6 at aol.com Mon Nov 7 00:07:39 2022 From: drbach6 at aol.com (LINDA LANDIS) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 01:07:39 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: <076d2a7d-cdd4-6fdd-459a-34fa0ebbcbd8@parmerlee.com> References: <076d2a7d-cdd4-6fdd-459a-34fa0ebbcbd8@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: <08A781F2-246F-49A0-AEC4-942613F741D6@aol.com> Absolutely, I agree. Like Nestico, I don?t think I ever played a Wolpe chart I didn?t find fun to play. He was a trombone player after all. :-) A great loss indeed. Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher > On Nov 6, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > > ?Thank you for this confirmation. That is such a loss to the musical community, perhaps not so much for the very top tier artists and bands, but Wolpe has had an incalculable influence on gigging big bands, weekend warriors, and school bands. He had such a talent for very interesting arrangements that weren't really dumbed down, but very playable by most bands. > > It is so sad to see his passing with so little notice taken. > > > >> On 11/6/2022 10:07 AM, LINDA LANDIS wrote: >> Yes it?s true. A family member posted it on facebook. A friend of mine confirmed it with that post. >> >> Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher >> >>>> On Nov 6, 2022, at 9:56 AM, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: >>> >>> ?There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had passed. I have not seen any confirmation of this. Does anybody know of his status? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> www.avast.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Trombone-l mailing list >>> Trombone-l at trombonelist.org >>> http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org > > From bonemstr at america.net Tue Nov 8 08:52:52 2022 From: bonemstr at america.net (bonemstr at america.net) Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:52:52 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: Yes. See: https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/altamonte-springs-fl/david-volpi-10983385 On 2022-11-06 9:55 am, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: > There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had > passed.? I have not seen any confirmation of this.? Does anybody know > of his status?? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. From craig at parmerlee.com Tue Nov 8 21:08:13 2022 From: craig at parmerlee.com (Craig Parmerlee) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:08:13 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: <2986e4d5-674e-6156-1c92-42cf474045bb@parmerlee.com> Very interesting, thank you.? If I read between the lines a little, it seems as if Dave's parents (or maybe grandparents) immigrated from Germany, Austria or a nearby country, and kept the original spelling of the family name.? But it would have sounded like "Volpi" to American ears.? Evidently Dave legally changed his family name to Volpi, and that sort of thing was not uncommon for people joining the military services soon after WWII. I presume by then he was already publishing music under the name "Dave Wolpe" and he kept that as a (highly successful) pseudonym the rest of his life.? That also suggests I have been mispronouncing his name (by either spelling) all along.? Of course, his music is his legacy, much more than the chosen spelling of his name. Can anybody shed any light on that? On 11/8/2022 9:52 AM, bonemstr at america.net wrote: > Yes. > See: > https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/altamonte-springs-fl/david-volpi-10983385 > > > > > On 2022-11-06 9:55 am, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: >> There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had >> passed.? I have not seen any confirmation of this.? Does anybody know >> of his status?? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com From pricetaylor at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 17:07:14 2022 From: pricetaylor at gmail.com (Price Taylor) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 15:07:14 -0800 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: <2986e4d5-674e-6156-1c92-42cf474045bb@parmerlee.com> References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> <2986e4d5-674e-6156-1c92-42cf474045bb@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:08 PM Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l < trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > Very interesting, thank you. If I read between the lines a little, it > seems as if Dave's parents (or maybe grandparents) immigrated from > Germany, Austria or a nearby country, and kept the original spelling of > the family name. But it would have sounded like "Volpi" to American > ears. Evidently Dave legally changed his family name to Volpi, and that > sort of thing was not uncommon for people joining the military services > soon after WWII. > > I presume by then he was already publishing music under the name "Dave > Wolpe" and he kept that as a (highly successful) pseudonym the rest of > his life. That also suggests I have been mispronouncing his name (by > either spelling) all along. Of course, his music is his legacy, much > more than the chosen spelling of his name. > > Can anybody shed any light on that? > What a loss to the Big Band community. I don?t know how many Wolpe charts > I have played but it?s quite a number. Price Taylor > > > > On 11/8/2022 9:52 AM, bonemstr at america.net wrote: > > Yes. > > See: > > > https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/altamonte-springs-fl/david-volpi-10983385 > > > > > > > > > > On 2022-11-06 9:55 am, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: > >> There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had > >> passed. I have not seen any confirmation of this. Does anybody know > >> of his status? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org > From studer_je at hotmail.com Tue Nov 15 17:12:17 2022 From: studer_je at hotmail.com (Jon Studer) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:12:17 +0000 Subject: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe In-Reply-To: References: <42ad98d7-e33e-03b6-a0ca-c4c500b6fcaf@parmerlee.com> <2986e4d5-674e-6156-1c92-42cf474045bb@parmerlee.com> Message-ID: Just realized today that I'm currently playing an arrangement of Dave's in our community jazz band. I'm playing bass trombone on his arrangement of Makin' Whoopee. We played it in 2016 and it's circled back into our rotation this year. We really enjoy this arrangement. -Jon ________________________________ From: Trombone-l on behalf of Price Taylor via Trombone-l Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 3:07 PM To: craig at parmerlee.com Cc: List Trombone Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Dave Wolpe On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:08 PM Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l < trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > Very interesting, thank you. If I read between the lines a little, it > seems as if Dave's parents (or maybe grandparents) immigrated from > Germany, Austria or a nearby country, and kept the original spelling of > the family name. But it would have sounded like "Volpi" to American > ears. Evidently Dave legally changed his family name to Volpi, and that > sort of thing was not uncommon for people joining the military services > soon after WWII. > > I presume by then he was already publishing music under the name "Dave > Wolpe" and he kept that as a (highly successful) pseudonym the rest of > his life. That also suggests I have been mispronouncing his name (by > either spelling) all along. Of course, his music is his legacy, much > more than the chosen spelling of his name. > > Can anybody shed any light on that? > What a loss to the Big Band community. I don?t know how many Wolpe charts > I have played but it?s quite a number. Price Taylor > > > > On 11/8/2022 9:52 AM, bonemstr at america.net wrote: > > Yes. > > See: > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobituaries.neptunesociety.com%2Fobituaries%2Faltamonte-springs-fl%2Fdavid-volpi-10983385&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f41a6b21c0240fd082208dac2a739a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638036320722877181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZuLeeMCRafudKPSjX9HE831QNhhcDVnDRABBYahDOt0%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > > > > > On 2022-11-06 9:55 am, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l wrote: > >> There was a rumor floating around recently that Dave Wolpe had > >> passed. I have not seen any confirmation of this. Does anybody know > >> of his status? I believe he would be around 86 years old now. > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f41a6b21c0240fd082208dac2a739a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638036320722877181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FsKlLKQAoOJNPc%2BrwFcS0EuAeMQE5acDj5JAy9QyCAo%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrombonelist.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftrombone-l_trombonelist.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f41a6b21c0240fd082208dac2a739a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638036320723033387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UPSpu6ZT%2BnC1dW6NkujMIUdD6%2FmJKO7po53szktDjUU%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l at trombonelist.org https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrombonelist.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftrombone-l_trombonelist.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f41a6b21c0240fd082208dac2a739a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638036320723033387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UPSpu6ZT%2BnC1dW6NkujMIUdD6%2FmJKO7po53szktDjUU%3D&reserved=0 From georgecarr at gmail.com Tue Nov 29 17:14:55 2022 From: georgecarr at gmail.com (George Carr) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:14:55 -0500 Subject: [Trombone-l] Standard bone quartet repertoire? In-Reply-To: <89BEB6A1-6B28-4865-865D-84227B040205@gmail.com> References: <89BEB6A1-6B28-4865-865D-84227B040205@gmail.com> Message-ID: I can offer some additional illumination about Premru's In Memoriam. For those who don't know the composer's backstory, it's here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Premru In the early 1990s, Paul Ferguson organized a very fine trombone quartet, and recruited Ray as the bass trombonist. They eventually settled on the group name High Anxiety Bones, and Paul tells the backstory of the group in the liner notes to their one and only CD, "Too Scared to Play," which are online here: https://www.dramonline.org/albums/high-anxiety-bones/notes If you haven't heard that CD, it's definitely worth a listen. Paul himself is still senior faculty at CWRU in Cleveland, but Ed Zadrozny has retired, and the other members have since died, so there won't be any more music from that group. But I heard some additional scuttlebutt from Paul recently. During the group's active period 1991-1995, Paul repeatedly suggested that they play Premru's "In Memoriam" but Ray refused, explaining that he considered the work "juvenilia" and would rather play his mature work. (And he was persuasive: the group recorded Ray's "Tissington Variations" and performed other works in concert.) So, Paul ended up adding "In Memoriam" to the CD after Ray's death, as a tribute to him, but the group never played it, not even in rehearsal. In any case, I thought you all might appreciate a little background story about the composer's feelings; I personally find "In Memoriam" to be moving and effective, and I feel no shame in continuing to promote it as part of the core 'canon' repertoire for trombone quartet. And I think it remains generally popular, although such things are harder to track these days, where sheet music sales only reflect a sliver of the attention given to a piece. Best to all, George On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:17 PM Raymond Horton wrote: > That?s a very fine list, George! > > Raymond Horton > Composer/Arranger > Minister of Music, > Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church > Retired Bass Trombonist, > Louisville Orchestra, 1970-2016 > > > On Oct 31, 2022, at 2:20 PM, George Carr via Trombone-l < > trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > > > > ?I wouldn't put too much trust in that Clarinet archive list. Some of > those > > quartets are certainly core repertoire, but some are minor works that the > > compiler just threw in to increase the inventory list. > > > > Here's a list of 25 trombone quartets I'd personally nominate for the > > 'standard' repertoire: > > Bach: Fugue in G minor (transcr. R Sauer) > > Mozart: Die Holle Rach (from Die Zauberflote) (1791) (transcr. V > Kagarice) > > Haydn: Achieved is the Glorious Work, from The Creation (1798) (transcr. > D > > Miller) > > Beethoven: Drei Equali (1812) (transcr. R King) > > Schubert: Andante con moto from string quartet #4 (1813) (transcr. E > Miller) > > Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, from Op. 11 (1871) (transcr. E Williams) > > Saint-Sa?ns: Adagio from Symphony #3 (1886) (transcr. K Murley) > > Verdi: Ave Maria from Otello (1887) (transcr. S Hartman) > > Grieg: Elegy, Op. 47/7 (1888) (transcr. E Miller) > > Bruckner: Three Motets (1892) (transcr. R Sauer) > > Webern: Langsamer Satz (1905) (transcr. M Hetzler) > > Hindemith: Morgenmusik (1932) > > Poulenc: Four Little Prayers of St. Francis of Assisi (1948) (transcr. C > > Henning) > > Serocki: Suita na 4 puzony (1953) > > Hornoff: Suite fur vier posaunen (1953) > > Bassett: Quartet for Trombones (1954) > > McCarty: Recitative and Fugue (1960) > > Charpentier: Quatuor de Forme Liturgique (1960) > > Dubois: Quatuor (1962) > > Bozza: Trois Pieces (1964) > > Nelhybel: 6 Pieces for Trombones (1966) > > Premru: In Memoriam (1967) > > Frackenpohl: Trombone Quartet (1968) > > Orr: Five Sketches for Four Trombones (1970) > > Pederson: Spanish Waterwheel (1971) > > > > If you're having trouble tracking down any of the above sheet music from > > your preferred source, email me directly as I may be able to help. And of > > course, I'd love to hear about more recent works that people would add to > > this list... > > > > George > > Cleveland, Ohio > > > >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 1:25 PM Jeff Albert via Trombone-l < > >> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > >> > >> I love the trombone transcriptions of the Bruckner Motets. My college > >> quartet did a lot of Bach, and achieved was definitely one of them. It > has > >> been a long time and much of the rep has left my brain. > >> > >> > >> *----* > >> *Jeff Albert * > >> +1 (504) 315-5167 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:40 AM Peter Soukup via Trombone-l < > >> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Having just joined a new bone 4tet, but they?re rehearsing mostly pop > >>> tunes, what would you recommend as standard quartet repertoire? > >>> > >>> As in maybe ?Achieved is the Glorious Work?? > >>> > >>> What say you, Trombone List? > >>> > >>> Thanks for your thoughts. > >>> > >>> Pete Soukup_______________________________________________ > >>> Trombone-l mailing list > >>> Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > >>> http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Trombone-l mailing list > >> Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > >> http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Trombone-l mailing list > > Trombone-l at trombonelist.org > > http://trombonelist.org/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l_trombonelist.org >